Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in February

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

Altercation Comedy Festival (Austin, TX) - Opening Feb. 6th (show dates Nov. 4-7)

Vail Comedy Festival (Vail, CO) - Deadline Feb. 14th (show dates May 22-24)

Mountain Fresh Comedy Festival (Breckenridge, CO) - Early Bird ends Feb. 14th, overall June 30th (show dates Oct. 8-10)

Badgerland Comedy Festival (Janesville, WI) - Deadline Feb. 15th (show dates Apr. 30-May 3)

Jersey City Comedy Festival - Cheaper fee ends Feb. 28th, overall Mar. 31st (show dates June 9-13)

Corkscrew Comedy Festival (Santa Ynez, CA) - Deadline Feb. 28th (show dates June 19-21)

Boulder Comedy Festival - Deadline in March (show dates in June 17-21)

Cassopolis Comedy Festival (Cassopolis, MI) - Deadline Mar. 1st (show dates May 29-31)

Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit) - Early Bird ends Mar.13th, overall Apr. 15th (show dates Sept. 17-21)

Rogue Island Comedy Festival (Newport, RI) - Deadline Mar. 29th (Spring show dates May 21-24, Fall show dates Oct. 8-11)

HaHa Harvest Comedy Festival (Hoboken & Jersey City) - Early Bird ends Mar. 31st, overall Aug. 7 (Oct. 2-4)

Saratoga Comedy Festival (Saratoga Springs, NY) - Cheaper fee ends Mar. 31st, overall June 1st (show dates Sept. 11-12)

Meadowlands Comedy Festival (Secaucus, NJ) - Deadline Mar. 31st (show dates April 2026)

Big Laughs Fest (Sedona, AZ) - Deadline mid May (show dates Sept. 17-19)

Colorado Queer Comedy Festival - Deadline June 30th (show dates Oct. 1-4)

World Series of Comedy (Various cities) - Multiple deadlines, overall Aug. 16th (multiple dates)

Seattle International Comedy Competition - Deadline Sept. 6th (show dates in November)

Stand-Up/Digital Short

Bend Comedy Festival (Bend, OR) - Cheaper Fee ends Mar. 31st, overall May 15th (show dates Sept. 4-6)

Film

FILM@Vail Comedy Festival (Vail, CO) - Late deadline Feb. 1st, overall Mar. 1st (show dates May 22-24)

Austin Comedy Film Festival - Cheaper Fee ends Mar. 31st, overall June 30th (show date Sept. 19, 2026)

Portland Comedy Film Festival - Regular deadline Mar. 31st, overall June 30th (show date Oct. 12)

Short Film

Funny Under Fifteen Minutes (Hamilton, NY) - Deadline Feb. 8th (show dates Mar. 13-15)

Short Film/Animation

Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (UK) - Next deadline May 22nd, overall July10th (show dates Aug. 14-Sept. 25)

Sketch/Short Film

Philly Sketchfest - Deadline Mar. 31st (show dates June 4-13)

Sketch

Portland Sketch Comedy Festival - Opening soon (show dates July23-25)

Montreal Sketchfest - Deadline Mar. 18th (show dates Apr. 30-May 19)

Sketch/Character

Dallas Sketchfest - Deadline Feb. 28th (show dates May 28-31)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch

2nd Best Fest (Richmond, VA) - Early Bird ends Feb. 15th, overall Mar. 15th (show dates June 11-13)

Fringe

Kansas City Fringe Festival - Deadline Feb. 17th (show dates July 16-26)

Edinburgh Fringe - Multiple registration dates - Early Bird ends Mar. 4th, program deadline Apr. 8 (Show dates Aug. 7-31)

Rik Mayall Comedy Festival (Droitwich, UK) - Deadline Mar. 27th (show dates May 29-June 6)

Hollywood Fringe - Deadline Apr. 15th (show dates June 11-28)

Brighton Fringe - Multiple deadlines, overall Apr. 24th (show dates May 1-31)

Greater Manchester Fringe - Brochure deadline May 15, overall June 25th (show dates July 1-31)

Stand-Up/Improv/Variety

Good Vibes Comedy Festival (Memphis) - Cheaper fee ends Feb. 1st, final deadline Feb. 15th (show dates Apr. 16-18)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety

Flyover Comedy Festival (St. Louis) - Deadline Mar. 1st (show dates Nov. 12-15)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Solo/Clown/Variety

iO Fest (Chicago) - Opening soon (show dates July 23-26)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Character/Variety

Mach Improv LA Festival - Deadline Mar. 27th (show dates May 1&2)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Variety/Alt Comedy

Hill People's Comedy Fest (Hudson Valley, NY) - Early Bird ends Feb. 10th, overall Mar. 1st (show dates June 25-27)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Variety/Burlesque (and more)

Midsummer Comedy Fest (Stockholm) - Deadline Feb. 9th (show dates June 24-28)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Magic

High Tide Comedy Festival (Providence, RI) - Cheaper Fee ends Feb. 28th, overall Mar. 31st (show dates June 5-7)

Stand-Up/Improv/Musical/Variety/Clown

Hastings Comedy Festival (Hastings, England) - Deadline Feb. 28th (show dates June 1-7)

Stand-Up/Improv/Solo/Video/Podcast

Detroit Women of Comedy Festival - Early Bird ends Feb. 15th, overall Mar. 15th (show dates May 15&16)

Stand-Up/Improv

RISE Comedy Festival (Denver) - Early Bird ends Feb. 28th, overall May 15th (show dates July 24-Aug. 1)

Improv

Fun & Dumb Improv Festival (Brooklyn, NY) - Opening soon (show dates July 9-12)

Countdown Improv Festival (Tampa, FL) - Deadline Feb. 16th (show dates Aug. 5-9)

Improvalooza (Rock Island, IL) - Deadline Feb. 19th (show dates Mar. 7, 14, & 28)

Asheville Improv Festival - Deadline Feb. 28th (show dates May 6-9)

Yo Adrienne! Improv Festival (Philadelphia, PA) - Deadline Apr. 30th (show dates July 31-Aug. 2)

Secret Improv Fest (Oak Ridge, TN) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Oct. 8-10)

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