I lived in Melbourne - one of the comedy capitals of the world - for five years. And I would easily put comedy as one of my top five interests when it comes to pop culture. What's more valuable than being able to make someone laugh?

But I've actually seen more live comedy, and seen it more regularly, since moving to Launceston.

And I can put that strange fact down to one factor: Fresh Comedy.

The best comedians in Australia are regularly drawn to our little city, thanks to the work put in behind-the-scenes by organiser Stewart Bell and the rest of the Fresh Comedy team.

Accompanying the big-name acts are inevitably one or two Tasmanian up-and-comers, who are able to hone their craft for sizeable audiences as supports.

Similar-sized cities don't have access to the same kind of brilliant comedic talent that Launcestonians do, which seems, sometimes, to be an underappreciated phenomenon locally.

And even if you aren't intimately familiar with the work of every star on Fresh Comedy's regularly stellar line-ups, you can trust that they'll be damn funny, because the shows are curated by comedians themselves.

Tomorrow night, Fresh Comedy is putting on Aaron Gocs and Nick Capper, two larrikin comedians that are the masters of the uniquely Aussie style of understated storytelling, made famous by the likes of Working Dog and Mick Molloy.

Give 'em a go - and keep an eye out for the future names on Fresh Comedy's billings, held at the Boag's Brewery Bar.