Sydney Comedy Festival

The Sydney Comedy Festival

The Sydney Comedy Festival is one of Australia's leading comedy events.

Launched in 2005 as Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival has quickly developed into a significant if not rather frenetic comedic disturbance in Sydney's cultural calendar. A feast of entertainment show-casing our brightest comic heroes from across Australia coupled with the best international gems on offer, the Festival plies its trade on Australia's most famous stages including the landmark Sydney Opera House and the iconic Enmore Theatre.

The Sydney Comedy Festival aims to:

• showcase and celebrate Sydney and Australia's best comic artists
• develop and foster new comic performers and comedy works
• present the best international comedians to Sydney and Australian audiences

The Sydney Comedy Festival is a very keen advocate of the development of a local talent base and it manifests it’s advocacy by developing programs for Sydney emerging comedians, comic writers and entertainment talent such as Fresh (where the marketing costs of a show for emerging talent is subsidised by the Festival), One Minute Comedy Wonders (The search for the one minute of comedy in everyone) and Get Pitched (the opportunity for writers to pitch TV/Film concepts to industry representatives).

The Festival has emerged not only as a presenter and marketer of comedy but also as a producer of a number of special events for stage and screen including the annual Cracker Night Showcase Gala special, the Mother of all Gala's women's only showcase and numerous artist live DVD recordings.

Festival Governance & Programming

The Festival is governed by a Board of Directors and is under the Artistic Direction of Jorge Menidis.

The Festival is a curated event where submissions are sought and welcome (please send any expressions of interest to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

The final composition of the Festival program however is at the sole behest of the Artistic Director.

Key Contacts

Bookings can be made on +61 2 9020 6966

Sponsorship & Advertising enquiries can be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

All Media & PR enquiries can be directed to Amanda Fry and her 6DC team on +61 2 9280 1600 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For all other contact information, please visit the CONTACT US page.