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.
The Vaudeville Revue: Cabaret, Comedy and Burlesque
Experience Melbourne's most intimate variety show in a hidden gem of the city.
Comedy at the Coopers Inn
A comedy club featuring the best local, interstate and international stand-up comedians.
Weekend Showcase: Basement Comedy Club
See the very best of Australian standup comedians perform four days a week during the holidays.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The festival that takes over the city celebrates 40 years of funny - come have a laugh.
The Big Animal Quiz with Kirsty Webeck and Ivan Aristeguieta
A family-friendly live show is an hour of laughs, education and banter about animals.
Sonia Di Iorio: Right Here, Right Now
A stand-up show loaded with gags about trying to live in the moment.
Sunday Night Stand Up Comedy Show: Melbourne Comedy Festival
Club Voltaire Comedy takes its Sunday show to the Comedy Festival.
No Scripts Given: An Improvised Comedy
Watch some of Melbourne's finest improvisers turn their tragic tales into an improvised comedy.
Mr Snotbottom/Mark Trenwith: P.Gee!
Clean but chaotic, harmless but hectic, innocent but edgy physical comedy for all ages.
Behind the Lines: Are We Rolling?
An exhibition exploring all the twists and turns of another turbulent year in Australian politics.
Rohan Arneil: You Wouldn't Have Cut Me Off...
Rohan brings his new show, You Wouldn’t Have Cut Me Off If I Wasn’t So Sunburnt, to MICF 2026.
Tofiga Fepulea'i: Shuuush Your Mouf
See the Humble King of Comedy as he muses on all the things that matter to a man in his 50s.
Dystopia Simulator 2024
Get ready for the feel-bad show of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
TGIF! with Charlie Pickering
Join Charlie Pickering and his guests for an hour of laughs every Friday.
Jay Wymarra is a Tropical Fruit
Comedian, Jay Wymarra, is part Torres Strait Islander, part queer wizard and ripe with juicy yarns.
Gossip
Can a show about ethics be funny? All will be revealed in this philosophical musical comedy cabaret.
Grain Of Truth
Local comedians pit their wits against each other in a series of rounds of complete nonsense
Blanc de Blanc Encore
Experience an intoxicating blend of circus, cabaret, comedy and risqué glamour.
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.