Every Comedy Festival With Open Submissions in June

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

Latina Comedy Festival (Chicago) - Early Bird ends June 1st, overall June 30th (show dates Oct. 2-4)

San Francisco Comedy Competition - Deadline June 1st (show dates in September)

Colorado Queer Comedy Festival - Deadline June 1st (show Oct. 2-4)

Seattle International Comedy Competition - Deadline June 1st (show dates in November)

MQCFest (Pittsburgh) - Deadline June 9th (show dates Oct. 9-12)

Cleveland Comedy Festival - Deadline info coming soon (show dates Oct. 8-11)

Asheville Comedy Festival - Deadline June 14h (show dates July 31-Aug. 2 & Aug. 7-9)

Mountain Fresh Comedy Festival (Breckenridge, CO) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Oct. 9-11)

Fountain City Comedy Festival (Kansas City, MO) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Oct. 23-25)

Baltimore Comedy Festival - Deadline June 18th (show dates Aug. 27-Sept. 1)

Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest (NYC) - Deadline June 19th (show dates Feb. 26 - Mar. 1)

Killeen Comedy Festival (Killeen, TX) - Regular fee ends June 30th, overall July 15th (show dates Aug. 28-31)

Lookout Comedy Festival (Chattanooga, TN) - Regular Fee ends June 30th, overall July 31st (show dates )

Oakland Comedy Festival - Deadline June 30th (show dates in October)

Colorado Queer Comedy Festival (Boulder) - Deadline June 30th (show dates Oct. 2-4)

10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival (Minneapolis) - Deadline June 30th (show dates Oct. 23-25)

Funny Is Female (Oak Park, IL) - Regular fee ends June 30th, overall Aug. 1st (show dates Oct. 23-26)

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

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

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)

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

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) - Still early deadline June 8th, overall Feb. 8th (show dates Mar. 13-15, 2026)

Stand-Up/Film

Laugh After Dark Comedy Festival (Las Vegas) - Cheaper fee ends June 15th, overall June 30th (show dates Oct. 27-29)

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

NYC Web Fest - Cheaper fee due June 15th, overall 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)

Sketch

Denver Sketch Festival - Cheaper fee ends June 30th, overall July 19th (show dates Oct. 9-11)

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

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

Fringe

Greater Manchester Fringe Festival (England) - Deadline June 1st (show dates July 1-31)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety

Nottingham Comedy Festival - Deadline June 30th (show dates Oct. 31 - Nov. 9th)

Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch

First Coast Comedy Festival (Jacksonville, FL) - Early Bird ends June 4th, overall July 28th (show dates Nov. 13-16)

Stand-Up/Improv

Rise Comedy Festival (Denver, CO) - Deadline June 1st (stand-up show dates July 25&26, improv show dates July 31-Aug. 2)

Musical Improv

Bay Area Musical Improv - Deadline June 1st (show dates Oct. 23-26)

Improv

Red Rocks Improv Festival (Cedar City, UT) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Sept. 8-12)

Secret City Improv Festival (Oak Ridge, TN) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Oct. 2-5)

Yo Adrienne Improv Fest (Philadelphia) - Deadline June 30th (show dates Aug. 29-31)

Not Festivals, But Cool

All the Laughs Comedy Awards (ATL) - Cheaper Fee ends June 1st, overall Aug. 1st (show dates Sept. 26-28)

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