Comedy - Melbourne
Live comedy shows in Melbourne
Melbourne's comedy venues presenting live stand-up comedy 7 nights a week, not forgetting the annual world famous Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
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Sunday Night Stand Up Comedy Show @ Club Voltaire
When: Every Sunday
Where: Club Voltaire
Comedy every Sunday at 7:30pm at Club Voltaire 14 Raglan Street North Melbourne. Club Voltaire hosts a mix of the best stand-up comedians in Melbourne every Sunday night to deliver a great stand-up comedy show. R..
Comedy Show @ Colonial Hotel
When: Every Saturday
Where: The Colonial Hotel
90 Minute Comedy Show with Dinner and Drink Get ready for an evening of non-stop laughter at one of Melbourne's top comedy clubs, Kings of Comedy. KOC presents a fresh mix of emerging talent combined with profes..
Live Comedy @ Comic's Lounge
When: 7 Days (Monday - Sunday)
Where: The Comics Lounge
Enjoy an evening full of laughs with tickets to the Comics Lounge Comedy Show. In this two and a half hour live stand up show, you'll lose yourself in a night bursting with fun and humour! The longest running a..
Catfish Comedy
When: Every Tuesday
Where: The Catfish
Catch some of Australia's best comedians in one of Fitzroy's best bars every Tuesday for just $15 Plus great beers and delicious cheesesteaks. Headliners include Australia's best and funniest stars from televisio..
Basement Comedy Club: Friday & Saturday Nights
When: Every Friday, Saturday
Where: Morris House
Basement Comedy Club @ Morris House, Melbourne is the place to be every Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne to see the very biggest names in comedy! The best of the Melbourne comedy (and beyond) drop in to Base..
Comedy Monday's @ Spleen
When: Every Monday
Where: Spleen Bar
Comedy at Spleen is the longest-running CBD comedy show in Melbourne... and one of the absolute best in the city! It's the home of the famous-name surprise drop in (we've had Arj Barker, Dave Hughes, Kitty Flanagan,..
Comedy at the Coopers Inn - Friday & Saturday's
When: Every Friday, Saturday
Where: The Coopers Inn
The best local, interstate and international comedians every Friday and Saturday at The Coopers Inn in Melbourne. Weekly live stand-up comedy show, right in the heart of the Melbourne CBD. We showcase the best st..
The Comics Lounge Tickets: Live Comedy Show
When: 7 Days (Monday - Sunday)
Where: 26 Errol St North Melbourne
Sit back and enjoy an entertaining night at the Comics Lounge Comedy Show! Enjoy an evening full of laughs with tickets to the Comics Lounge Comedy Show in Melbourne! In this two and a half hour live stand up sho..
Main Stage at Comedy Republic
When: Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Where: Comedy Republic
Every Thursday Friday & Saturday 8pm @ Comedy Republic's signature lineup show! Main Stage has quickly become our biggest show selling out on the regular with huge all-star lineups and lively fun-loving crowds. ..
No Scripts Given - An Improvised Comedy
When: Every Friday
Where: The Speakeasy Theatre
Selected Friday's at the Speakeasy theatre Melbourne at 7 pm. Buckle up for a night of comedy that's raw real unfiltered and unapologetically hilarious Eight top-tier improvisers take the stage to share wild awkw..
Club Club at Melbourne International Comedy Festival
When: Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Where: Theory Bar
Going to Melbourne International Comedy Festival? Wanna cap off the night with something wild? Club Club is the late-night comedy destination where no two shows are the same! Wednesday to Sunday for the who..
Mark Silcox - The Successful Gold Trader
When: Monday 23rd March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley WhereHaus
Dr Silcox (62), who had previously faced considerable financial insecurity and an uncertain retirement outlook, has recently found success through gold trading strategy. Focusing on the gold market, his methodology..
Lawrence Mooney | Full Moon Party
When: Tuesday 24th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Athenaeum Theatre
Moonman's back-and he's bringing the whole gang! From The Front Bar to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, get ready for a comedy supernova featuring Dr Tyler Wall (AFL Mind Set Coach), French insights fro..
