Comedy festival

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.

A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes:

See also

  • List of improvisational theater festivals

References

  1. ^ overtakes theatre in Edinburgh Festival Fringe first; Published Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18:00 by Thom Dibdin
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