Sydney Comedy Festival 2023

Overview

If you're in need of a few chuckles in the face of the state of the world, then Sydney has you covered across April and May. The Sydney Comedy Festival has a bumper edition on offer in 2023, delivering non-stop laughs from an impressive lineup of local and international comedic talent.

From Monday, April 24–Sunday, May 21, venues across the city will play host to a program of sidesplitting stand-up, improv, theatre, magic and more. Returning favourites include the always huge Sydney Comedy Festival Gala, which hits the Sydney Opera House, Pac Pavilion Sutherland, Riverside Theatre, the Enmore Theatre and The Concourse to kick things off from Monday, April 24–Wednesday, April 26. Whichever date and venue you choose, expect an outrageous night of onstage antics from a star-studded cast of festival greats and emerging stars.

Across the month-long fest, you'll also be able to catch solo shows from the likes of Dylan Moran, Ed Gamble, Bert Krescher, Mark Watson, Jordan Raskopoulos, Josie Long, Arj Barker, Gabbi Bolt, Sam Campbell, Ray O'Leary, Thalia Joan and stacks more.

Elsewhere, Lucinda Price — commonly known as Froomes — is bringing her Besties slumber party to the Factory Theatre with Louis Hanson, the internet's patron jar-sauce hater Nat's What I Reckon will be bringing his show Yeah Righto to the festival and the UK''s Sh!itfaced Shakespeare will be performing Romeo and Juliet at the Manning Bar and The Concourse.

You can catch Osher Günsberg's satirical news show NTNNNNN (read our chat with Günsberg about the show) and Richard Glover will be popping up with a special live broadcast of Thank God It's Friday! featuring live music from The Soul Movers.

Images: Ben Sanford.