Seattle International Comedy Competition

In 2025, Bellingham brought the house down with the finals of North America’s biggest touring comedy festival: Seattle International Comedy Competition. Based on that tremendous response, MBT will be hosting the finals for the 46th annual Seattle International Comedy Competition and the winner will be announced live on the MBT Main Stage!

Five comics. One winner. Endless laughter!

These finalists have been selected to compete from among hundreds of hopefuls, they’ve crushed it in clubs across the Northwest, and now they are battling it out for glory and a generous prize! The best part? You help crown the winner. Bring your best laugh. They’ll bring theirs. Let the funny games begin!

Meet Your Emcee

Julia Hladkowicz is a comedian and actor who has appeared on Comics Unleashed, Comedy Central, HBO, MTV, YTV, PBS, Conan, Laff Tracks, Netflix, Kevin Hart’s LOL network, and on SiriusXM. You may know her from season 20 of America’s Got Talent where she got a standing ovation and four yes votes from the judges. She has a Don’t Tell Comedy and LMAOF special and has several viral clips garnering millions of views.

Hladkowicz has toured all over North America performing at clubs and at multiple festivals including San Francisco Sketch Fest, Laughing Skull Comedy Competition in Atlanta, NXNE and the Seattle International Comedy Competition. She is a two time finalist in SiriusXM’s Top Comic, has performed numerous times at JFL in Toronto and is a regular at Just For Laughs in Montreal. She made her Just For Laughs debut at New Faces in 2015 and has returned to multiple tapings over the years. Hladkowicz has a Canadian Comedy Award nomination and an I Heart Jokes nomination for Best Female Stand-up. Her album This Time I’m Serious is available on all major streaming platforms.