Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Huge names up for the prestigious gong.

Relive tonight's belly laughs over six episodes

The annual event is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and has unveiled a fittingly massive spread of acts for this year's festival

Comics! Comics! Comics!

The annual mecca of funny people takes its show on the road to Gold Coast's Art Centre this May

Looking to cut through the swathe of funnypeople to find guaranteed laughs? We've got you covered

And it is massive - more than 559 shows across 145 venues fill the program this year

The full program of event-bound funny folks will be unveiled in February

The winner will be announced this Saturday

"Laughter, like farting and racism, just comes out of people who are prone to it."

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