Busan International Comedy Festival

Busan International Comedy Festival
Genre	Comedy festival
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Busan, South Korea
Years active	2013-present
Founded	August 29, 2013
Most recent	August 19 to August 28, 2022
Previous event	9th
Next event	11th
Patron(s)	Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Busan Metropolitan City, BICF Advisory Committee
Organised by	Busan International Comedy Festival Organizing Committee
Website	BICF
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The Busan International Comedy Festival (BICF) (Korean: 부산국제코미디페스티벌) is an annual comedy festival and cultural event held in Busan, South Korea. Since its establishment in 2013, the festival takes place for four days in late August to early September every year. The BICF includes comedic performances and acts from around the world, featuring sketch shows and stand-up acts. The festival has since grown from its 2013 debut; South Korean teams such as KBS's Gag Concert, SBS's Searching for Laughs and tvN's Comedy Big League are joined by a variety of teams from many different countries, such as the United Kingdom, South Africa, Japan and Italy. The festival is the largest international comedy festival in Asia and the first in South Korea.^[1]

The festival's shows are structured by first holding the opening gala, where invited comedians walk on a "blue carpet", a spin-off from the red carpets at film festivals. Over the course of four days, comedy acts perform in indoor theaters as well as outdoor venues.

The Busan International Comedy Festival Organizing Committee currently includes the honorary chairman Jeon Yu-seong, the executive chairman Kim Jun-ho and the vice-directors Choi Dae-woong, Cho Kwang-sik, and the board member Kim Dae-hee.^[2][3]