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Listed by month for 2026, click the link for more information. If it’s not listed, it’s not confirmed yet

2026

JANUARY

• SF SKETCHFEST: Jan. 15 to Feb. 1 San Francisco

FEBRUARY

• LEICESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL: Feb. 4-22, UK
• SOWAL COMEDY FESTIVAL: Feb. 12-14, South Walton, Florida
• JUST FOR LAUGHS VANCOUVER: Feb. 12-22, Canada
• ADELAIDE FRINGE: Feb. 20 to March 22, Australia
• SLO COMEDY FESTIVAL: Feb. 26 to March 1, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

MARCH

• THE TORONTO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL: March 4-15, Ontario, Canada
• WEST END COMEDY FESTIVAL: March 6-8, Atlanta, Georgia
• GILDA’S LAUGHFEST: March 11-15, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• JFL BELGIUM: March 23-29
• MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL: March 25 to April 19, Australia
• BERGAMOT COMEDY FESTIVAL: March 24-28, Santa Monica, Calif.
• LIL RHODY LAUGH RIOT: March 26-29, Providence, RI

APRIL

• RIOT COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 1-4, Houston
• ASHEVILLE COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 3-4 Asheville, North Carolina
• BIG PINE COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 8-11, Chandler, Ariz.
• MOONTOWER COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 8-19, Austin
• NASHVILLE COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 9-19
• SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 13 to May 17, Australia.
• TRAVERSE CITY COMEDY FEST: April 16-18, Michigan
• WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 20-26, Manitoba, Canada
• COCONUT GROVE COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 24-25, Florida

MAY

• BRIGHTON FRINGE: May 1-31, England
• NZ INT’L COMEDY FEST: May 1-24, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand
• NETFLIX IS A JOKE FEST: May 4-10, Los Angeles
• HALIFAX COMEDYFEST: May 5-9, Nova Scotia, Canada
• ROGUE ISLAND COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 21-24, Rhode Island
• VAIL COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 22-24, Colorado
• WELLS COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 22-24, England
• DALLAS SKETCH FESTIVAL: May 28-31, Texas

JUNE

• FALLOUT FRINGE: June 3-26, Las Vegas, Nev.
• JERSEY CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL: June 9-13, NJ

JULY

• FUN & DUMB IMPROV FESTIVAL: July 9-12, Brooklyn
• JFL MONTREAL: July 15-26, Montreal, Canada
• JUST FOR LAUGHS QUEBEC: July 22 to Aug. 2., Quebec City, Canada

AUGUST

• LUCILLE BALL COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 6-9, Jamestown, NY
• EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE: Aug. 7-31, Edinburgh, Scotland
• HAMPTON BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL: New Hampshire
• BLUE WHALE COMEDY FESTIVAL: Tulsa, Okla.
• SAN FRANCISCO COMEDY COMPETITION: across the Bay Area
• COLUMBUS COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 27-30, Ohio
• GREAT OUTDOORS COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 28-30, Vancouver, B.C.

SEPTEMBER

• JFL PARIS: Sept. 17-20, France
• ABERDEEN COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, Scotland

OCTOBER

• DUBAI COMEDY FESTIVAL: United Arab Emirates

NOVEMBER

• SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION: All month across Western Washington
• NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL: Nov. 6-15, NYC
• JUST FOR LAUGHS SYDNEY: Nov. 9-22, Australia
• SKANKFEST: Nov. 13-15, New Orleans
• FLYOVER COMEDY FEST: St. Louis, Mo.
• JUST FOR LAUGHS SINGAPORE:

2025 (no new dates listed yet)

• WET CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL: Jan. 3-5, 2025 Seattle
• JUST FOR LAUGHS BERMUDA: Jan. 22-25, 2025 (relaunching 2027?)
• SXSW: March 7-10, 2025 Austin
• ASPEN LAUGH: March 11-15, 2025 Aspen, Colo.
• BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL CONTEST: April 1-5, 2025
• LIMESTONE COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 29-31, 2025Bloomington, Ind.
• NORTH TO SHORE FESTIVAL: all June Asbury Park; Atlantic City; Newark, NJ
• GRINDSTONE COMEDY FESTIVAL: July 2025 Edmonton, Canada
• TOKYO INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 11-21, 2025 Japan
• MOTOR CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 17-21, 2025 Detroit
• GREENWICH COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 17-21, 2025 London, England
• HIGH PLAINS COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 18-20, 2025 Denver
• JUST FOR LAUGHS TORONTO: Sept. 18-27, 2025 Toronto, Canada
• HAWAII COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 19-20, 2025 Honolulu
• DUBLIN WEST COMEDY FEST: Sept. 25-27, 2025 Dublin, Ireland
• RIYADH COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 26 to Oct. 8, 2025 Saudi Arabia
• BIG DIAMOND COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 2-4, 2025 Bentonville, Arkansas
• LATINA COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 2-4, 2025 Chicago
• BECAUSE THEY’RE FUNNY: Oct. 10-12, 2025 Washington, D.C.
• ATLANTIC CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 11-12, 2025 New Jersey
• NYC SKETCHFEST: Oct. 16-19, 2025
• CATSKILLS COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 17-19, 2025 New York
• GALWAY COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 21-27, 2025 Ireland
• 10,000 LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 23-25, 2025 Minnesota
• 312 COMEDY FESTIVAL: Nov. 4-9, 2025 Chicago

and for reference, here were the 2024 fests…

JANUARY 2024

• SF SKETCHFEST (Jan. 18 to Feb. 4, 2024): San Francisco since January 2002.

