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Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom, Scotland, comedy festival

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]

## Comedy festivals

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A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes:

* Skankfest
* The Portland Comedy Festival
* Moontower Comedy Festival
* Leicester Comedy Festival (In Leicester, England the UK'S longest running comedy festival and one of top 5 in world)
* Algé'rire, In Algiers, Algeria, the largest comedy festival in the country
* ComediHa! Fest-Québec (In Québec City, Canada, one of the largest international comedy Festival in the world)
* JFL NorthWest
* Big Pine Comedy Festival
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe[2][3]
* Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Europe's largest comedy festival)
* Melbourne International Comedy Festival[3]
* YYComedy Festival
* Cologne Comedy Festival
* Just for Laughs (Montreal, Canada) (Largest international comedy festival in the world)[3]
* Iowa Comedy Festival
* Birmingham Comedy Festival
* Great Plains Comedy Festival
* Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
* HK International Comedy Festival
* Motor City Comedy Festival, Detroit, Michigan
* Ha Ha Harvest Comedy Festival - Portland
* Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival[3]
* Perth International Comedy Festival
* Sydney Comedy Festival
* World's Funniest Island
* New Zealand International Comedy Festival
* Busan International Comedy Festival
* Lucille Ball Comedy Festival
* Xanthi Comedy Festival - Greece
* Bris Funny Fest
* Stand Up Fest - Indonesia
* Brisbane Comedy Festival
* SF Sketchfest \- San Francisco Comedy Festival
* Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
* Machynlleth Comedy Festival, Machynlleth, Wales

## 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. ^ overtakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin
3. ^ a b c d Guardian.co.uk - Five top comedy festivals around the world Retrieved 2012-06-01.

## 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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