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
When: Wednesday 25th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Melbourne
Wednesday 25th March 2026 - Sunday 19th April 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival is back and in 2026 they're celebrating 40 years of funny. Get ready for a star-studded month of longtime festival fave..
Joseph Green: Mushroom Lady & Me
When: Wednesday 25th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: House of Maximon
Joseph spent 18 years completing a law degree, worked as the Associate on the Mushroom Lady trial and then resigned to go to clown school. This is their story. 'Green makes you laugh and then some.' **** ArtsHub ..
Katrina Mathers: Anything But The Dyson and Other Excellent Monologues
When: Thursday 26th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Katrina Mathers presents, as a part of the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the premiere season of Anything But The Dyson and Other Excellent Monologues Created and performed by Katrina Mathers Direct..
Hannah Camilleri: Dinner Hannah Show
When: Thursday 26th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Malthouse Theatre
Hannah returns with another audacious hour. Dinner-and-a-show is a new experience. I mean, it's not. It's as old as time, as the hills! It's been there, done that, and perhaps you prefer show then dinner to debrief..
Tape Face - The Show
When: Thursday 26th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: fortyfivedownstairs
Bohm Presents is thrilled to announce the return of international comedy phenomenon Tape Face for his Australian Tour from March-April 2026. Celebrating 20 years of the show that redefined physical comedy, Tape Face..
Mel McGlensey is Normal
When: Thursday 26th March 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
This is Mel. Mel is normal. But for some reason her comedy shows always end up weird? This time will be different though. This time, she's letting her audience choose what happens. Come along for a one-of-a..
Ross Purdy - Weapons Grade Comedy
When: Friday 27th March 2026 to Saturday 18th April 2026
Where: Bard's Apothecary
Nominee Golden Gibbo 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Nominee Best in Comedy 2022 Sydney Fringe Ross Purdy launches an attack on the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his brand of weap..
Kitty Flanagan - Glad Game
When: Thursday 2nd April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Regent Theatre
Kitty Flanagan is coming to Melbourne with her new stand-up show. Asking but not necessarily answering all the big questions. Were we smarter before social media? Has your call ever been used for training p..
Ivan Aristeguieta - Ready to Mambo | Stand Up & Supper at Hophaus
When: Thursday 2nd April 2026 to Thursday 9th April 2026
After the smash-hit success of All Bangers No Mash, Australia's favourite Venezuelan is back with a hilarious new show about dancing through tough times, finding joy in chaos and shaking off your worries to a Latino be..
Sarah Francis: Psycho or Psychic
When: Saturday 4th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Club Voltaire
Expect playful clowning with soulful stories, ridiculousness, laughing till you cry... it's unique, rare and beautiful! You'll meet character after character in this bold-unhinged-laugh out loud-hour of power! Co..
Andy Balloc: Welcome to Hell
When: Sunday 5th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Multiple award winning comedian Andy Balloch is back with a hilarious corporate onboarding for the End of Days. Chief officer of recruitment, admissions & retention, a fabulously unhinged demon called 'Ramone' (Sat..
Adore Handel's Cautionary Tales
When: Monday 6th April 2026 to Sunday 12th April 2026
Where: The Speakeasy Theatre
Everyone's favourite pansexual, time-travelling songbird is back! Adore Handel returns to Melbourne International Comedy Festival with Cautionary Tales, the scandalous sequel to Little Black Book. This incorrig..
Sweeney Preston: Australia's Worst Journalist
When: Monday 6th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley WhereHaus
For three years, comedian-journalist Sweeney Preston wrote dating advice articles while his own love life desperately needed an editor. Now, Sweeney relives some of the most hilarious contradictions between his own ..
Sugar Bits: Feminist Trash
When: Monday 6th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley Bauhaus
The cult hit of 2025 returns for two weeks only. Knock over your trash cans - sketch trio Sugar Bits are back spilling feminism all over the street. Smeared with the socio-political grime of Abbie Chatfield an..
Richard Mealey: DisUnited States
When: Monday 6th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley Bauhaus
When your homeland falls under authoritarian rule, you only have two options: fight the tyranny or... ya know, pretend like you've never even been there. Born to British immigrants and residing in Australia for the ..
