It’s a huge day at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and we have a huge episode of MICF Daily to go with it!  Today on the show (listen at the bottom of this post), straight from the quarries of Bombo, New South Wales; MICF Daily speaks to Shane Matheson about working with others and why Bunnings is useless. See Shane with his Fabulous Singing Bucket of Gravel tonight in Shane Matheson and his Fabulous Singing Bucket of Gravel, 9:30pm tonight at St Ali’s in South Melbourne. For full details, visit the Comedy Festival website.

Today on MICF Daily News:

• A selection of the finest high school comedians was on display yesterday at the Class Clowns Grand Final. Held at Melbourne Town Hall, Aaron Chen from New South Wales took the gong, taking home $1000 for himself and a further $1000 for his school.
• EXTRA SHOWS: There is plenty of extra shows on tonight and tomorrow at the festival.  Tonight, you can see the following shows:
• Rod Quantock‘s Comedy Walking Tour, 11am outside the Town Hall.
• Charlie Murphy in The Acid Trip Tour, 5pm at The Princess Theatre.
• Dave Gorman‘s Powerpoint Presentation, 5pm at the Forum.
• Felicity Ward in The Hedgehog Dilemma, 5:30pm at the Town Hall.
• Celia Pacquola in Departed, 5:30pm at the Town Hall.
• Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan, 5:30pm at Spleen Bar.
• Tim Fitzhigham in Gambler, 5:45pm at the Victoria Hotel.
• Sammy J and Randy in The Inheritance, 8:30pm at the Forum.
• David O’Doherty is Looking Up, 10:45pm at the Forum.
• Ronny Chieng in The Ron Way, 11pm at Trades Hall.
• Dave Thornton in The Sum of All The Parts, 11pm at Swiss Club.
• Sam Simmons in About The Weather, 11:15pm at the Town Hall.
• And on the final night of the festival, see these extra shows:
• Rod Quantock‘s Comedy Walking Tour, 11am outside the Town Hall.
• Paul Foot in Still Life, 4:30pm at the Town Hall.
• Felicity Ward in The Hedgehog Dilemma, 4:30pm at the Town Hall.
• Mercedes Benz… Awkwardly, 6pm at Trades Hall.
• Adam Rozenbachs in The Good Stuff, 7:30pm at the Town Hall.
• Aunty Donna in Pants Suit, 8:45pm at the Portland Hotel.
• Watson in Shakespeare Fight Club, 10pm at the Victoria Hotel.
• Simon Amstell in Numb, 10:15pm at the Town Hall.
• and Slow Clap in Truth, 10:45pm
• Ingenious comedy showcase Deadly Funny is changing formats. Previous a comedy competition similar to RAW Comedy, Deadly will be a showcase of the country’s finest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comics. Sean Choolburra will MC the event, which will feature Kevin Kropinyeri, Tristan Savage, Cy Fahey, and Mia Stanford. Deadly Funny takes place this Saturday, 3pm at the Town Hall.
• If you’re a fan of podcasts, a live recording of I Love Green Guide Letters takes place today at Spleen Bar. After three successful live episodes with guests such as Wil Anderson and Andy Kindler and a feature article in the Green Guide, host Steele Saunders will return with another live episode featuring previous letter lover Lawrence Mooney and a mystery guest. See I Love Green Guide Letters live, 3pm today at Spleen Bar.
• British comedians Mark Thomas and Tim FitzHigham join forces for a book reading today. The two will read from their books from 3pm at the Sun Bookshop, 10 Ballarat St Yarraville.
• Following the announcement of the Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer nominees, a renegade award has sprang it’s head into view for another year – the Jhonsy Award. Discussed on this week’s episode of podcast The Little Dum Dum Club, the award gives $1,000 to the most innovative local act. This year’s nominees are: Neil Sinclair, Dingo & Wolf, Anyone for Tennis?, Shane Matheson, Zoe Coombs Marr, Tommy Dassalo, Laura Davis, Slow Clap, Al Newstead, and Lisa-Skye. The award will be awarded tomorrow.
• AWARDS: Tonight Festival Club’s Comedy Bonanza becomes the Festival Awards! Following comedy from Smart Casual, Justin Hamilton, DeAnne Smith, and Jon Dore; the following awards will be given out:
• The Barry, awarded for the festival’s best show has nominated Wil Anderson, Dave Gorman, Felicity Ward, Paul Foot, Tim Key, and Dr Brown.
• The Golden Gibbo is awarded for the festival’s finest local independent shows, and this year the nominees are Lessons with Luis, Aunty Donna, Michael Williams, Tie Her To The Tracks, and Watson in Shakesphere Fight Club.
• The Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer Award is awarded to the best act first-time performer at the festival, or best new format for a first-time performer. The nominees are: Ronny Chieng, Luke Heggie, Matt Okine, and Tegan Higginbotham.
• The winners for these, along with the Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer, Piece of Wood,  Director’s Choice, Bulmers Peoples Choice and Funny Tonne award  winners will be announced tonight at the Hi-Fi Bar, from 11:15. We will have the full results on tomorrow’s edition of MICF Daily.
• Also on late tonight: The Squinge!, Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night, The After Party, and Shaggers. For info on all late night shows, check the festival’s website.

TOMORROW: The festival ends tomorrow, which marks the last episode of MICF Daily for this year. But never fear, it’s a pearler! We have the full list of awards from the Festival Awards, plus an interview with Melbourne comedy big-wig Janet McCloud on her great weekly comedy room Local Laughs.