Running from February 23rd to March 21st, The Brisbane Comedy Festival happens at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Visit the Brisbane Comedy Festival website for full program details.

The Big Joke Comedy Festival is held in NSW town of Bangalow (10 minutes drive west of Byron Bay) from March 18th to the 21st. Visit the Big Joke website for full program details.

Running from March 24th to April 18th, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival takes over the city with performances by artists from everywhere! Visit the Melbourne International Comedy Festival website for full program details.

The 2010 Sydney Comedy Festival runs from the 19th of April until the 9th of May. Visit the Sydney Comedy Festival website for full program details.

Dan Brader

(Australia)

Dan Brader is a New Zealand born stand-up comedian based in Melbourne. Brader worked in the radio industry as an announcer and copywriter in New Zealand and Australia before getting involved in stand-up comedy in Australia in Perth at the beginning of 2007. He moved to Melbourne in early 2008. Dan has also written film, music and video game reviews for major New Zealand newspapers ("Otago Daily Times", "Southland Times") and has written and directed short plays staged in theatres in Dunedin and Auckland in New Zealand. He performed his first Melbourne comedy festival show in 2009 entitled "Commericially Viable Comedian (comes with free chicken parma and a pot)". Dan has performed comedy all throughout Australia in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and has also performed in Dunedin, New Zealand. He currently runs "The Death Star Canteen" a weekly comedy room that takes place every Wednesday at 8pm at Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets in Smith Street, Fitzroy.
Last Updated 20 February 2009

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Upcoming Gigs

Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets
The Death Star Canteen
MC: Dan Brader, Xander Allen, Spencer Hodges, Michael Connell, David Nash, Anyone For Tennis?, Alsadair Trembley-Birchall, Linda Beatty, Sonia Diorio, Zac Cooper & Ronny Chieng.
8pm
Thursday, 18 March 2010
ET's Hotel
Comedy Bight
Matt Hardy, MC Col Cameron, Anthony Jeannot, Matt Elsbury, Dan Brader, Linda Beatty, Dave Quirk, Tommy Little & Adam Rozenbachs.
8:30, $5

Tonights Gigs

Brisbane Comedy Festival (QLD)
Visit the Brisbane Comedy Festival website for full program details.
Sit Down Comedy Club (QLD)
Raw Comedy – Semi Final 1
Doors 7pm, show 8pm
The Brass Monkey (WA)
Laugh Resort Comedy Club
Visit their website for line up details.
8:30, $12/$10
Willow (VIC)
Blackframes Comedy
This month’s theme is Promotion!
Featuring Anyone For Tennis & MC Lach Ryan.
8:30pm start, Free Entry!
Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets (VIC)
The Death Star Canteen
MC: Dan Brader, Xander Allen, Spencer Hodges, Michael Connell, David Nash, Anyone For Tennis?, Alsadair Trembley-Birchall, Linda Beatty, Sonia Diorio, Zac Cooper & Ronny Chieng.
8pm
The Roxbury Hotel (NSW)
Comedy On The Rox
Kent Valentine, MC Amanda Gray, Jack Druce & Heat 7 of Quest for the Best
8pm, $15/$12
The Marion Hotel (SA)
Marion Wednesdays
8pm, $12
Brisbane Hotel (WA)
Free Love Impro @ Lazy Susans Comedy Den
Featurung Jimmy James Eaton, Sam Longley, Damon Lockwood, Ben Russell, Glenn Hall, Andrea Gibbsand all your other Big Hoo Haa favourites…
7:30pm, $5
Cue (VIC)
Old Mate Comedy
New and pro comics deliver their greatest hits as well as new favorites.
8pm, Free Entry!