Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in August

We combed the internet for comedy festivals that have open submissions during the month of August 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

Funny Is Female (Oak Park, IL) - Deadline Aug. 1st (show dates Oct. 23-26)

Helena Comedy Festival (Helena, MT) - Deadline Aug. 8th (show dates Oct. 9-12)

West Wend Comedy Festival (Atlanta) - Early Bird ends Aug. 15th, overall Nov. 1st (show dates Mar. 6-8)

Cleveland Comedy Festival - Deadline Aug. 17th (show dates Oct. 8-11)

World Series of Comedy (Various cities) - Main Event deadline Aug. 18th (Main Event show dates Sept. 21-27)

Memphis Urban Laughs Comedy Fest - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Oct. 23-26)

Hubcap Comedy Festival (New Brunswick, Canada) - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 29-Feb. 9)

Tower City Comedy Festival (Paris, TX) - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 22-26)

Vice City Comedy Festival (Miami) - Early Bird ends Aug. 31st, overall Oct. 31st (show dates Feb. 26-28)

Good Karma, South (Various cities around Maryland) - Deadline Sept. 1st (show dates Oct. 23-Nov. 2)

Seattle International Comedy Competition - Deadline Sept. 1st (show throughout in November)

Ladies Room Comedy Festival (NYC) - Regular fee ends Sept. 30th, overall Oct. 15th (show dates Nov. 7-9)

Halifax Comedy Festival - Deadline Oct. 1st (show dates May 6-9)

Meadowlands Comedy Festival (Secaucus, NJ) - Early Bird period going now, overeall Mar. 31st (show dates April 2026)

Stand-Up/Storytelling

Bergamot Comedy Festival (Santa Monica) - Early Bird ends Aug. 31st, overall Dec. 31st (show dates Mar. 24-28)

Stand-Up/Content Creation

New York Comedy Festival (Comics & Creators to Watch) - Deadline Sept. 12th (show dates Nov. 7-16)

Stand-Up/Film/Variety/Podcast

Ha Ha Harvest Comedy Festival and Film Fest (Jersey City) late submission ends Aug. 31st, overall Sept. 20th (show dates Nov. 13-16)

Film

New York Comedy Film Festival - Next deadline Aug. 15th, overall Dec. 5th (show dates Feb. 15-22)

LA Comedy Film Festival - Next deadline Aug. 29th, overall Sept. 9th (Nov. 6-9)

Portland Comedy Film Festival - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Nov. 9)

Austin Comedy Film Festival - Early Bird ends Oct. 31st, overall June 30th (show date Sept. 19, 2026)

Film/Short Film/TV/Music Video/XR Experience

SXSW (Austin, TX) - First deadline Aug. 26th, overall Oct. 1st (show dates Mar. 12-18)

Short Film

Funny Under Fifteen Minutes (Hamilton, NY) - Regular deadline Aug. 8th, overall Feb. 8th (show dates Mar. 13-15, 2026)

Cookies & Comedy Film Festival (Pittsburgh) - Nov. 30th, overall Dec. 31st (show date Mar. 14)

Short Film/Animation

Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (UK) - Early Bird ends Dec. 19th, overall July10th (show dates Sept. 26-Oct. 5)

Stand-Up/Themed Show

Leicester Comedy Festival - Opens Aug. 27th, Deadline Oct. 3rd (show dates Feb. 4-22)

Fringe

Adelaide Fringe - Opens Aug. 27th (show dates Feb. 20-Mar. 22)

Fringe World (Perth) - Program & Venue deadline Oct. 14th (show dates Jan. 21-Feb. 15)

Sketch

Sketchfest Chicago - Deadline Aug. 15th (show dates Nov. 5-8)

NYC Sketchfest - Deadline Aug. 15th (show dates Oct. 16-19)

SF Sketchfest - Deadline Sept. 2nd (show dates Jan. 15 - Feb. 1)

Stand-Up/Sketch/Music

Impact Fest (Warsaw, Poland) - Deadline Aug. 10th (show dates Sept. 6 & 7)

Stand-Up/Video Sketch/Musical Comedy

Vermont Comedy Festival - Cheaper fee ends Sept. 2nd, overall Sept. 15 (show dates Dec. 4-7)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Storytelling/Character/Podcast

Montclair Comedy Festival (Montclair, NJ) - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Nov. 13-15)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch

ITS Comedy Festival (Sydney) - Deadline Aug. 18th (show dates Nov. 9-16)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety

New South Comedy Festival (Greenville, SC) - Deadline Aug. 13th (show dates Nov. 5-9)

Stand-Up/Improv

Comedyfort (Boise, ID) - Early Bird ends Sept. 15th, overall Nov. 21st (show dates Mar. 25-29)

Improv

Grand Rapids Improv Festival - Deadline Aug. 10th (show dates Oct. 9-11)

Uptown Improv Fest (Utica, NY) - Deadline Aug. 15th (show dates Oct. 9-12)

Ocean State Black & Funny Improv Festival (Wakefield, RI) - Deadline Aug. 17th (show dates Sept. 25-27)

Union Improv Festival (Somerville, MA) - Deadline Aug. 22nd (show dates Nov. 13-15)

Mobile Improv Comedy Carnival (Mobile, AL) - Early Bird ends Sept. 30th, overall Dec. 28th (show dates Apr. 17&18)

Not Festivals, But Cool

All the Laughs Comedy Awards (ATL) - Deadline Aug. 1st (show dates Sept. 26-28)

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