Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, or Oxfam Gala, is a comedy show run annually as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Billed as Australian comedy's 'night of nights', it is held one week before the festival opens, and acts as a fundraiser for the charity Oxfam Australia.[1]

List of performers by year edit

1991 edit

Host:

1992 edit

Host: Shane Bourne

1993 edit

Host: Gerry Connolly and Ernie Dingo

1994 edit

Host: Wendy Harmer

1995 edit

Host: Andrew Denton featuring Magda Szubanski

1996 edit

Host: Julia Morris featuring Bruno Lucia

1997 edit

Host: Judith Lucy and Shane Bourne

1998 edit

Host: Paul McDermott

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1999 edit

Host: Rove McManus

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2000 edit

Host: Lano & Woodley

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2001 edit

Host: Jimeoin

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2002 edit

Host: Wil Anderson

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2003 edit

Host: Dave Hughes

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2004 edit

Host: Magda Szubanski

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2005 edit

Host: Dave Hughes

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2006 edit

Host: Adam Hills

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2007 edit

Host: Peter Helliar

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2008 edit

Host: Paul McDermott

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2009 edit

Host: Shaun Micallef

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2010 edit

Host: Kitty Flanagan

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2011 edit

Host: Josh Thomas

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2012 edit

Host: Sammy J & Randy

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2013 edit

Host: Dave Hughes

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2014 edit

Host: Eddie Perfect

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2015 edit

Host: Joel Creasey

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2016 edit

Host: Celia Pacquola

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2017 edit

Host: Wil Anderson

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2018 edit

Host: Matt Okine

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2019 edit

Host: Tom Gleeson

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2021 edit

Host: Becky Lucas

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References edit

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  12. ^ "The Gala and the Comedy Allstars Supershow". Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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  14. ^ "The Gala Proudly Supporting Oxfam". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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  17. ^ "The Gala Proudly Supporting Oxfam". Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  18. ^ "The Gala, proudly supporting Oxfam". Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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  22. ^ "Artists from The Gala 2019". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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