Milwaukee Comedy Festival
The Underground Collaborative 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival is celebrating 13 years of laughter! Join us August 1-5th, 2018 for the biggest comedy event of the year. Since 2005 the festival has featured the most talented performers in live stand-up comedy, improv, and sketch comedy we can find across the country. Our alumni have appeared on Comedy Central, Conan, Late Nite and many more.
This years festival will feature headliner Colin Quinn at Turner Hall Ballroom, Lady Parts Justice League at The Cooperage, and dozens of top comedy acts from across the country at The Underground Collaborative. The festival officially kicks off with Keg Stand Up at Lakefront Brewery.
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Wisconsin’s largest multi-day comedy event, will take place August 1-5, 2018 and feature live stand up, improv and sketch comedy at multiple venues. Celebrating thirteen years of presenting laughs, performers from across the country will be featured in thirteen different shows and Special Events including professional stand up, improvisation and sketch comedy. The Festival will take place at multiple venues including The Underground Collaborative, Lakefront Brewery, Turner Hall Ballroom and others offering a variety of comedy acts.
2018 Special Events include Saturday Night Live alumni Colin Quinn as Fest Headliner on Friday, August 3 at Turner Hall Ballroom, The Daily Show Co-Creator Liz Winstead with the comedy/activism show The Vagical Mystery Tour on Thursday, Aug. 2, the closing night show and ceremony Best of the Fest on Sunday, Aug 5, and dubbed the “Unofficial Pre-Kick Off” to the comedy festival: a comedy Roast of Milwaukee will start the week on Monday July 30.
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Single Show tickets are $16 presale and $20 day of show. Tickets are available in advance online via http://mkecomedyfest.com or at the venue box office 30 minutes prior to show time at the door. A limited number of All Access Passes are available for $60 and include one admission to all shows in the 2018 Milwaukee Comedy Festival including kick off and special events, first-choice seating, a limited-edition lanyard, and a button or sticker. A limited number of All Access Passes are available on the Milwaukee comedy festival website.
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival was founded in 2006. The event features the best professional comedy acts from across the country including live stand up, sketch comedy and improvisation.