Comedy
Melbourne offers plenty of laughs, at stand up comedy shows and comedy clubs around town and in the annual comedy festival held from March to April.
Best free Melbourne Fringe pop-ups and shows
Fringe Flavours Night Market
Sink your teeth into sizzling street performance at Queen Victoria Market.
Power Move: Meet Me at the Disco
The dance floor comes alive with a celebration of 70s music, filled with high energy disco moves.
Club Fringe: Three Minutes to Save the World
The end is nigh. Take shelter under the neon glow at this apocalyptic talent show.
The Square
A fun, live, participation event hosted by young people to map and celebrate human truth.
Mother and Baby
An unconventional, amphibious and gender capsizing puppet show on a lake in Carlton Gardens.
Blak Sovereignty
Natisha Tabua creates works at the convergence of traditional practice and contemporary techniques.
Requiem
Réquiem is a dance-theatre work that unravels the nexus between grief, memory and mythology.
Cabaret Time Machine
Step into a time machine, with a different historic era every single night, as voted by you.
Mzaza: The Birth and Death of Stars
An evening of award-winning folk music, collage animation and theatrical storytelling.
What Doesn't Kill You
This award-winning comedy show arrives in Melbourne after selling out Edinburgh Fringe.
Birds of Paradise: A Story of Songs for the Spaces Between
The award-winning voice of Milly Moon in a new collection of dark and dreamy musical stories.
Is Anyone Even Watching?
A glitter and girl-pop fuelled exploration of identity, exclusion and being unapologetically you.
The Vaudeville Revue: Cabaret, Comedy and Burlesque
Experience Melbourne's most intimate variety show in a hidden gem of the city.
Kings of Comedy: Underground, Uncensored, Unrivalled
Enjoy stand-up comedy from future stars and celebrity guest headliners.
Comedy at the Coopers Inn
A comedy club featuring the best local, interstate and international stand-up comedians.
Friday and Saturday Showcase: Basement Comedy Club
See the very best of Australian standup comedians perform every Friday and Saturday.
Imp! (One Man, Many Parts)
Join Jacques as he traverses the seven ages of life from birth to death, a joyously woeful ballad.
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
The global sensation returns with a fully immersive dining experience.
Geraldine Quinn: Bastard Joy
A brand new electroclash club cabaret from the high priestess of underground music comedy.
I'm Funny, I Swear
Chelsea doesn't care what you think of her. But she will spend the next hour proving she is funny.
No Scripts Given: An Improvised Comedy
Watch some of Melbourne's finest improvisers turn their tragic tales into an improvised comedy.
Loserland
Drag meets disaster in this comedy about losers, love fails, and one barista’s fight to get ahead
The Worm
Tackling the horrors of modern dating and crushing anxiety – all while being haunted by a giant worm
Monty Franklin: Is That Your Mate
See stand-up comedian Monty Franklin's biggest show yet, Is That Your Mate.
A Monty Python Cabaret Singalong Circus
Join the hilarious fun as Dr H revives the great satirical songs from the Monty Python era.
CareFactorNullius: The tRoo Story Cabaret
Katie Coles plays two public servants, two roos and two instruments.
Abracad*ckhead
Award-winning magician LJ's must-see show, combining comedy, magic and life’s twists.
Born This Way: A Lady Gaga Silent Disco Walking Tour
Strut, sing, and just dance with Mucho Mitcho on a Lady Gaga–inspired Silent Disco Walking Tour!
Where to see comedy in Melbourne
The Comics Lounge Comedy Club
Enjoy a night of laughs, cocktails, food and friends with stand-up comedy acts.
Spleen Bar
Live jazz nights and jam sessions open to all, along with a range of beers, shots and cocktails.
