MURRAY – Now in its third year, the Kentucky Comedy Festival has grown to extend over three weekends, both in Murray and Paducah.

The 2025 stand-up comedy festival kicks off Friday in Murray. Ben Wilson, a Paducah native and Marshall County High School alum who also graduated from Murray State University, started the festival in 2023. Since then, the festival has had both fall and summer iterations, with Murray shows taking place at MSU’s Wrather Hall Auditorium and Paducah shows at West Kentucky Community and Technical College’s Clemens Fine Arts Center. This fall’s Wrather Hall shows will be Sept. 19 and 26 and Oct. 3, while the Clemens Center shows will be Sept. 20, 27 and 28 and Oct. 4.

Wilson said he hadn’t originally planned on more than one weekend, but due to availability of th

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