Comedy

Comedy clubs, comedians and comedy festivals in Melbourne

Melbourne this week

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    Wed 19 Jun Randy may be a puppet, but his jokes aren’t for the kids. Recently sober and fresh out of the Melbourne International... More details
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    Wed 19 Jun Hidden in the delightfully gaudy interior of Eurotrash is what they claim is the “city's premier above ground underground... More details
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    Wed 19 Jun Comedy happens Northside too, with The Variety Collective running a weekly variety show including comedy, circus and magic on... More details
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    Wed 19 Jun In what must be Melbourne’s closest comedy night to the ocean, Felix Bar Comedy has brought the big names to St Kilda for... More details
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    Wed 19 Jun For those who sorely miss Letters and Numbers on SBS, this one's for you. Nick Caddaye hosts a beery hour of outrageous... More details
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    Wed 19 Jun Catch the absolute newest, rawest comedians in Melbourne, all getting a go. More details
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    13 May-24 Jun Exploding Heads Impro is a new Melbourne theatre and comedy group performing every Monday night at The 86 bar in Fitzroy. Each... More details
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    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
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    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
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    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
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    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
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    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
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    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details
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    Thu 20 Jun Commedia Dell’Parte is a brand spanking new room dedicated to promoting Aussie comedy. Every Thursday up-and-coming... More details
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    Thu 20 Jun Five Boroughs Comedy (formerly Softbelly Comedy) has been attracting the biggest headliners in the country (and beyond) for... More details
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    Thu 20 Jun A great-looking comedy room inside one of Melbourne’s more notorious pubs. More details
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    13 May-24 Jun Exploding Heads Impro is a new Melbourne theatre and comedy group performing every Monday night at The 86 bar in Fitzroy. Each... More details
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    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
  • (Comedy)

    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
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    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
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    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
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    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
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    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details
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    Fri 21 Jun Join the studio audience for the second season of RMITV’s popular variety show, Live on Bowen. Presenters Rob Lloyd, Aaron... More details
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    Fri 21 Jun There's free comedy in the north at the Dan O'Connell Hotel in Carlton on the third Friday of every month. On June 21st, the... More details
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    21-22 Jun Friday and Saturday night's a comedy staple at the Last Laugh, with almost four decades of guffawing behind it. It’s played... More details
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    13 May-24 Jun Exploding Heads Impro is a new Melbourne theatre and comedy group performing every Monday night at The 86 bar in Fitzroy. Each... More details
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    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
  • (Comedy)

    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
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    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
  • (Comedy)

    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
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    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
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    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details
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    Sat 22 Jun Spicks and Specks regular Fiona O'Loughlin, MICF 'Raw Comedy' winner Drew Rokos and rising stand-up star Tommy Little share... More details
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    Sat 22 Jun As the phone rings out in Bill Oddie’s house, I find myself sitting on the other end wondering if the man who picks up will... More details
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    13 May-24 Jun Exploding Heads Impro is a new Melbourne theatre and comedy group performing every Monday night at The 86 bar in Fitzroy. Each... More details
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    21-22 Jun Friday and Saturday night's a comedy staple at the Last Laugh, with almost four decades of guffawing behind it. It’s played... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
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    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
  • (Comedy)

    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
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    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
  • (Comedy)

    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
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    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
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    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details
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    Sun 23 Jun From Impro Melbourne, Theatresports sees two teams of the city’s best improvisers compete in a set of challenges,... More details
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    13 May-24 Jun Exploding Heads Impro is a new Melbourne theatre and comedy group performing every Monday night at The 86 bar in Fitzroy. Each... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
  • (Comedy)

    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
  • (Comedy)

    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
  • (Comedy)

    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
  • (Comedy)

    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
  • (Comedy)

    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
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    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details
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    Mon 24 Jun Spleen presents the up-and-comers of comedy and surprise guests every Monday night for little more than whatever’s rattling... More details
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    Mon 24 Jun One of the grand old rooms of Melbourne comedy, Local Laughs remains to this day one of the most reliably entertaining comedy... More details
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    13 May-24 Jun Exploding Heads Impro is a new Melbourne theatre and comedy group performing every Monday night at The 86 bar in Fitzroy. Each... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
  • (Comedy)

    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
  • (Comedy)

    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
  • (Comedy)

    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
  • (Comedy)

    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
  • (Comedy)

    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
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    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details
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    Tue 25 Jun Pugg Mahones has a new comedy night featuring Fiona O'Loughlin, Geraldine Quinn, Anne Edmonds and Simon Taylor amongst others.... More details
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    Tue 25 Jun Top local comedy plus cheap pizza deals, on a happening street. More details
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    Tue 25 Jun Watch new comics in the tough, tough environment of backpacker town, where the audience may not speak English or necessarily... More details
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    05-26 Jun Feeling a little low now the Comedy Festival is over? The Portland Hotel's got your back! Every Wednesday night, the pub will... More details
  • (Comedy)

    06-27 Jun The Melbourne iteration of Perth's longest running and most successful improv comedy night, the Big Hoo Haa is improvised... More details
  • (Comedy)

    01 Jun-12 Aug Featuring some of Australia’s funniest ethic comedians, The Good the Bad and the Ethnic is set to bring some politically... More details
  • (Comedy)

    05 Jun-03 Jul This up and coming ‘genreprov’ theatre company specialises in high energy improvisation with a focus on genre. Their... More details
  • (Comedy)

    07 Jun-06 Dec Impro Melbourne and the Big HOO-HAA! join forces in a comedy extravaganza one Friday a month. Featuring a scripted performance... More details
  • (Comedy)

    09 Jun-28 Jul Improv Planet offers spontaneous, family friendly shenanigans every Sunday night. In addition to improvisation from... More details
  • (Comedy)

    12 Jun-24 Jul Showcasing ‘Chicago-style’ improvisation, the Improv Conspiracy runs 30-minute segments of non-stop comedy based on a... More details

Upcoming Comedy events in Melbourne

Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander is bringing his one-man show to Melbourne

Late Night Letters and Numbers

For those who miss Letters and Numbers on SBS, this one's for you

Bill Oddie

The Funky Gibbon himself is heading our way for the first time in eight years

Comedy Club

Three of Australia’s most exciting comedians perform at the Ath

Live on Bowen

Join the studio audience for the second season of Live on Bowen

Impro Melbourne: Theatresports

Ready for an evening of unscripted hilarity?

Melbourne news & interviews

JB Smoove

The comic genius serves you his intervention menu

DeAnne Smith

Everyone's favourite uke-wielding Canadian comedian returns!

Margaret Cho

The comedy genius talks comedy festival and lesbian sandwiches

Aziz Ansari

The Parks and Rec star schools us on Twitter and being scared of babies

Stephen Merchant

The co-creator of The Office talks about returning to the stage

Mick Foley

Mick Foley is a real-life super hero

Latest Melbourne comedy reviews

The DC3

Let’s get it out of the way: The DC3 is not a comedy act

Tim Ferguson

If Tim Ferguson ever pens his autobiography, it will be a cracker

The Pajama Men

The kind of comedy chemistry that most double acts dream of

Comedy at home

Tripod vs the Dragon

Come for the comedy, stay for the D&D geekery

Top five Flight of the Conchords tracks

Get on your business socks! The Conchords are here!

The Venture Bros Season 4

It's freakin' brilliant, but dear god it asks a lot

Flight of the Conchords



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