Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in July

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

NEPA Comedy Festival (The Poconos) - Deadline in July, submit soon (show dates Oct. 3-5)

Killeen Comedy Festival (Killeen, TX) - Deadline July 12th (show dates Aug. 28-31)

Lookout Comedy Festival (Chattanooga, TN) - Deadline July 15th (show dates Oct. 22-25)

Crooked Mouth Comedy Festival (Endicott, NY) - Deadline July 15th (show dates Oct. 16-19)

Big Sky Comedy Festival (Billings, MT) - Deadline July 15th (show dates Oct. 7-11)

Big Laughs Comedy Festival (Big Bear Lake, CA) - Deadline July 17th (show dates Aug. 22-24)

Rogue Island Comedy Festival (Newport, RI) - Deadline in late July (show dates Oct. 9-13 or May 21-25

Black Women in Comedy Festival (Los Angeles) - Deadline July 31st (show dates Oct. 17-19)

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)

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

Cleveland Comedy Festival - Deadline end of August (show dates Oct. 8-11)

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)

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, deadline Mar. 31st (show dates April 2026)

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)

Regular fee ends July 31st, overall Sept. 20th (show dates Nov. 13-16)

Film

New York Comedy Film Festival - Early Bird July 15th, overall Dec. 5th (show dates Feb. 15-22)

Short Film

Cookies & Comedy Film Festival (Pittsburgh) - Early Bird ends July 31st, overall Dec. 31st (show dates Mar. 14)

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

Short Film/Pilot/Web Series/Podcast/Micro-Episodes

NYC Web Fest - Deadline July 31st (show dates Oct. 3-5)

Short Film/Animation

Short Com International Comedy Film & Animation Festival (UK) - Late deadline July 18th, overall Aug. 11 (show dates September 26-October 5)

Fringe

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

Sketch

Denver Sketch Festival - Deadline July 19th (show dates Oct. 9-11)

Sketchfest Chicago - Regular fee ends July 31st, overall Aug. 15th (show dates Nov. 5-8)

SF Sketchfest - Early Bird ends July 31st, overall Sept. 2nd (show dates Jan. 15 - Feb. 1)

Video Sketch/Feature, Short, & Animated Film/Pilot/Web Series/Music Video

LA Comedy Film Festival - Deadline July 19th (show dates Sept. 5-15)

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

First Coast Comedy Festival (Jacksonville, FL) - Deadline July 28th (show dates Nov. 13-16)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety

New South Comedy Festival (Greenville, SC) - Early Bird ends July 31st, overall Aug. 13th (Nov. 5-9)

Improv

Union Improv Festival (Somerville, MA) - Early Bird ends July 25th, overall Aug. 22nd (show dates Nov. 13-15)

Le Grand Yes And! Improv Festival (Montreal) - Deadline July 31st (show dates Sept. 24-28)

Not Festivals, But Cool

GOLD Comedy's Digital Production Teams (NYC) - Deadline July 1st

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

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