Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 4 days of awesome comedy in Austin- November 5 - 8, 2026! www.oobfest.com
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The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is a 7-day, multi-venue festival of all things comedy, featuring the world's best in hundreds of improv, sketch, and stand-up shows over Labor Day Weekend [September 1-7, 2020] in Austin, TX.

05/03/2026

2025 in hindsight -- you can join us on stage in 2026!

Submissions are open now - head to oobfest.com or link in bio 😎

Early Bird pricing until May 31!

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!In 2026, we'll be hosting the TWENTIETH OUT OF BOUNDS COMEDY FESTIVAL from November 5-8, 2026, in A...
05/01/2026

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

In 2026, we'll be hosting the TWENTIETH OUT OF BOUNDS COMEDY FESTIVAL from November 5-8, 2026, in Austin, Texas, and we want you here. Send us your improv, your sketch, your stand up, and variety acts - if it's comedy, we want to see it!

Submission form can be found at oobfest.com

04/30/2026

Deep roots. Big blooms. One more day.

Every year, a diverse panel of performers, fans, and experts help us watch and score submissions from incredible acts ar...
04/04/2026

Every year, a diverse panel of performers, fans, and experts help us watch and score submissions from incredible acts around the world.

This year - it could be you!

We are opening applications for submission panelists.

Use your passion for watching improv, sketch, and standup to influence our lineup and earn an All-Access Badge!

https://forms.gle/djDPtyem1j8DEX957

04/01/2026

Get those dramatic monologues ready for November!

The metaphorical birthplace of Out of Bounds Comedy Festival on Congress Avenue will no longer be a dedicated comedy ven...
03/24/2026

The metaphorical birthplace of Out of Bounds Comedy Festival on Congress Avenue will no longer be a dedicated comedy venue. Thank you, 617 Congress, for all the incredible memories.

After decades of festival shows, workshops, and staff meetings—not to mention the year-round home of and its coffeehouse—we said goodbye to these two stages last weekend. With new ownership planning to convert the space into a bar, the Hideout and hundreds of performers and students have been displaced after 26 years at this location.

OOB Fest 2026 will undoubtedly look and feel different without it, but our commitment remains the same: to support and celebrate our local theaters and community in every way we can. We’re grateful to be part of such a vibrant and expansive Austin comedy scene.

Check out for how you can help, and stay tuned to .doc for more of the story.

03/02/2026

Amplify Austin day is March 4 & 5, 2026 - help us get to our goal and beyond!

03/02/2026

Submission fees and ticket sales only go so far. Out of Bounds Comedy Festival has been bringing the best of the best indie comedy to Austin's stages for over 20 years. Our 20th festival is coming up November 5-8, 2026, but we need you to make it great - we have big goals! We have made submissions for Austin performers free in 2025, and would love to provide travel scholarships to visiting performers this year, but the numbers just don't add up. So it's up to you!

We are participating in Amplify Austin day this weekend, March 4 & 5, 2025 to support our production costs for our next festival.Out of Bounds is proud to be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Big news, OOB crew: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is participating in Amplify Austin — Austin’s biggest day of giving fo...
02/20/2026

Big news, OOB crew:

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is participating in Amplify Austin — Austin’s biggest day of giving for nonprofits.

For over 20 years, and 19 festivals, OOB has brought bold, boundary-pushing comedy to Austin stages, connected new audiences to local theaters, and created space for artists to take creative risks. But ticket sales alone don’t cover what it takes to make that happen.

In two weeks, we’re inviting you to show up for the performers, the venues, the techs, the volunteers — and the future of live indie comedy in Austin.

📅 Mark your calendar.
🔔 Turn on notifications.
💛 Get ready to amplify comedy.

More details (and how you can help) coming soon.


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