Seattle International Comedy Competition

Seattle International Comedy Competition

November 6 – December 1, 2024

2024 Semifinalists

  • Announcing the 2024 Semifinalists
    Ten Great Comics! Ten Minutes Each! Ten top comics from two preliminary rounds battle for laughs in hopes of reaching the finals. Each comic is allotted 10 minutes to impress our judges who score the comedians and the audience adds one crucial role, the better response, the higher the score!  The Top Ten This event …

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  • Moving on to the Semifinals – Week 2
    The Top Five Strangely enough, everyone who made the Top Five at Unexpected Productions moved onto the Semifinals. Boeblast, Phil Burton, Ariel Ehrlich, Carlos Escobar, Jess Everett, Genevieve Ferrari, Reece Green, Gretchen Hahn, Dylan Jenkins, Bernice Larson, Brittany Lyseng, Leif Oleson-Cormack, Lisa Rimmert, Neeraj Srinivasan, Stuart B. Thompson, and Twon Wood Next up: the Semifinals …

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  • Bainbridge Performing Arts
    The Top Five
  • A Wild Night in North Bend
    So far 12 of the 16 comedians in the second week of the competition have made the Top Five at least once. The Top Five
  • TV Clean Night at Green River
    Tonight at Green River College was TV Clean night. The whole idea is to have a set you can use on network TV. The Auburn crowd really appreciated the comedy and no laugh track was needed. It is only night three and so far ten comedians have placed in the Top Five at least once. …

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About the Competition

Now in it’s 44th year, the Seattle International Comedy Competition is an annual, multi-week, judged, stand-up comedy contest. Over thirty comedians, out of hundreds who apply, perform in shows held in comedy clubs, bars, restaurants, casinos and theaters in Seattle and around Western Washington.