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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 – Family Favourites
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 kicks off just in time for the Easter and Autumn School Holidays. This year’s lineup is packed with exciting shows, including The (Very) Big Laugh Out (VBLO), Comedy Club for Kids, and performances by all your favourite acts like The Listies, Circus Oz, and many more!
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 – TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Class Clowns National Grand Final
• The (Very) Big Laugh Out (VBLO)
• Comedy Club for Kids
• The Listies – Make Some Noise!
• Didj and Dance
• Circus Oz – Smash It!
Class Clowns National Grand Final
Support some of Australia’s funniest kids at the Class Clowns National Grand Final. This unique, national secondary school comedy competition, part of the festival’s development program, encourages teenagers to unleash their comic voice through stand-up, sketch, musical, or physical comedy. With finalists from across the country gathering in Melbourne for one massive teen comedy bash, there’s no better time to witness the next generation of Australian comedy stars.
Suitable for audiences 13+
Date: Thu 28 March 2024
Time: 11.30 am
Location: Melb Town Hall – Supper Room, 100 Swanston St, Melbourne
Price: $15
The (Very) Big Laugh Out (VBLO)
The (Very) Big Laugh Out (VBLO) returns for a special extravaganza at Fed Square on Good Friday. From 1:30 to 5:00 pm, enjoy free entertainment from the wackiest street performers, stand-up, physical, and musical comedy artists.
Date: Fri 29 March 2024
Time: 1.30 pm, 3.30 pm
Location: Fed Square Main Stage, Federation Square, Melbourne
Price: FREE
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Comedy Club for Kids
Comedy Club for Kids brings cheeky holiday fun and laughs to kids aged six to 12, offering a variety showcase of stand-up, sketch, musical comedy, and circus acts.
Date and time: 30 – 31 March 2024 12 pm; 2 – 7 April 2024: 12 pm; 9 – 11 April 2024: 12 pm, 3.15 pm; 12 – 14 April 2024: 12 pm
Location: Melbourne Museum – Theatre, 11 Nicholson St, Carlton
Price: $15 – $25
Make Some Noise!
The Listies return with “Make Some Noise!”, an insane mixtape of silly songs, stupid sketches, and crazy clowning.
Date: 12 April 2024: 2 pm; 13 April 2024 & Sun 14 April 2024: 11 am, 2 pm. AUSLAN: Sat 13 April 2024: 11 am
Location: Darebin Arts Centre, 401 Bell Street, Preston
Price: $20 – $95
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Didj & Dance
Aboriginal comedy star Sean Choolburra presents “Didj & Dance” for three shows only at Melbourne Museum. Cheeky, clever and charismatic, Sean’s charming blend of pop culture, dance, comedy and hip-hop delivers a high-energy, feel-good show for all the family.
Date: 12 – 14 April 2024
Time: 3.15 pm
Location: Melbourne Museum – Theatre, 11 Nicholson St, Carlton
Price: $15 – $25
Circus Oz – Smash It!
Circus Oz brings an irreverent medley of apparently impossible acts as acrobats, tumblers, and more conjure their way into the not-so-everyday world. Smash it! is Circus Oz as unbelievable as ever, stripped back, tent-less, dauntless and daring. An ensemble of seven circus artists and three musicians blast, rip, smash, fly and tumble into a remarkable present where sexagenarians, millennials and Gen Z’s unite in chaotic and hilarious harmony.
Date and time:
Thu 28 Mar: 8 pm; Fri 29 Mar & Sat 30 Mar: 3 pm, 8 pm; Sun 31 Mar: 3 pm, 7 pm; Wed 3 Apr & Thu 4 Apr: 3pm,8pm; Fri 5 Apr: 8pm; Sat 6 Apr: 3.45pm,8pm; Sun 7 Apr: 3 pm, 7 pm; Tue 9 Apr: 8 pm; Wed 10 Apr: 3.45 pm, 8 pm; Thu 11 Apr: 8 pm; Sat 13 Apr: 3.45 pm; Sun 14 Apr: 3 pm ,7 pm; Tue 16 Apr: 8 pm; Sat 20 Apr: 2 pm, 3.45 pm; Sun 21 Apr: 1.15 pm, 3 pm
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne – Fairfax Studio, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
Price: $20 – $110
Additionally, delight the kids with Dr Bubble and Milkshake’s brand-new Bubble Show in Space; go on an adventure with Jon & Jero in a high-energy hour of physical comedy, big characters, and improvisation; experience Kaboom!, a brand-new, all-ages electromagnetic extravaganza or explore the science of snot, with exciting experiments and grosstastic gags with Mr Snotbottom and more!
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival runs from March 27 to April 21, 2024.
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