Cape Town Comedy Festivals

There have been a number of comic festivals in Cape Town since the 1990s. The are often interrelated, with titles changing according to over the sponsors over the years, and using competing venues on occasion.

The festivals include:

The Cape Town Comedy Festival

The Cape Town Comedy Festival is an international event in Cape Town.

The original festival: 1996-2012

Founded in 1996, with by Sam Hendrikse as director, the festival offers a range of national and international comedians and acts. The original festival ran till 2012, when it was temporarily suspended as Hendrikse felt he needed a break.

The reincarnation in 2020

Once more directed by Sam Hendrikse, the festival re-surfaced after 8 years, in March 2020, with a three-year contract to perform in the Artscape Theatre Centre.

The Mother City Comedy Festival

Sources

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/202066-mother-city-comedy-festival-2023-riaad-moosa-stuart-taylor-david-kau-schalk-bez/#/

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Insta: @MotherCityComedyFestival

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Sources

https://allafrica.com/stories/199709180016.html

Christiaan Boonzaier. 2020. Komediefees herleef in Kaap ná 8j. in Die Burger, 29 February 2020: p. 10.

https://thecaperobyn.co.za/the-cape-town-comedy-festival-march-2020/

https://www.news24.com/life/cape-town-international-comedy-festival-line-up-and-five-shows-you-dont-want-to-miss-20200228

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