Lukas Meintjes: B48Y Crash Lands on Earth
When: Monday 6th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley Bauhaus
An alien crash lands into a gay club! Can YOU teach it how to be human? Collingwood locals were shaken last night after a UFO ploughed straight into the infamous gay nightclub [redacted] on Peel Street. Witness..
Alice Schlipalius: Confessional
When: Monday 6th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley WhereHaus
How far would you go for a crush? A girl stands outside a boy's house with a boombox. A nun has erotic dreams about God. A teenager follows her crush home across three forms of public transport. Structured throu..
Reuben Kaye | Hard To Swallow
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Athenaeum Theatre
Reuben Kaye is back. Sharper, sexier, and more political than ever. Expect glitter, guts, and the kind of biting comedy only Kaye can deliver. Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 | Best Show Nominee Adelaide Cabaret Fes..
Joanne McNally - PINOTPHILE
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Wednesday 8th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
After the success of her record-breaking tour The Prosecco Express, Joanne McNally returns with her hotly anticipated new stand-up show. Hailed by Variety as One to Watch, McNally has been keeping herself busy by r..
Rohan Arneil: You Wouldn't Have Cut Me Off If I Wasn't So Sunburnt
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Coopers Inn
Winona Winona presents Very excited about the new jokes. I've been supervising some apprentices so I genuinely have a lot to get off my chest. I've been told I'm not their boss a bunch and ten minutes later begrudgin..
Tommy Little - NAMASTE THE F*CK AWAY FROM ME
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
After a decade of being fuelled by whiskey and adrenaline Tommy decided it was time to treat his body to some wellness. Even he couldn't have predicted just how badly it would go. Tommy Little has a gift for turn..
Chris Demos: Chips in the Night
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: StoryVille
Do you spend your nights bathed in blue light, staring at screens and eating chips? Then you deserve a break. So come join me on my potato-ship and we'll sail across the seven seas of hilarities in this stand-up show a..
Maitreyi Karanth: Maitriarchy
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Ballers Clubhouse | Carlton
Fifty, frisky and family roadtrippin'. A midlife crisis, a round-the-world tour and a glimpse of marital life. Laughs, luggage and a little lack of lingerie. Ooh la la! Following 10 sold out shows at Hong Kong's old..
Geraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
I had breast reduction surgery, but they took them all. I didn't want them, they were big and heavy and I wanted it to be easier to find clothes that would fit. I wanted to be ready to evacuate in the middle of..
Sonia Di Iorio: Right Here, Right Now
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Saturday 18th April 2026
Where: The Coopers Inn
Come live in the moment and have a huge freakin' laugh with Sonia! But who is she?... With over 16 years of stand-up, Sonia has made her mark on stages across the country. She's opened for Ronny Chieng, perform..
Handful of Bugs: Hello Mr Radio
When: Tuesday 7th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Malthouse Theatre
The man, the myth, the mackerel, Fergus Mackerel - it's Mr Radio! Yowie Zowie! Look who's coming over the airwaves! It's Fergus Mackerel! Hold onto his tasteful pony tail with both hands - the radio is a peril..
Diana McLaren is Detached
When: Wednesday 8th April 2026 to Sunday 12th April 2026
Where: Club Voltaire
Diana McLaren brings her sharp, cathartic new hour DETACHED to Club Voltaire from 8-12 April as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. An Illawarra-based stand-up known for her warm, witty and joyfull..
Tom Gleeson - Out Of Touch
When: Thursday 9th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Regent Theatre
Hard Quiz host. Taskmaster Australia host. Gold Logie winner. 5 times AACTA winner. Tom Gleeson is completely out of touch. Come along to the show and take him down a peg. "Prepare for an hour of non-stop laught..
Jayne Steer - Addickted
When: Thursday 9th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Jayne Steer lost her mum, her fiance and her mind - in that order, all two weeks before her nine-night Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut. After a psychotic episode on her 35th birthday led to a cPTSD di..
Reuben Kaye: The Kaye Hole
When: Friday 10th April 2026 to Saturday 11th April 2026
Where: Athenaeum Theatre
Tumble down The Kaye Hole with Reuben Kaye for the ultimate night out this Comedy Festival. Queer, messy, fast, loose and f#%king hilarious. The hottest late-night ticket in town where the riskiest and most div..
