2026 Festival | Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Opening Night

Live, loud and packed full of laughs – the Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow is on sale now!
Short Film Competition

Be it your first short film or your fortieth – so long as it's funny – we want to put your story on the big screen!
Cruel Little Man

Irish rising star Mike Rice makes his Melbourne debut!
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The special event four decades in the making featuring a massive line-up of comedy superstars past, present and future!
Sarah Keyworth

Award-winning UK comedian Sarah Keyworth jokes through an evening of crowd work
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Festival News

22 January 2026 · Festival News

Announcing our 2026 Hosts for the National Grand Finals!

Meet the 2026 hosts of the Class Clowns, RAW Comedy and Deadly Funny National Grand Finals!

Melbourne International Comedy Festival acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we work and live. We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' spirit, imagination and rich history of storytelling and humour that is an inspiration to all Australians.

We accept the invitation to walk together with First Nations people towards a more positive future for Australia, as described in the Uluru Statement From The Heart.