MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Wisconsin’s largest multi-day comedy event and a staple of the local comedy scene for fourteen years announces 2019 festival dates and performer submission details. Milwaukee Comedy Festival will present the best in regional and national stand up, improvisation and sketch comedy Wednesday July 31st – Sunday August 4, 2019 at multiple venues across Milwaukee, WI. Submissions to perform are open nationally beginning on Thursday, February 14th.
To celebrate 14 Years of Laughs, applicants will have 14 days to submit at a discounted rate of $14. The regular submission fee is $20 (March 1 – May 1).
Application fee is Early Bird $14, standard fee is $20, late submissions are $40. Selections are made by a local panel of judges including the producers and staff of the festival and select area comedy professionals. Applications are judged on quality, originality, professionalism, audience reaction and above all, funniness.
Last year’s festival saw a majority of sold out shows. Details on venues and headlining acts will be announced in the coming weeks.
When:
Wednesday July 31st – Sunday August 4, 2019
Where:
Multiple venues in Milwaukee, WI. More details announced soon.
Submissions Details:
Early Bird Special – $14 (From February 14 – 28)
Regular Submission fee: $20 (March 1 – May 1)
To submit, visit www.mkecomedyfest.com
About the Milwaukee Comedy Festival
In 2005 the Milwaukee Comedy Festival was originally born as the Sketch and Improv Festival. The vision was to grow and support the comedy scene in Milwaukee through live performances. Once stand up comedy was added to the line-up in 2007, the name changed and the Milwaukee Comedy Festival (MCF) quickly became Wisconsin’s premier annual comedy event. This event aspires to be an inviting environment providing professional stage time to seasoned and up-and-coming performers in front of an eager and engaged audience.
Over the years more than 14,000 people have laughed with the Milwaukee Comedy Festival. Audiences have traveled from all parts of Wisconsin to attend the fest and as far away as Los Angeles and Massachusetts for the biggest comedy event of the year.
Since it began in 2005 the festival has featured 1000’s of performers from across the country including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver and Austin as well as Canada including Toronto, Alberta and Vancouver. Our alumni have appeared in movies and television including SNL, Comedy Central, HBO, Mad TV, BET, Conan, Late Nite and many more.