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Sydney Comedy Festival Gala 20th Anniversary

25 April 2025

In the Concert Hall

Comedy

The Sydney Comedy Festival is back, celebrating its 20th anniversary – and what better way to kick things off than with the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala, the city’s night of nights!  

A rollicking night of fun.

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Sydney Comedy Festival Gala 20th Anniversary

The Sydney Comedy Festival is back, celebrating its 20th anniversary – and what better way to kick things off than with the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala, the city’s night of nights! It is your chance to catch the hottest acts of the festival all in one incredible show!  

Featuring a dazzling line-up of the festival’s funniest international stars, Australian legends and next-big-things in comedy, the Gala is the premier comedy event in Sydney’s cultural calendar.  

Join us for a huge night of laughs!  

“A line-up as fine as you could expect anywhere and a great way to launch the Sydney Festival.”Chortle (UK) 

“One of the most outrageous events on Sydney's cultural calendar.”Concrete Playground 

Presented by Sydney Comedy Festival PTY LTD

Plan your visit

Venue information

Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.

All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.

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