Sydney Comedy Festival

Sydney Comedy Festival
Sydney Comedy Festival
	Sydney Comedy Festival at the Enmore Theatre
Genre	Comedy festival
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Greater Sydney, Australia
Years active	16
Inaugurated	2005
Attendance	120,000
Website	sydneycomedyfest.com.au

The Sydney Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in Sydney.

Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner city venues, the Festival has grown quickly and now attracts 111,000 patrons every year at venues all across Sydney.^[2] The Sydney Comedy Awards were introduced in 2008, to celebrate excellence in the Sydney Comedy Festival.

In 2013, the festival introduced The Sydney Comedy Festival showcase tour, bringing bits of the festival to towns all over Australia.^[3]

Unfortunately, 2020 saw the festival go on hiatus.

Special events[]

The Sydney Comedy Festival produces the following current special events:^{[citation needed]}

Cracker Night
Sydney Comedy Festival International Showcase
Sydney Comedy Festival Gala
Sydney Comedy Festival Secret Show

Special events in past years include:

The Mother of All Galas
The Great Comedy Debate
Chopper's ANZAC Day Show

Festivals by year[]

2020[]

No festival was held upon cancellation.

2014[]

The 2014 Festival was hel d from 22 April to 17 May.

Awards[]

Awards were presented at the closing party of the festival as follows:^[4]

Best of the Fest [International] winner: David O'Doherty
Best of the Fest [Local] winner: Ronny Chieng
Best newcomer award winner: Luke McGregor
The Director's choice award: Sam Simmons

2013[]

The 2013 Festival was held from 22 April – 11 May

Awards[]

Awards were presented at the closing party of the festival as follows:^[5]

Best of the Fest [International] winner: Paul Foot
Best of the Fest [Local] winner: Matt Okine
Best newcomer award winner: Steen Raskopoulos
The breakout artist award winner: Trevor Noah
The Director's choice award:
The MX Joke of the Festival: Rhys Nicholson

2012[]

The 2012 Festival was held from 24 April to 12 May.

Awards[]

Awards were presented on the final day of the festival as follows:^[6]

Sydney Comedy Festival Best Newcomer – Rhys Nicholson- chosen by a panel of industry professionals
Best International – Daniel Kitson- Time Out, people choice
Best Local – Felicity Ward – Time Out, people choice
Best Sydney – – Time Out, peoples choice
Best Sydney Comedy Night –
Time Out Critics Choice –

2011[]

In 2011, the festival held events at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney Opera House, The State Theatre, The Metro, The Factory Theatre, the Seymour Centre, Parade Theatres, The Hayden Orpheum, Riverside Theatre and many more between 11 April and 8 May.

Awards[]

Best International Act – Danny Bhoy
Best Local Act – Felicity Ward
People's Choice Award – Dead Cat Bounce

2010[]

Awards[]

Best of Fest – Glenn Wool
Best Local Act – Axis of Awesome
Best International Act – Pajama Men
The Jury Prize – Dead Cat Bounce
Best Newcomer –
People's Choice Award –

2009[]

Awards[]

Best Newcomer – The Pajama Men
Best Local Act – Julia Morris
Best International Act – Jeremy Hotz
The Jury Prize – The Paradoxical Adventures of Lawrence Leung and Andrew McClelland
People's Choice Award – The Al Pitcher Picture Show
Best of the Fest Award – The Pajama Men

2008[]

Awards[]

Best Newcomer – DeAnne Smith
Best Local Act- Lawrence Leung
Best International Act- Mark Watson
People's Choice Award – Ross Noble
Best of the Fest Award – Mark Watson
Director's Choice Award –

Showcase Tour[]

The inaugural Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase brought the laughs to all corners of regional NSW and QLD leaving an audience of over 10 000 in stitches.^[7] Touring over 11 weeks (July – September 2013) with 33 shows, the show visited the following towns and cities:

Canberra
Queanbeyan
Cooma
Bundaberg
Noosa
Brisbane
Toowoomba
Capella
Proserpine
Rockhampton
Mackay
Dee Why
Narooma
Batemans Bay
Merimbula
Gosford
Newcastle

Cessnock
Sutherland
Bathurst
Dubbo
Katoomba
Nowra
Wollongong
Coffs Harbour
Ballina
Lismore
Tamworth
Port Macquarie
Taree
Wodonga
Wagga
Griffith

Comics[]

Comedians who have appeared at The Sydney Comedy Festival include:^[8]