FEBRUARY 2024

• SAND UP COMEDY FESTIVAL: Feb. 14-17, South Walton, Florida
• JFL VANCOUVER: Feb. 15-24, British Columbia, Canada
• BLUE HEAVEN COMEDY FESTIVAL: Feb. 15-18, 2024, Philadelphia
• ADELAIDE FRINGE: Feb. 16 to March 17, 2024, Australia
• ASPEN LAUGH FESTIVAL: Feb. 21-24, 2024, Colorado
• SLO COMEDY FESTIVAL: Feb. 22-25, 2024, in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

MARCH 2024

• GILDA’S LAUGHFEST: March 6-10, 2024, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• SXSW: March 8-12, 2024, Austin
• JUST FOR LAUGHS LONDON: March 14-17, 2024
• BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL: March 26-30, 2024
• MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL: March 29 to April 21, 2024

APRIL 2024

• BERGAMOT COMEDY FESTIVAL (April 1-6, 2024): A week-long comedic arts festival where comedy and culture collide through curated programming in Santa Monica, Calif.
• RIOT COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 4-7, 2024, Houston
• MOONTOWER/JUST FOR LAUGHS: April 10-21, 2024, Austin
• NASHVILLE COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 12-21, 2024
• SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 22 to May 19, 2024, Australia.
• GRAND ELECTRIC COMEDY FESTIVAL: April 29 to May 18, 2024, Sydney, Australia.
• UPPER LEFT COMEDY FEST: April 25-27, 2024, Seattle

MAY 2024

• NETFLIX IS A JOKE: THE FESTIVAL: May 1-12, 2024, Los Angeles
• RIP CITY COMEDY FEST: May 2-4, 2024, Portland, Ore.
• BRIGHTON FRINGE: May 3 to June 2, 2024, Brighton, England
• NZ INT’L COMEDY FEST: May 3-26, 2024, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand
• RED CLAY COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 9-11, 2024, Atlanta
• CLOUDTOP COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 9-12, 2024, Santa Fe
• HAWAII COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 17-18, 2024, Honolulu
• VAIL COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 24-26, 2024, Colorado
• WELLS COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 24-26, 2024, Wells, England
• LIMESTONE COMEDY FESTIVAL: May 31 to June 2, 2024, Bloomington, Ind.

JUNE 2024

• KILKENNY CAT LAUGHS: May 31 to June 3, 2024, Kilkenny, Ireland
• BERT KREISCHER’S FULLY LOADED COMEDY FESTIVAL: Tour dates and locations TBD
• NORTH TO SHORE FESTIVAL: June 10-16, Asbury Park; June 17-23, Atlantic City; June 24-30, Newark, NJ
• JERSEY CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL: June 13-15, NJ

JULY 2024

• GRINDSTONE COMEDY FESTIVAL: July 3-7, 2024, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• GREAT OUTDOORS COMEDY FESTIVAL: July 12-14, 2024, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• CREATURES COMEDY FESTIVAL: July 19-28, 2024, Manchester, England (Ed Fringe previews)
• JFL MONTREAL: Industry events July 24-27, 2024. CANCELLED!!!

AUGUST 2024

• EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE: Aug. 2-26, Edinburgh, Scotland
• LUCILLE BALL COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 1-4, Jamestown, NY
• HAMPTON BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 14-18, NH
• COLUMBUS COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 14-18, Ohio
• HARTBEAT WEEKEND: Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, Las Vegas
• CAMP COMEDY FESTIVAL: Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, Otis, Mass.

SEPTEMBER 2024

• WHATS FUNNY COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 16-22, Chicago
• LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL: Las Vegas
• BIG PINE COMEDY FESTIVAL: Sept. 26-28, Chandler, Ariz.
• SKANKFEST VEGAS ATTACKS!: Sept. 27-29, Las Vegas
• BECAUSE THEY’RE FUNNY: Sept. 27-29, Washington, D.C.

OCTOBER 2024

• MILWAUKEE COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 1-6, Milwaukee, Wisc.
• GALWAY COMEDY FESTIVAL: Oct. 22-28, 2024, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2024

• NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL: Nov. 8-17, NYC
• JUST FOR LAUGHS SYDNEY: Australia
• ALTERCATION COMEDY FESTIVAL: Nov. 13-16, 2024, Austin

DECEMBER 2024

• LOUISIANA BIG GATOR COMEDY FESTIVAL: Dec. 12-14, New Orleans