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Which comedy festivals are open for submissions?

The short answer

32 festivals on the Guide are taking submissions or registrations now. The soonest deadline is the HiFi Festival's, 30 October 2026, then the Vice City Comedy Festival's, 31 October 2026. 17 more open soon. Each festival's own page has its rules and its form.

Open now, soonest deadline first

Opening soon

Closed for their next festival

The Lambeth Fringe, Bay Area Musical Improv Festival, Fountain City Comedy Festival, Laugh After Dark ComedyFest, Nottingham Comedy Festival, Birmingham Improv Festival, Barcelona Fringe Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Tucson Comedy Arts Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, ImproFest, Plano Comedy Festival, Flyover Comedy Festival, New South Comedy Festival, Helena Comedy Festival, Montclair Comedy Festival, Improv Festivus, SF Sketchfest, FRINGE WORLD, The Heat, Tower City Comedy Festival, Edinburgh International Improv Festival, NZ Fringe, IMPRO Amsterdam, Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest) and Women Are Funny Festival.

By invitation only

SLO Comedy Festival and Great Outdoors Comedy Festival book their acts themselves and take no submissions.

No call yet

41 more festivals on the Guide have no call for acts on their own sites yet. Each one's page here shows its call as soon as it opens.

How applying works

A curated festival picks its bill from the tapes and forms comedians send; a fringe takes any show that registers. How do comedians get into a comedy festival? goes through both, and How much does it cost to apply to a comedy festival? sets the fees side by side.

Plan the trip

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival guide · The Glasgow city guide · The Melbourne International Comedy Festival guide · Every guide, soonest first

Sources

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