Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2026
Highlights
- Join the laughter at Ararat's Corner of Barkly and Vincent Streets for a night of comedy brilliance.
- Experience a curated line-up featuring legends and fresh faces, ensuring a diverse comedy experience.
- Grab your mates and enjoy a side-splitting show that brings the Melbourne Comedy Festival to your backyard.
- Savour the atmosphere with bar facilities, perfect for unwinding before the laughs begin.
Join the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow as it journeys around Australia, delivering hot and tasty comic treats to audiences near and far. With a curated line-up of comedy legends and fresh faces from Australia and beyond, the Roadshow has all your comedy bases covered (no joke) – all in one side-splitting show!
For almost three decades the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been touring far and wide, bringing giggles, guffaws and good times to Australia – and now it’s your turn Ararat!
Experience the fun of Australia’s largest comedy festival in your own backyard. Grab your mates and get on board the Roadshow.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- A hearing loop is available.
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
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