The North Carolina Comedy Festival

04/18/2026

Thanks to all the comedians that submitted their work. Acceptance emails have been sent and if you weren’t accepted this year we would love to see a new recording next year.

Check your spam if you don’t see your email and join the FB group if you were accepted! Happy weekend yall!

04/16/2026

All emails have been sent out! (Check your spam)
Confirm your acceptance if you’ve been accepted! If we couldn’t find a spot for you this year we wish we coulda! Hopefully you will submit next year!

03/31/2026

I recieved several messages requesting an extension on the submission deadline.
It’s open until Friday for anyone that needed a couple extra days.
Friday at midnight!

***Please make sure all submission materials are set to public and remain so until the conclusion of the festival. We're looking forward too to watching your funniest stuff but due to the number of submissions if we are unable to access your video due to incorrect privacy settings it will not be rev...

03/01/2026

Submissions are open! Submit for The 2026 North Carolina Comedy Festival held in Greensboro, NC.
Sept 23-27!
Hosted by The Idiot Box Comedy Club and produced by Jennie Stencel.
Multiple shows, several daily mics, networking events, industry panels, headshots,dinners provided and much more.
We have comedians return year after year so we try to add new events and keep every fest to high quality standards. From last year’s fest, we booked 15 headliners to come through.
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***Please make sure all submission materials are set to public and remain so until the conclusion of the festival. We're looking forward to watching your funniest stuff but due to the number of submissions if we are unable to access your video due to incorrect privacy settings it will not be reviewe...

09/12/2025

The 2025 North Carolina Comedy Festival is going strong! Great shows tonight! Saturday! Sunday!
Grab discounted tickets and come laugh!

The Idiot Box Comedy Club features amazing comedy every week. Stand up and Improv comedy Thurs, Fri, and Sat.

09/11/2025

Too much fun! That’s what we are having at The 2025 North Carolina Comedy Festival !
Come laugh with 165 selected comics for this wild weekend!
Discounted tickets on through this link! https://www.idiotboxers.com

09/11/2025

The 2025 North Carolina Comedy Festival continues tonight with 4 great shows! Grab discounted tickets and come laugh with us!

The Idiot Box Comedy Club features amazing comedy every week. Stand up and Improv comedy Thurs, Fri, and Sat.

09/10/2025

Great shows tonight! Grab discounted tickets and come laugh!

The Idiot Box Comedy Club features amazing comedy every week. Stand up and Improv comedy Thurs, Fri, and Sat.

09/07/2025

Wednesday, Sept 10th we have a special The 2025 North Carolina Comedy Festival show at Brewer’s Kettle in Kernersville! Come laugh with us!

09/07/2025

The 2025 North Carolina Comedy Festival kicks off on TUESDAY!!!!
We have 4 great shows Tuesday night and ya just gotta be at one of them! Head to this link and get discounted tickets!

The Idiot Box Comedy Club features amazing comedy every week. Stand up and Improv comedy Thurs, Fri, and Sat.