Dave Hughes | Cooked
When: Saturday 11th April 2026 to Saturday 18th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
There is no one else that comes close to the phenomenon that is Dave Hughes. Behind that cooked looking facade is a mind that works like no other. Dave has carved out a large place in the Australian cultural lan..
Sonia Di Iorio: Battute Per Peccatori
When: Saturday 11th April 2026 to Sunday 12th April 2026
Stand-up comedy 100% in italiano! A show for Italian speakers who love very cheeky comedy. Con oltre 15 anni di esperienza come comica inglese in comedy club, festival ed eventi, Sonia ha lasciato il segno sui..
Stand Up For Refugees: A Benefit For The ASRC
When: Sunday 12th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
After three years of total sell-out shows - including last year's packed-out Comedy Theatre - co-hosts Wil Anderson & Tom Ballard are back with the hottest ticket of the Melbourne Comedy Festival. This annual benefi..
Cat & Caz: Bloody Good Time
When: Monday 13th April 2026 to Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: The Motley WhereHaus
Too Many Props, Too Many Accents, One Bloody Good Time: Cat and Caz are a must see at MICF 2026! Dynamic duo Cat Holder and Caz Dawes are bringing back their "impeccable comic timing and natural chemisty" (What's Th..
The Big FOUR-OH - 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
When: Monday 13th April 2026
Where: Regent Theatre
Melbourne International Comedy Festival proudly presents THE BIG FOUR-OH! APPLAUDING 40 YEARS OF FUNNY! A massive line-up of comedy superstars past, present and future on the Regent Theatre stage. This..
Nick Abrahams - The Accidental Lawyer
When: Friday 17th April 2026
Where: Crowne Plaza Melbourne
If you want an inspiring lawyer story, read To Kill a Mocking Bird. If you want a laugh, come to this show. This is a story about a lawyer who shouldn't have ever become one. It is for anyone who has ever found them..
Louis Hanson - GOOD BOY! One Night Only
When: Friday 17th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
Louis Hanson's debut one-man show has arrived. Last year, Louis made a certain discovery that prompted him to take a walk down memory lane, metaphorically hold a mirror up to his face, and ask himself "how did I e..
Jimeoin - Ballyhoo
When: Saturday 18th April 2026
Where: Regent Theatre
Catch Jimeoin for his unique blend of observational humour, physical expressiveness, and spontaneity. Join Jimeoin as he turns the everyday into the absurd, often riffing on mundane moments. Get a peek inside on..
Noah Szto - MED SCHOOL
When: Saturday 18th April 2026
Where: Comedy Theatre
Winner of the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2025 Directors' Choice Award - and yes, an actual medical doctor - Noah Szto returns with his award-winning show "Med School" for a very special, one night only, live-taping at t..
The Umbilical Brothers - Speedmouse
When: Sunday 19th April 2026
Where: Regent Theatre
International comedy phenomenon, The Umbilical Brothers are bringing their legendary live show Speedmouse to the Regent Theatre for two nights on Saturday 28 March & Sunday 19 April. A wild, fast-paced comedy advent..
Jimmy Carr | Laughs Funny
When: Wednesday 6th May 2026 to Thursday 7th May 2026
Where: John Cain Arena
Wednesday 6th May 2026 - Wednesday 6th May 2026 @ John Cain Arena If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy. Jimmy Carr is going back on tour with his brand-new show 'Jimmy Carr: Laughs..
Carl Barron: Just Wondering Why | May 2026
When: Friday 22nd May 2026 to Sunday 31st May 2026
Where: Palais Theatre
The brand-new show from Australia's most popular live comedian!! One thing Carl has heard his whole life is that he thinks too much. He thought about it considered it and then realised he was doing it again. What..❊ More Comedy.. ❊
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Melbourne Comedy Venues
The Comic's Lounge
26 Errol Street, North Melbourne
Comedy Theatre
240 Exhibition Street Melbourne 3000
Morris House
114-122 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000.
Club Voltaire
14 Raglan Street, North Melbourne
Spleen Bar
41 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000.
The Coopers Inn
282 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000.
The Rubber Chicken Comedy Club
256 Moray Street, South Melbourne 3205
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