A comedy festival is a celebration of comedy with many shows, venues, comedy performers (such as stand up comics, sketch troupes, variety performers, etc.) and is held over a specific block of time. Normally, each festival has a diverse range of comedy themes and genres.
Notable examples Birmingham Comedy Festival Bris Funny Fest Busan International Comedy Festival Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival Cologne Comedy Festival Edinburgh Festival Fringeovertakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin Freaky Weeky Fest in Denver, Colorado Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Europe's largest comedy festival HK International Comedy Festival Just for Laughs (Montreal, Canada, the largest international comedy festival in the worldGuardian.co.uk - Five top comedy festivals around the world Retrieved 2012-06-01. Leicester Comedy Festival, the UK's longest running comedy festival Melbourne International Comedy Festival New Zealand International Comedy Festival Perth International Comedy Festival RuhrHochDeutsch in Dortmund Germany's largest and longest comedy festival SF Sketchfest in San Francisco Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival World's Funniest Island
See also List of improvisational theater festivals
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