Missed the Comedy Festival? This Year’s Best Shows Return This July!
- 4th Annual Replay Comedy Festival: running all July, audiences will have another chance to see over 40 of the top comedy shows from the Comedy Festival.
- A Return to 90s Ticket Prices: we’re pretending 20 years of inflation neve happened by rewinding the clock on ticket prices back to the 1990s, launching the festival with a limited-time offer on all shows with tickets starting at $19.99.
- Supporting the Arts: The festival offers crucial support to the Melbourne arts community, creating a platform for local comedy talent in an otherwise quiet season, and generating over $130k in revenue for the industry.
For comedy lovers needing a second chance to catch the breakout hits, sold-out cult favourites, and award-nominated shows from this year’s festival season, Replay Festival returns all July at Comedy Republic with a handpicked program of standout shows from the 2025 Comedy Festival.
From breakout acts and award nominees to critically acclaimed favourites who sold out their original runs, Replay offers audiences a second chance to catch the comedians that made audiences laugh, cry, and post in all caps.
Whether it’s a show you couldn’t get a ticket to the first time around, or one you’ve been dying to see again, Replay promises a tightly curated lineup of the year’s most talked-about performers for one more run.
To celebrate Replay’s return Comedy Republic is rolling back the clock, for the first 48 hours on sale you can grab tickets to many shows at nostalgic 90s prices, starting from just $19.99.
2025’s Replay Festival highlights include:
- Best In Show – always a festival favourite, this showcase of the winners and nominees from the 2025 Comedy Festival’s is your one stop shop to the best there is.
- Liza Treygor (US) fresh from her Netflix Special Debut with a brand new hour
- 3x Nominees for Best Show at MICF 2025 – Greg Larsen, Scout Boxall and Brett Blake bring back their best work yet.
Hosted at Comedy Republic – Melbourne’s home of comedy – the festival offers intimate theatre vibes and barroom buzz in the heart of the CBD. With shows happening across five weeks, Replay is your low-stakes, high-laughs way to relive the festival magic or discover what you missed.
“Every year we see shows that deserve a longer life and Replay is our way of giving them that. It’s a second spotlight, and a chance for comedy fans to go ‘I told you that one was brilliant!’” – Kyran Nicholson, Co-Founder, Comedy Republic
Tickets on sale from Midday Thursday May 22 at comedyrepublic.com.au/replay
