January	SF Sketchfest, San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival, January 14-February 1, 2009 * Chicago SketchFest, January 8-18, 2009 * South Beach Comedy Festival, Miami, FL, January 16-19, 2008 * New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, January 18-23, 2008 International Improvisation Theatre Festival, Amsterdam, NL, January 24-31, 2009
February	Leicester Comedy Festival, Leicester, England, February 6-15, 2009 * North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, February 13-22, 2009 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras has included a queer comedy show, this year on 14 Feb 2007. See also Funny Farm HBO Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen, Colorado, February 28-March 4, 2007 (The festival is no longer in Aspen.)
March	California's Funniest Female Contest, Huntington Beach, California, March-June 2005 Miller Glasgow Comedy Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, March 9-25, 2006 * Sarasota Comedy Festival, Florida, March 20-25, 2006 Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Sydney, Australia, March 22-April 1, 2007
April	The J20 Big Tickle Comedy Festival, Derry/Londonderry, Ireland. April 1-9, 2006 Houston Comedy Festival, April 3-10, 2005 * Winnipeg Comedy Festival, April 4-9, 2006 DC ComedyFest, Washington D.C. April 12-14, 2007 * Chicago Improv Festival, April 28 - May 7, 2006 * Melbourne International Comedy Festival, April 12 - May 7, 2006 * Bay Area Black Comedy Competition and Festival, Oakland, CA, April 15, 2006 Saint John Comedy Festival, St. John, New Brunswick, April 20-22, 2006 We're Funny That Way, Toronto, Canada, International Gay and Lesbian Comedy and Music Festival April 25-28, 2007 * Funny Women comptition and awards, various locations in the UK, April-June, 2005 * Calgary Canada Comedy Festival (Funny Fest), April 28-May 13, 2006 * New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Auckland, New Zealand 12 May-4 June, 2006, Willington NZ 15 May-3 June, 2006 *
May	Queer Up North, Manchester, England, May 7-28, 2006 * Camp Comedy, gay comedy festival, Singapore, May 18-21, 2006 * London Comedy Festival, May 13-23, 2004 * [website gone] Hawaii International Comedy Festival, May 18-21, 2006
June	St. Louis Improv Festival, June 3-6 2004 * The Cat Laughs, Kilkenny, Ireland, June 1-5, 2006 Snubfest, Chicago, IL, June 5-8, 2008 SketchFest NYC, New York, NY, June 12-14, 2008 San Francisco Improv Festival, June 15-July 29, 2006 Provincetown Fringe Festival, Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 18-Sept 3, 2006 * Gulf Coast Comedy Festival, Destin, FL, June 29-July 2, 2005 *
July	Fresh Fruit Festival, LGBT performance festival, New York, NY, July 11-31, 2005 * [2006 dates mid-July] Just For Laughs, Montreal, Canada, July 13-23, 2006 * Funny Women Fest, Chicago, IL, July 24th-27th, 2003 Dallas Comedy Festival, Dallas, Texas, July 27-31, 2005 *
August	San Diego Comedy & Film Festival, August 1-6, 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. August 7-29, 2005 * See also Gay:Ed:Fest, formerly known as the Gay Guide to the Edinburgh Festvial FringeNYC -- The New York International Fringe Festvial, August 12-28, 2005 * Harlem Comedy Festival, New York, NY. August 13-18, 2007 Russian River Comedy Competition, Guerneville, California. August 19, 2006 * Hamptons Comedy Festival, Sag Harbor, New York, August 21, 2004 Miami Improv Festival, Miami, FL, August 22-24, 2008 Austin Latino Comedy Fiesta, Austin, TX, August 27 and 28, 2004
September	San Francisco International Comedy Competition, September & October, 2008 * Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, Columbus, Ohio (2008 festival cancelled) * Bulmers International Comedy Festival, Dublin, Ireland, September 1-21, 2008 * San Francisco Fringe Festival Sept 3-14, 2008 * Vancouver Fringe Festival, Sept 3-21, 2008 * Boston Comedy Festival, Sept 14-20, 2008 * Vancouver International Comedy Festival, September 12-20, 2008 * Long Beach Comedy Festival in Long Beach, CA, September 25-28, 2008 New York Underground Comedy Festival, September 28-October 7, 2007 Comedy Day in the Park, San Francisco, Sunday Sept 28, 2008 *
October	OutLaugh Gay and Lesbian Comedy Festival, Los Angeles, October, 2006 * Chicago Comedy Festival, October 2004 * Birmingham Comedy Festival, Birmingham, UK, October 3-12, 2008 * Paramount Brighton Comedy Festival, Brighton, England, October 4-25, 2008 * OUT On The Edge, 13th Annual Festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Theater, Boston, Oct 13-Nov 13, 2005 * Köln Comedy Festival, Köln, Germany, October 16-Nov 1, 2008 Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival, London, Ontario, Canada. October 25 - 28, 2006*
November	New York Comedy Festival, November 5-9, 2008 The Comedy Festival (TBS), Las Vegas, NV, November 20-22, 2008
December
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