Raw Comedy is Australia's biggest and most prestigious open mic comedy competition. The Melbourne Comedy Festival has been running it since 1996, and past Raw winners, finalists and abject failures include names like Chris Lilley, Josh Thomas, Hannah Gadsby, Wil Anderson, Peter Helliar, Claire Hooper, Mike McLeish (Keating the Musical) and Tim Minchin.
Raw runs every year between January and April.

Registrations for Raw Comedy 2010 will open in December 2009. In the meantime, join the mailing list to stay up to date.