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SpecialMojo Brookzz’s debut Netflix hour “I Know You Lying” drops Tuesday/
SNLShane Gillis hosts Saturday, with Rosalía as musical guest/
FestivalAtlantic City Comedy Festival takes Boardwalk Hall Oct 9–10/
FestivalMilwaukee Comedy Festival runs all week, Oct 5–11/
PodcastKill Tony #791 with Jim Norton + Anthony Cumia is up/
Late NightJordan Klepper hosts The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday/
Free SpecialKerry Godliman’s “Bandwidth” is free on 800 Pound Gorilla’s YouTube/
NetflixSam Morril’s new hour “Incorrect” is streaming now/
Doc“Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald” lands on Netflix Oct 16/
ClubsBristol’s Blue Ridge Comedy Club closes Oct 30 after five years/
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Festival Report.

Every week, one comedy festival that just happened: who played, what landed, what it cost and whether it is worth submitting to next year.

8 pieces

  1. Sorry! Comedy Festival 2026: Matteo Lane, Chris Fleming and a Rating System for Shame

    London, Ontario took the old 'saddest city in Canada' insult and booked four nights of comedy on top of it, then rated every show by how sorry you'd be.

  2. Nottingham Comedy Festival 2026: 130 Shows, a Slug War and a Joke About Math

    Nottingham's 18th festival ran ten days across fourteen venues, crowned a subtraction pun, and lost one comic to the British rail system.

  3. Athens Halloween Festival 2026: 18 Greek Comics, Three Nights, One Old Bus Depot

    Athens put stand-up in a bus garage next to pumpkin carving and a horror museum, charged 15 euros a night, and nobody has said a word about it since.

  4. Galway Comedy Festival 2026: Tommy Tiernan, Father Ted Priests and 'Comedy Christmas'

    Ireland's self-declared largest comedy festival packed 60 shows into 14 venues over the bank holiday. Nobody wrote a review, and nobody needed an application form.

  5. Laugh After Dark ComedyFest 2026: Nine Shows, 40 Films and a 20% Cut in Las Vegas

    The fifth Las Vegas festival filmed every set and promised comics a royalty if the footage airs. It never published a lineup, and nobody reviewed it.

  6. Brighton Dome Comedy Festival 2026: Ten Days, Two Venues and a Very Long Stamptown

    Brighton Dome teamed up with Komedia for 40-odd shows, from Simon Amstell to Sam Campbell. The one variety night that got reviewed ran an hour long.

  7. Catskills Comedy Festival 2026: Jared Freid, Wine and a Panel on Going Too Far

    The third Catskills Comedy Festival packed seven venues on one walkable village street, with a kids' open mic, a wine pairing and Jared Freid on top.

  8. Southport Comedy Festival 2026: 17 Nights in a Tent and One Woman on the Poster

    Southport's 15th festival ran 17 days in a heated marquee with Manford, Merton, Wehn and Adam Kay, and a Manchester comic took the new-act prize and £300.