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. Comedy festivals A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes: 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 Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Europe's largest comedy festival) Melbourne International Comedy Festival FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival YYComedy Festival Cologne Comedy Festival Just for Laughs (Montreal, Canada) (Largest international comedy festival in the world) Iowa Comedy Festival Birmingham Comedy Festival Great Plains Comedy Festival Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival HK International Comedy Festival Ha Ha Harvest Comedy Festival - Portland Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 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 List of improvisational theater festivals References External links Comedy Comedy festivals Stand-up comedy