All the sets from the launch gig

The 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival has kicked off, marked with a gala show that aired on ABC last night.

Recorded last week at the city's Palais Theatre, the show was hosted by Steph Tisdell and featured more than two dozen festival comics.

Here are the performances, while full details of the festival – the world's second-largest gathering of comedians after the Edinburgh Fringe – are available here.

Fern Brady

Stephen K Amos

Lloyd Langford

Tripod

Lano & Woodley

Sam Campbell

Geraldine Hickey

Nick Cody

Nikki Britton

Nazeem Hussain

Sammy J

Claire Hooper

Nath Valvo

Hot Brown Honey

Luke Heggie

Tommy Little

Sam Taunton

Lizzy Hoo

Andy Saunders

Brett Blake

Blake Freeman

Alex Ward

Chris Ryan

Melanie Bracewell

Steph Tisdell

Published: 31 Mar 2022