Comedy festival
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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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- 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
- Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
- Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
- World's Funniest Island
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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