Comedy festival

Comedy performance event

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A wall of posters for comedy events at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland

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.[1]

## Notable examples

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* Birmingham Comedy Festival
* Bris Funny Fest
* Busan International Comedy Festival
* Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival[2]
* Cologne Comedy Festival
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe[3][2]
* 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 world[2]
* Leicester Comedy Festival, the UK's longest running comedy festival
* Melbourne International Comedy Festival[2]
* New Zealand International Comedy Festival
* Perth International Comedy Festival
* RuhrHochDeutsch in Dortmund Germany's largest and longest comedy festival[4]
* SF Sketchfest in San Francisco
* Sydney Comedy Festival
* Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
* Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
* World's Funniest Island

## See also

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* List of improvisational theater festivals

## References

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1. ^ Lobell, Kylie Ora (16 August 2018). "A Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Festivals in the U.S. and Around the Globe". Vulture: Devouring Culture. Vox Media Network. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. ^ a b c d Guardian.co.uk - Five top comedy festivals around the world Retrieved 2012-06-01.
3. ^ overtakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin
4. ^ https://www.waz.de/kultur/article405323494/ruhrhochdeutsch-2024-diese-komik-stars-kommen-nach-dortmund.html [bare URL]

## External links

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McCarthy, Sean L. (27 February 2017). "The Definitive Guide to Comedy Festivals for 2017". The Comic’s Comic. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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Comedy

Topics|

* Comedian
* Comedic device
* Comedy festival
* Comedy troupe
* Comic timing
* Farce
* Humorist
* Humour
* Impersonator
* Impressionist
* Irony
* Joke
* Off-color humor
* Ribaldry
* Sophomoric humor
* Toilet humour
* Prank call
* Punch line
* Satire
* Visual gag
* Wit
* Word play

Film|

| Country|

* American
* British
* French
* Italian

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Genre|

* Action
* Fantasy
* Horror
* Mockumentary
* Parody
* Remarriage
* Romance
* Science fiction
* Screwball
* Sex
* Italian
* Mexican
* Silent
* Slapstick
* Stoner
* Thriller

Theatre|

| Country|

| Europe|

* Ancient Greek comedy
* Comédie-Française
* Comédie-Italienne
* Corral de comedias
* Theatre of ancient Rome

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Asia|

* China
* Xiangsheng
* Hong Kong
* Mo lei tau
* Indonesia
* Lenong
* Ludruk
* Japan
* Kyōgen
* Manzai
* Owarai
* Rakugo
* Sarugaku
* Korea

Genre|

* Boulevard theatre
* Comedy drama
* Comedy of humours
* Comedy of manners
* Comedy of menace
* Commedia dell'arte
* Double act
* Improvisational
* Macchietta
* One-person show
* Pantomime
* Harlequinade
* Restoration comedy
* Sentimental comedy
* Comédie larmoyante
* Shadow play
* Shakespearean comedy
* Sketch comedy
* Spex
* Stand-up comedy
* Street theatre
* Theatre of the absurd
* Tragicomedy
* Vaudeville

Music
and dance|

* Ballad opera
* Cabaret
* Café-chantant
* Café-théâtre
* Comédie-ballet
* Comedy club
* Light music
* Music hall
* Musical theatre
* Opéra bouffe
* Opéra bouffon
* Opera buffa
* Opéra comique
* Operetta
* Revue

Media|

* Music
* Album
* Rock
* Hip hop
* Parody
* Novelty
* Musical comedians
* Novel
* Radio
* Television
* Mockumentary
* Roast
* Sitcom
* Animated sitcom
* Black sitcom
* Teen sitcom

Subgenres|

* Alternative
* Black
* Blue
* Character
* Christian
* Clown
* Cringe
* Deadpan
* Documentary
* High / low
* Insult
* Observational
* Physical
* Prop
* Self-referential
* Shock
* Sick
* Slapstick
* Topics
* Surreal
* Ventriloquism
* Zombie

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