We combed the internet for comedy festivals that have open submissions during the month of February so you don't have to! We have improv, stand-up, sketch and more covered below! Just click the names of the festivals to follow their link! We'll be updating throughout the month as new info comes in so be sure to check back!
Stand-Up
Flagship City Comedy Festival (Erie, PA) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates Apr. 24-27)
FunnyFest Comedy Festival (Calgary) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates May 29-June 8)
World Series of Comedy (Various cities) - Two satellite deadlines are Feb. 2nd and 16th, Main Event deadline Aug. 18th (Main Event show dates Sept. 21-27)
Limestone Comedy Festival (Bloomington, IN) - Early Bird ends Feb. 11th, overall Mar. 10th (show dates May 29-31)
Vail Comedy Festival (Vail, CO) - Deadline Feb. 14th (show dates May 23-25)
Altercation Comedy Festival (Austin, TX) - Early Bird window closing soon (show dates Nov. 5-8)
Jersey City Comedy Festival (Jersey City, NJ) - Cheaper fee ends Feb. 28th, overall Mar. 31st (show dates June 10-14)
Meadowlands Comedy Festival (Secaucus, NJ) - Deadline Mar. 1st (show dates Apr. 24-28)
Lookout Comedy Competition (Chattanooga, TN) - Deadline Mar. 15th (show dates May 23-25)
Rogue Island Comedy Festival (Newport, RI) - Deadline Mar. 16th (show dates May 22-26 or Oct. 9-13)
Boulder Comedy Festival - Deadline in March (show dates in June)
Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit, MI) - Early Bird ends Mar. 31st, overall Apr. 15th (show dates Sept. 17-21)
Gas Money Fest (Waterloo, IA) - Deadline Apr. 1 (show date Aug. 23)
Burbank Comedy Festival - Deadline May 1st (show dates Aug. 9-16)
San Francisco Comedy Competition - Deadline June 1st (show dates in September)
Colorado Queer Comedy Festival - Deadline June 1st (show Oct. 2-4)
Seattle International Comedy Competition - Deadline June 1st (show dates in November)
Stand-Up/Film
Laugh After Dark Comedy Festival (Las Vegas) - Standard deadline Apr. 30th, overall June 30th (show dates Oct. 27-29)
Stand-Up/Digital Shorts
Bend Comedy Festival (Bend, OR) - Early Bird ends Feb. 28th, overall May 15th (show dates Labor Day Weekend)
Feature & Short Film/Series/Music Video/Video Games/Audio Storytelling
Tribeca Film Festival (NYC) - (show dates June 4-15)
Short Films deadline Feb. 5th
Features, Series, Games, Audio Storytelling deadline Feb. 12th
Sketch
Portland Sketchfest - Early Bird ends Feb. 24th, overall Apr. 4th (how dates July 24-26)
Montreal Sketchfest - Deadline Mar. 20th (show dates May 1-10)
Sketch/Film
Philly Sketchfest - Deadline Mar. 31st (show dates June 5-14)
Video Sketch/Feature, Short, & Animated Film/Pilot/Web Series/Music Video
LA Comedy Film Festival - Deadline July 19th (show dates Sept. 5-15)
Short Film/Animation
Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (UK) - Regular deadline May 9th, overall Aug. 11 (show dates September 26-October 5)
Stand-up/Sketch/Storytelling/Game Show
Austin Sketchfest - Regular submissions end Feb. 28th, overall Mar. 15th (show dates May 22-25)
Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Storytelling
Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival (Los Angeles) - Deadline Apr. 1st (show dates June 3-8)
Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety
Columbus Comedy Festival - Deadline Apr. 9th (show dates Sept. 4-7)
Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety/Characters
M.I.L.F. (Los Angeles) - Deadline Mar. 15th (show dates Apr. 25 & 26)
Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch
2nd Best Fest (Richmond, VA) - Early Bird ends Mar. 1st, overall Mar. 22nd (show dates June 5-7)
Blue Whale Comedy Festival (Tulsa, OK) - Stand-up open now, Early Bird ending Mar. 1st
Improv/Sketch opening soon (show dates Aug. 14-16)
Fringe
KC Fringe Festival (Kansas City, MO) - Deadline Feb. 23rd (show dates July 13-27)
Edinburgh Fringe - Early Bird ends Mar. 5th, overall Apr. 9th (show dates Aug. 1-25)
Hollywood Fringe - Deadline Apr. 15th (show dates June 12-29)
Greater Manchester Fringe Festival (England) - Brochure deadline May 1st, overall June 1st (show dates July 1-31)
Solo
SolocomNYC - Deadline Feb. 14th (show Apr. 10-13)
Stand-Up/Improv
Good Vibes Comedy Festival (Memphis, TN) - Deadline end of Feb. (show dates Apr. 18-20)
Rise Comedy Festival (Denver, CO) - Early Bird ends Feb. 28th, overall June 1st (stand-up show dates July 25&26, improv show dates July 31-Aug. 2)
Musical Improv
The Big Sing (Barcelona) - Deadline Feb. 23rd (show dates June 26-29)
Improv
Twin Cities Improv Fest (Minneapolis) - Deadline Feb. 1st (show dates June 5-8)
Dogwood Comedy Festival (Raleigh, NC) - Deadline Feb. 10th (show dates Apr. 23-27)
Ottawa Improv Festival - Deadline Feb. 16th (show dates May 29-31)
Irreverente Impro Festival (Lisbon, Portugal) - Deadline Feb. 17th (show dates July 23-26)
Dramatic Improv Festival (Chicago) - Deadline Feb. 28th (show dates July 10-13)
Countdown Improv Festival (Tampa, FL) - Cheaper fee ends Feb. 28th, overall Mar. 7th (show dates Aug. 6-10)
Orange County Improv Festival - Deadline Mar. 14th! (show dates July 17-19)
Secret City Improv Festival (Oak Ridge, TN) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Oct. 2-5
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