WANT TO PERFORM?

Are you just starting out in comedy and you live in Tassie? Click here to get some inspiration and maybe some gigs or come along to one of our workshops.

Everyone else read on and please consider this information at length.

The Hobart Comedy Festival sounds exciting and exotic – and it is. But it is VERY small. It is a programmed Festival (we choose the participants) and it runs for only ten days or so.

There are never more than two events per day – always at two different times so as not to split the tiny available audience. That means no two events happen simultaneously. The town’s population just cannot sustain two comedy things at once – period. The small audiences are due to Tasmania’s small population and to the fact that the event is in January when there is so much going on in Tasmania with cultural activities, sport and entertainment. It is not like Melbourne or Edinburgh with multiple shows in multiple venues. In Hobart, the majority of the acts appear on the one bill together in ten-minute slots. Big name guests may get to do their own show, but the majority will appear together on the one bill, even the big guns.

For the record, Hobart’s population is less than 200,000 people. Do not send us a rationale for your own seven-night run at a venue. We will ignore you because we know this unique, tiny market and you do not.

Due to the factors outlined above, we only import a handful of participants from beyond the pool available within Tasmania.

Do not be disheartened – we still DO import an occasional participant. We usually cover airfare and accommodation, sometimes just accommodation.

Some people fly themselves here; sleep on a friend’s couch and all for maybe one or two ten minute spots in a show. And the event is entirely profit share. So they do it for maybe $47.53 if they are lucky.

With all that in mind, and if you want it that bad, you are welcome to send your DVD and CV:

Hobart Comedy Festival
GPO Box 1174
Hobart TAS 7001