FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition 2027
The dates, the rooms, and your whole night planned around the show.
8–16 April 2027 · Calgary
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The short answer
FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition (27th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Competition: preliminary rounds) runs 8–16 April 2027 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Calgary's long-running comedy festival and its stand-up competition, judged by up to eight independent judges a show, with in-person rounds and one video round. The 2027 competition has $5,000 in cash and prizes, $2,000 to the winner, and the top two finalists each play three paid shows at the main festival.
The next edition
- 8–16 April 2027 27th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Competition: preliminary rounds
- 17 April 2027 Semi-final and Championship Final, Calgary
- 27 May – 6 June 2027 27th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Festival (the top two finalists perform three shows)
- Closes 1 February 2027 Applications for the 27th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Competition (an unedited five-minute performance link) · no application fee to enter · how to enter ↗
Submission deadlines: the festival and contest calls open now, closing first →
Plan the night
Pick the room, and D.O.C.'s planner builds the night around the show: when to leave, getting there and back, parking, dinner nearby and somewhere still open after, for 8 April 2027. Change the date on the plan for another night of the run.
FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition hasn't named its rooms for this edition on its own site yet; when it does, they'll be here with their addresses. Until then the planner builds the night around Calgary, Canada.
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Questions
When is FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition 2027?
8–16 April 2027 (27th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Competition: preliminary rounds), in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Where is FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition held?
In Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The rooms for this edition aren't named on its own site yet.
How do I get tickets for FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition?
From its own site, funnyfest.com. D.O.C. sells no tickets.
How do I enter FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition?
Applications for the 27th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Competition (an unedited five-minute performance link): closes 1 February 2027, no application fee to enter, on funnyfest.com.
How do I plan a night out at FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition?
D.O.C.'s planner builds the night around the show in Calgary, Canada: when to leave, getting there and back, parking, dinner nearby and somewhere still open after. It's free — Komic Bacon's Six Degrees at the top of this page, or “Plan the night”.
Sources
Updated 8 October 2026 · FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival and Comedy Competition's facts from its own site, read 6 October 2026. Dates, rooms and tickets can change; its own site has the last word.
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