The Comedy Festival

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The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival, is a comedy festival held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through 2006, it was held annually in Aspen, Colorado. It was first held 1985. The primary sponsor of the festival is HBO, with co-sponsorship by Caesars Palace (the primary venue), TBS, GEICO Insurance, Twix candy bars and Smirnoff Vodka.

The festival includes stand-up comedy performances, appearances by the casts of television shows, and has a film component called the Film Discovery Program.