Aamer Rahman & Nazeem Hussain (Fear of a Brown Planet) (2008, 2010, 2011)
Adam Hills (2006, 2009)
(2013)
(2006)
Akmal Saleh (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Alex Lee (2013)
(A Long Night) (2013)
Alex Williamson (2013)
Alice Fraser () (2013)
(2005)
Al Pitcher (2008, 2009, 2010)
(2010)
Alonzo Bodden (2010)
& (2013)
(2008, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Andres Lopez (2011)
(2016)
Andrew Dice Clay (2006)
Andrew McClelland (2008, 2009, 2011)
Andrew Stanley (2008, 2009)
Angelo Tsarouchas (2008)
Anh Do (2008, 2013)
Anil Desai (2011)
Anthony Salame (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Ardal O'Hanlon (2011)
Arj Barker (2006, 2008, 2013)
Austen Tayshus (2005)
Axis of Awesome (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
(2013)
Barry Diamond (2005)
(2013)
Basile (2005, 2010)
(2013)
Benjamin Crellin (2010)
(2013)
Ben Ellwood (2013)
Best Newcomers Show (2013)
Black Rose (2005)
The Breakfast Club (2013)
Bo Burnham (2011)
Bob Downe (2005)
Brad Garrett (2005)
Brendhan Lovegrove (2006, 2008)
Brendon Burns (2009)
(2008)
(2005)
Busting Out (2008)
(2013)
Cameron James (2013)
Carl Barron (2006)
Carl-Einar Hackner (2010, 2011)
(2011)
Celia Pacquola (2010)
Charlie Pickering (2005, 2006)
Cheech & Chong (2009)
(2008, 2009, 2011)
(Homeless Brad) (2011)
(2005)
(2006)
Craig Hill (2010, 2011, 2013)
(2015)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
Daniel Moore (2010, 2011)
Daniel Sloss (2010, 2011, 2013)
(2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Danny Bhoy (2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013)
(2013)
Dave Bloustien (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
Dave Eastgate (2010, 2011, 2013)
(2008, 2009)
& (2013)
Dave Thornton (2010, 2013)
David O'Doherty (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
David Williams (2013)
David Quirk (2013)
(2013)
Dead Cat Bounce (2010, 2011)
DeAnne Smith (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
(2013)
Des Bishop (2009, 2010)
(2010)
Die Roten Punkte (2010)
Dom Irrera (2010)
Doug Stanhope (2005)
Dylan Moran (2009)
Eddie Brill (2006)
Eddie Ifft (2009, 2010, 2013)
Eddie Perfect (2006)
Effie (2013)
Elliot Goblet (2006)
El Jaguar (2013)
End of Holidays Kids Disco (2013)
(2011)
Ethnic Comedy Allstars (2013)
(2011, 2013)
(2010)

Felicity Ward (2009, 2011)
Fiona O'Loughlin (2008, 2009, 2010)
Full Body Contact No Love Tennis (2013)
Frank Woodley (2012)
Gabriel Iglesias (2011)
Gabriel Rossi (2005, 2006)
Garry Who (2005)
George Kapiniaris (2008, 2009)
George Lopez (2006, 2009)
(2013)
Gina Yashere (2010, 2011, 2013)
Glenn Wool (2010, 2011)
The Golden Goose Awards (2013)
Gordon Southern (2013)
(2006)
Greg Davies (2011)
Greg Fleet (2013)
Greg Proops (2010)
(2013)
(2006)
Guy Pratt (2011)
Hannah Gadsby (2008, 2009, 2010)
Heath Franklin (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Henry Rollins (2010)
(2010, 2011)
(2011)
(2011)
Idiots of Ants (2013
(2009)
Imaan Hadchiti (2013)
Jack Dee (2013)
(2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Jack Whitehall (2008, 2009, 2011)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
Jamie Kennedy (2008)
Jamie Kilstein (2009)
Jarred Christmas (2010, 2013)
Jason Alexander (2008)
Jason Byrne (2010, 2011)
Jeff Green (2011)
Jeremy Hotz (2009, 2010)
Jewish Comedy Showcase (2013)
Jim Jeffries (2005, 2013)
Jimeoin (2006, 2008)
Joe Avati (2006)
Joe Dolce (2005)
Joel Creasey (2011, 2013)
John Robertson (2011)
(2013)
Jon Bennett (Pretending Things Are a Cock) (2013)
Jordan Raskopoulos (2007)
Josh Thomas (2008, 2009)
(2013)
Josie Long (2013)
Julia Morris (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Julia Wilson (2008, 2011)
Julian Clary (2010)
Justin Hamilton (2008, 2009, 2010)
Karl Chandler (2013)
(2013)
(2008)
Kitty Flanagan (2010)
(2013)
(2013)
Lawrence Leung (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Lenny Bruce (2013)
(2013)
(2011)
(2013)
(2010)
Marc Maron (2008)
Marcel Lucont (2011)
Margaret Cho (2013)
Mark Watson (2008, 2009, 2011)
(2010, 2012, 2013)
(2013)
Matt Dyktynski (2005, 2013)
Matt Okine (2011, 2013)
(2013)
Mel Buttle (2013)
Michael Chamberlin (2010)
(2013)
(2010, 2011, 2013, 2015)
(2013)
(2006, 2013)
(2013)
Mikey Mileos (2011)
Milton Jones (2009)
Mitch Fatel (2010)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
Nick Sun (2009, 2010, 2013)

