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The window closes June 20, with tiered application fees: $25 through May 21, $35 through June 5, and $45 through June 20.",[40,1099,1100,1104],{},[51,1101,1103],{"href":1102},"\u002Ffestivals\u002Fdetroit-women-of-comedy-festival","Detroit Women of Comedy Festival"," opens today, May 15, for its 7th annual edition at Planet Ant in Hamtramck, Michigan. 2026 headliners include Heather Jay (Two Nights at the Indy), Dubalicious, and Julia Schroeder & Friends across three stages.",[40,1106,1107,1111],{},[51,1108,1110],{"href":1109},"\u002Ffestivals\u002Fxl-festival","XL Festival"," is mid-run in State College, Pennsylvania (May 14-17), with 2026 acts coming from Baltimore, Cleveland, San Diego, and Boise alongside regional teams from Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and Centre County.",[40,1113,1114,1116],{},[51,1115,458],{"href":457}," added more names to its June 8-14 run in New York. Edi Patterson, Patti Harrison, Please Don't Destroy, Tim & Eric, and Gianmarco Soresi join the previously announced lineup, with pre-marathon shows June 8-11 and the 56-hour main marathon June 12-14.",[40,1118,1119,1123],{},[51,1120,1122],{"href":1121},"\u002Ffestivals\u002Flondon-improv-festival","London Improv Festival"," swapped one of its four 2026 headliners. Connor Ratliff (host of the Dead Eyes podcast) joins Achilles Stamatelaky, Ryan Gaul, and Suzi Barrett for the May 21-24 edition.",[40,1125,1126,1130],{},[51,1127,1129],{"href":1128},"\u002Ffestivals\u002Fottawa-improv-festival","Ottawa Improv Festival"," confirmed Toronto improviser and actor Kris Siddiqi (CBC's TallBoyz, Bad Dog Theatre) as a 2026 headliner. The festival runs May 28-30.",[40,1132,1133,1135],{},[51,1134,742],{"href":741}," announced Anthony Veneziale, creator of Freestyle Love Supreme, as the opening Un-Keynote speaker for its July 8-11 run at Portland State University.",[40,1137,1138,1142],{},[51,1139,1141],{"href":1140},"\u002Ffestivals\u002Fflock-festival","Flock Festival"," is staging a smaller \"Nestling Edition\" June 26-28 in Amsterdam, with fewer workshops running for longer durations and a tighter show schedule than the inaugural 2024 edition.",[44,1144,112],{"id":111},[114,1146,1147],{},[117,1148,1149,239],{},[120,1150,1151],{},[51,1152,238],{"href":237},{"title":19,"searchDepth":20,"depth":20,"links":1154},[1155,1156,1157],{"id":46,"depth":20,"text":47},{"id":86,"depth":20,"text":87},{"id":111,"depth":20,"text":112},"2026-05-15T22:23:50-05:00","Imperdible and Festiv'Impro join improvfestivals.org, the San Francisco Improv Festival opens 2026 submissions, and the Detroit and XL festivals begin this week.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Ftwo-festivals-join-the-wiki-and-sfif-opens-submissions",{"title":1066,"description":1159},"news\u002Ftwo-festivals-join-the-wiki-and-sfif-opens-submissions","4AK_R6bAT62W9ufQR91zqR99MVbc-1zrLpTaSRyAJuw",{"id":1166,"title":1167,"archived":6,"author":1168,"body":1169,"date":1209,"date_end":7,"date_start":7,"description":1210,"excerpt":7,"extension":23,"languages":7,"last_updated":7,"location":7,"meta":1211,"navigation":25,"path":1212,"published":25,"seo":1213,"stem":1214,"submissions":7,"websites":7,"__hash__":1215},"content\u002Fnews\u002Fwelcome-to-improvfestivals-org.md","Welcome to ImprovFestivals.org","Kevin Mullaney",{"type":9,"value":1170,"toc":1207},[1171,1174,1177,1192,1195,1198,1201,1204],[12,1172,1167],{"id":1173},"welcome-to-improvfestivalsorg",[40,1175,1176],{},"Earlier this year, I began searching for information online about improv festivals. I had been talking to my good friend, Paul Grondy, about producing an improv duo with him that we could take to festivals. We would offer the show to prospective festivals along with workshops. But where would we get a good comprehensive list of festivals to submit to?",[40,1178,1179,1180,1185,1186,1191],{},"There are lots of good resources out there, sites like ",[51,1181,1184],{"href":1182,"rel":1183},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.improfestivals.com\u002F",[419],"improvfestivals.com"," and ",[51,1187,1190],{"href":1188,"rel":1189},"https:\u002F\u002Fimprov-festivals.radical-elements.com\u002F",[419],"Improv Festivals Worldwide",". These are both great resources, but I wasn't sure if they were comprehensive and up to date. So I kept researching and finding out details about festivals from other sources.",[40,1193,1194],{},"I could have just kept my findings to myself, but I couldn't resist formatting the info into a useful format and publishing it as its own website. This is that website. So far I've added 109 festivals, 82 of which are ongoing or upcoming, and 14 that are currently accepting submissions.",[40,1196,1197],{},"I hope you find this information valuable and that you use it to submit your own groups to festivals both near and far. And maybe you can use it to find a festival near you to visit.",[40,1199,1200],{},"In the past I've been a part of many improv festivals both here and abroad. I've taught at many, performed at quite a few and even curated a couple (the Del Close Marathon and the Chicago Improv Festival). I hope to visit many more soon.",[40,1202,1203],{},"Keep an eye out for changes and updates to this website via this news feed. I will likely be adding features soon like an RSS feed and a newsletter for updates.",[40,1205,1206],{},"I hope to see you at an Improv Festival soon!",{"title":19,"searchDepth":20,"depth":20,"links":1208},[],"2026-04-27T16:34:41-05:00","Earlier this year I began searching online for improv festivals and ended up with a website listing all the festivals I found.",{},"\u002Fnews\u002Fwelcome-to-improvfestivals-org",{"title":1167,"description":1210},"news\u002Fwelcome-to-improvfestivals-org","FQ_QQ9soaB6vxIq1UfTE5U_A0zkJJeaLUqsPrPBps_8",1784814973475]