FIVE comedians handpicked from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival will be in Mildura this week as part of an annual comedy tour.

Host Marcel Blanch-de Wilt will be joined by Alexandra Hudson, Bronwyn Kuss, Con Coutis, and Matt Stewart for the local leg of the festival's roadshow.

"It's such a special event because you get an assortment of different acts in the one set, who you wouldn't ...