(2013)
Nina Conti (2011)
Pablo Francisco (2009, 2010)
Paco Erhard (2013)
(2016)
Paul Foot (2013)
Paul McDermott (2013)
Pauly Shore (2010)
(2011)
Peter Berner (2010, 2011)
(2009)
Possum Magic (2013)
Puppetry of the Penis (2008)
Rachel Berger (2006)
Randy (2013)
Rain Pryor (2006)
Raymond Crowe (2008, 2010)
Rebel Wilson (2005)
Reggie Watts (2009, 2010, 2011)
Reginald D Hunter (2008, 2009, 2010)
Rhys Nicholson (2013)
Rights! Comedy! Action! (Judith Lucy) (2013
(2010)
Rob Lloyd (2013)
RocKwiz Live (2011)
Ronny Chieng (2011, 2013)
Ross Noble (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013)
Roy Chubby Brown (2006, 2011)
Russell Kane (2010)
(2011)
(2008)
Sam Cosentino (2005)
Sam Simmons (2006)
(2011)
Sandra Bernhard (2005)
(2011)
Scared Weird Little Guys (2006, 2011)
Scratch (2008, 2009)
(2011)
(2013)
(2013)
(2012,2013,2015,2016)
Shane Mauss (2010)
Shane Warne The Musical (2009)
Simon Palomares (2009)
(2010)
(2011, 2013)
Sons of Singapore (2013)
(2006)
(2013)
Steen Raskopoulos (2013)
Stephen K. Amos (2006, 2011, 2013)
Steve Coogan (2009)
Steve Hughes (2008, 2010, 2011,2013)
Steve Patterson (2008)
(2008)
Steven Wright (2005)
(2013)
Sugar Sammy (2008, 2009)
Superwog & (2013
Tahir (2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
(2013)
(2010)
The Bedroom Philosopher (2010)
The Chaser (2008)
The Cloud Girls (2009, 2010, 2011)
(2009)
(2009)
(2010, 2011)
The Kransky Sisters (2006, 2010, 2013)
The Pajama Men (2009, 2010, 2013)
The Umbilical Brothers (2005, 2006, 2009)
Theatre Sports (2013)
Tim Minchin (2009)
(2013)
(2013)
Tom Ballard (2013)
(2013)
Tom Gleeson (2010)
Tom Green (2010)
Tommy Dassalo (2011, 2013)
(2010, 2011)
Tommy Little (2013)
Tommy Tiernan (2010, 2011)
Tony Woods (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010)
(2006)
Tripod (2010)
Tracy Morgan (2013)
Trevor Noah (2013)
(2013)
Vince Sorrenti (2006)
The Wayans Brothers (2013)
Wil Anderson (2010)
(2010)
(2013)
(2013)
(2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016)
(2013)

References[]

^ "About Us". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "2013 Festival Breaks All Records! | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Thanks for joining us! | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Winners of the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival Awards | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "WINNERS OF THE 2013 SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARDS | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Time Out Sydney Comedy Awards: The winners!". Time Out Sydney. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Thanks for joining us! | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "2013 Festival: 22 April – 12 May 2013 | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

External links[]

Official Sydney Comedy Festival website

[1] "About Us". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[2] "2013 Festival Breaks All Records! | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[3] "Thanks for joining us! | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[4] "Winners of the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival Awards | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[5] "WINNERS OF THE 2013 SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARDS | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[6] "Time Out Sydney Comedy Awards: The winners!". Time Out Sydney. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.

[7] "Thanks for joining us! | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[8] "2013 Festival: 22 April – 12 May 2013 | Sydney Comedy Festival". Sydneycomedyfest.com.au. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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Sydney Comedy Festival

Contents

Special events[]

Festivals by year[]

2020[]

2014[]

Awards[]

2013[]

Awards[]

2012[]

Awards[]

2011[]

Awards[]

2010[]

Awards[]

2009[]

Awards[]

2008[]

Awards[]

Showcase Tour[]

Comics[]

See also[]

References[]

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