Comedy & music festivals around the world.

Sydney's annual stand-up festival, running across the Enmore, the Factory, and dozens of inner-west rooms.

England's largest open-access arts festival, with a heavy stand-up programme. Many shows preview here before the Edinburgh Fringe.

The world's most famous music festival. The Pyramid Stage, Park Stage, and a hundred others. Cabaret and comedy tents run throughout.

The most important comedy festival in North America. Showcases set careers; agents and bookers are everywhere.

Ireland's flagship stand-up festival. Headliners and clubbing nights across Cork city centre.

Open-access fringe across north London venues, running parallel to Edinburgh. A staple London preview circuit.

The world's largest arts festival. Stand-up comedy is the heart of the Fringe — thousands of shows, hundreds of venues, three solid weeks. Working comics live or die here.

The UK's biggest rock and pop weekenders, twin festivals running simultaneously in Reading and Leeds.

The largest comedy festival in the UK by show count, running every February for over thirty years.