Comedy festival · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Gold Coast Laughs Festival 2026

The dates, the rooms, and your whole night planned around the show.

18 December 2026 · Gold Coast

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Tickets from gclaughs.com.au, Gold Coast Laughs Festival’s own site. D.O.C. sells none.

Komic Bacon’s Six Degrees

From your comedy needs to your night at Gold Coast Laughs Festival

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Your people

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The short answer

Gold Coast Laughs Festival (Christmas Comedy Gala at HOTA) runs 18 December 2026 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Gold Coast's comedy festival at HOTA, Home of the Arts: ten days each March of international, national and local comedians across the HOTA Theatre, Lakeside, The Basement, Theatre 2 and Studio 1. The 2026 festival ran 13 to 22 March, with a Christmas Comedy Gala at HOTA on 18 December 2026.

The next edition

Next18 December 2026 · Christmas Comedy Gala at HOTA

WhereGold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Official sitegclaughs.com.au ↗

TicketsFrom its own site — D.O.C. sells no tickets. Tickets and programme ↗

13–22 March 2026 2026 festival
18 December 2026 Christmas Comedy Gala at HOTA

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 18 December 2026. Change the date on the plan for another night of the run.

Gold Coast Laughs Festival hasn't named its rooms for this edition yet; when it does, they'll be here with their addresses. Until then the planner builds the night around Gold Coast, Australia.

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Plan the whole trip

Your Gold Coast Laughs Festival trip

Getting there and round the rooms, where to stay, what it costs each of you, and the note to the friends going. D.O.C. books nothing: each link opens a live map or Gold Coast Laughs Festival’s own site.

01 / Getting there

To Gold Coast, and between the rooms

Gold Coast Laughs Festival hasn’t named its rooms for this edition yet; the route goes to Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Getting thereTo Gold Coast The live route from where you are, by train, plane, car or on foot, with the map’s own times on the day. The route to Gold Coast ↗

Each night of the runPlan any nightKomic Bacon’s Six Degrees builds the night around the show: pick the night and the room under “Place & time”. Six Degrees →

02 / Where to stay

Sleep near the rooms

A bed near the shows saves a long way back each night. Compare the full price for your dates, the cancellation terms and the way back after your last show.

Near the roomPlaces to stay near Gold Coast A live map search round its street address. Hotels near Gold Coast ↗

D.O.C. books nothing and quotes no prices. Your trip budget, split between you →

03 / Trip budget

What will the trip cost each of you?

Use the prices you actually find. The calculator adds up what you enter and splits it between the people going; it fetches no prices and checks no availability.

Your trip

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Where you stay

Rooms, a night (A$) all of themRoom taxes and fees (A$) the whole stay

The shows

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Food and getting around

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At home while you're away

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The rest

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04 / Send it

Gold Coast Laughs Festival, sent to your friends

One note with the dates, the tickets and this guide; the dates for everyone’s calendar; and this page’s address.

01A note to the friends going The dates, the town, the festival’s own ticket page and this guide, in a note from your own phone: a text, an email or your share sheet. D.O.C. sends nothing.

02The dates in everyone’s calendar The whole run, first day to last, with the ticket page and this guide inside. Add it to my calendar

03This guide’s address https://disciplesofcomedy.com/gold-coast-laughs-festival.html

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Questions

When is Gold Coast Laughs Festival 2026?

18 December 2026 (Christmas Comedy Gala at HOTA), in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Where is Gold Coast Laughs Festival held?

In Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The rooms for this edition aren't named yet.

How do I get tickets for Gold Coast Laughs Festival?

From its website, gclaughs.com.au. D.O.C. sells no tickets.

How do I plan a night out at Gold Coast Laughs Festival?

D.O.C.'s planner builds the night around the show in Gold Coast, Australia: 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 13 November 2026 · details from its official website, as of 7 November 2026. Dates, rooms and tickets can change, so check its website before you go.

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