Trevor Noah delights a sold out crowd at the Beacon Theatre at New York Comedy Festival
Trevor Noah immediately took hold of the capacity crowd at Beacon Theatre on Saturday night and the audience never wavered for the duration of his nearly two hour set. Noah displayed an exceptional ability to perform, running through a slew of characters, accents, and celebrity impersonations throughout the night. A highlight segment recounted how he […]
NYC’s Skankfest is announcing their lineup with Garbage Pail Kid-inspired illustrations of Artie Lange, Burt Kreischer, Dan Soder and more
Skankfest – the Long Island City comedy festival hosted by Legion of Skanks podcast co-hosts Big Jay Oakerson, Luis J. Gomez, and Dave Smith – celebrates its second anniversary this summer, over the weekend of June 23-25. Instead of announcing the entire lineup at once, the Skankfest team is teasing out names all week on […]
NYC’s Now Hear This podcast festival announces its initial lineup
For the second year in a row, the Now Hear This podcast festival is bringing some of the top shows in comedy and beyond to New York City, for a weekend of live recordings and special events. From September 8th-10th, your favorite hosts will head to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, including Comedy Bang! […]
Passes to Toronto’s annual JFL42 fest are on sale now
From September 21st – September 20th, 2017, the JFL42 festival will take over downtown Toronto. It’s not the 42nd annual JFL festival; rather, the “42” refers to the events programming, which featured 42 carefully curated comic performers. With over a week of shows, JFL42 will host Ali Wong, John Mulaney, Tim and Eric, Tom Segura, […]
Get a VIP look at the year’s biggest new festival in “Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest” special
This past weekend, Comedy Central’s first ever Colossal Clusterfest descended upon downtown San Francisco, turning the Bill Graham Civic Center into an interactive, multi-stage playground featuring comedy shows, live music, and lots more. If you missed the fest itself, don’t fret: thanks to Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest mini-documentary, you can still see highlights from the […]
Early bird passes are on sale for Portland’s 10th annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival
This year marks the 10th annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival, one of the country’s best fests with one of the most consistently exciting lineups – and it all goes down in lovely Portland, Oregon from May 4th to to 7th, 2017. The full lineup will be out in March, but until then they’ve given us a little […]
The Brooklyn Comedy Festival is now accepting film submissions
For the first time ever, the fifth annual Brooklyn Comedy Festival is accepting film submissions, expanding the fest’s already packed slate of standup, improv, and sketch shows, plus panels and parties. While they’ve screened web series and shorts before — including works from NYC groups Cocoon Central Dance Team and Three Busy Debras — his will […]
Tickets are on sale now for the NYC PodFest
The fourth annual NYC PodFest announced its lineup, featuring shows from some legendary comics plus a lot of NYC-centric programming. Kids in the Hall alum Kevin McDonald will host his Kevin McDonald Show with special guest Mike Myers, Michael Ian Black will host How to be Amazing with guest Andy Borowitz, Kevin Allison’s storytelling show […]
Skankfest 2017 ticket pre-sale begins next Monday, March 20th
Excellent news Skanks (fans of the Legion of Skanks podcast, that is): Skankfest, the weekend-long celebration of all things LoS that took over New York City’s Creek and the Cave comedy club last summer, will be returning for a second year! Skankfest 2017 will be back at the Creek, from Friday, June 23rd through Sunday, […]
Bill Murray, Tim Curry, & More Headline 2025 SF Sketchfest
Over the last two decades, SF Sketchfest has become one of the best comedy festivals in the country. And in their 22nd year, they’re pulling out all the stops. This next year’s festival will run from January 16th until February 2nd in various venues all throughout San Francisco. The festival spans over 180 names – featuring […]