--- title: "Gold Coast Laughs Festival 2026: Dates & Venues | D.O.C." description: "Gold Coast Laughs Festival 2026, 18 December 2026, Gold Coast, Australia. Tickets from its own site; your night planned around the show. Free from D.O.C." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/gold-coast-laughs-festival.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- 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 [Tickets ↗](https://gclaughs.com.au/) Plan the trip → [Plan the night →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/venue.html) Add to my calendar 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 Degree 1 of 6 Gold Coast · its real rooms ### Your people ### Your festival night known so far **$0.00** ## 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 **Next** 18 December 2026 · Christmas Comedy Gala at HOTA **Where** Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia **Official site** [gclaughs.com.au ↗](https://gclaughs.com.au/) **Tickets** From its own site — D.O.C. sells no tickets. [Tickets and programme ↗](https://gclaughs.com.au/) - **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. [Plan the night in Gold Coast →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/venue.html) 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 there* **To 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 ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Gold+Coast%2C+Queensland%2C+Australia) *Each night of the run* **Plan any night** Komic 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 room* **Places to stay near Gold Coast** A live map search round its street address. [Hotels near Gold Coast ↗](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=hotels%20near%20Gold%20Coast%2C%20Queensland%2C%20Australia) 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 total shows here. Leave a line blank until you know its price: a blank line is unknown, not free. Enter 0 for a cost you won't have. 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. *01* **A 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. *02* **The 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 *03* **This guide’s address** https://disciplesofcomedy.com/gold-coast-laughs-festival.html ## Are you going? Add it to my calendar [Plan the night →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/venue.html) ### Hear about festivals like this New dates as they're announced, entry windows as they open, and festivals near you and in Australia. [Tell me about festivals like this](mailto:hello@disciplesofcomedy.com) ## Comedians connected to it Comedians SUCDb connects with Gold Coast Laughs Festival through its own pages or the news. This isn't a line-up: check Gold Coast Laughs Festival's website for who's on. - [Craig Quartermaine](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/sucdb.html?p=craig-quartermaine) - [Damien Power](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-damien-power.html) - [Dan Rath](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dan-rath.html) - [Daniel Muggleton](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/sucdb.html?p=daniel-muggleton) - [Dave Thornton](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-dave-thornton.html) - [John Cruckshank](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-john-cruckshank.html) - [Lizzy Hoo](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-lizzy-hoo.html) - [Luke Heggie](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-luke-heggie.html) - [Matt Okine](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matt-okine.html) - [Michael Hing](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-michael-hing.html) - [Nick Capper](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/sucdb.html?p=nick-capper) - [Nick Cody](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/sucdb.html?p=nick-cody) - [Takashi Wakasugi](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-takashi-wakasugi.html) ## 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 - [GC Laughs Festival — About ↗](https://gclaughs.com.au/about.html) - [GC Laughs Festival — The Shows ↗](https://gclaughs.com.au/) Updated 13 November 2026 · details from its official website, as of 7 November 2026. 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