Comedy Festival brings talent to Geelong

Comedy fans are preparing themselves for the arrival of Geelong’s first homegrown comedy festival.

The Geelong Comedy Festival will run from October 26-28 and feature more than 50 shows across six venues, including Beavs Bar, The Arborist and Valhalla Taproom.

The event will showcase a variety of talent, with shows on offer from award-winning performers as well as some of the best newcomers on the comedy scene.

Ticket prices for all shows are capped at $25.

Hailing originally from Canberra, deadpan comedian Nick Schuller said he was looking forward to being back in Geelong.

“I’ve performed in Geelong quite a few times and the audience has always been really nice, and receptive and fun, so when the opportunity came up…it was a no-brainer,” he said.

“It’s just nice to see live comedy and live entertainment bouncing back after the pandemic and see new opportunities and new events springing up.”

Schuller has toured around the country with the International Comedy Festival Roadshow and previously performed with Tom Gleeson.

He will be performing his show, Dry Ginger Male, on October 26 at 5.30pm at The Brewery Geelong.

“As everyone is I’m sure aware, comedy is best performed during business hours,” Schuller said.

Also gracing The Brewery Geelong is radio presenter and stand-up, Sarah Maree Cameron.

Her performance comes off the back of her success at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival where her show, One Womb Please!, enjoyed sell-out shows and rave reviews.

Geelong audiences will now be able to see the show for themselves on October 27.

Up-and-coming stand-up Evan Hocking, of the Good Banter podcast, will also be performing his blend of observational humour and storytelling at the Geelong Comedy Festival.

A regular at sporting clubs, corporate fundraisers and comedy rooms, Hocking has travelled Australia as a comedian and previously performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

“When people find out my wife’s a doctor, they look surprised. Someone asked me ‘When did you know she was the one?’,” he said.

“I knew she was the one when she hung her medical degree next to my Certificate III in Landscape Gardening.

“I thought, ‘Two of the great minds’.”

As part of the festival, Hocking will be performing his show ‘I Don’t Get It’ at The Green Room on Pakington Street on October 26 and 27.

His show on October 27 will be a live taping.

“I’d love to pack that one out,” Hocking said.

“So, grab your friends and get down there.”

To find tickets, head to geelongcomedyfestival.com.au