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, […]
Comedy Albums For The Frequent Podcast Listener: Part 1
Screenshots from the Soder Podcast & Bad Friends Podcast. It easily goes without saying that podcasting in 2024 has taken on a new life of its own as an entertaining art form & medium. More often than not (especially in the stand-up comedy space), when one’s being described as a stand-up comedian chances are likely […]
Skankfest Returns To Las Vegas For Its 8th Year, Reveals 2024 Lineup
Legion of Skanks listeners & comedy fans can rejoice – because Skankfest is back and bigger than ever for its 8th annual comedy festival set to take place Friday, September 27th to Sunday September 29th at Notoriety Live! in Las Vegas. Each year, the festival brings together the best & funniest comedians in the country […]
Big Jay Oakerson pulled off stage by unruly crowd member at a comedy show
Photo: SoulJoel Facebook The details are still not 100% clear but tonight at a comedy show at SoulJoel’s Comedy Festival – a multi-week summer festival happening socially distant in Royersford, PA, comedian Big Jay Oakerson was attacked on stage during his set. Reports are coming in that Oakerson was on stage performing crowdwork when a […]
Skankfest 2019 announces its massive lineup, tickets are now on sale
It’s hard to determine who the actual headliners of Skankfest are. Mainly because the (now) three day comedy party has almost any comedian you can think about set to perform, from Doug Benson, Michael Che, Ari Shaffir, Dan Soder, Kurt Metzger, Robert Kelly, Janeane Garfalo, Nate Bargatze, Ron Bennington, The Lucas Bros., and Jake “The […]
Skankfest NYC 2019 is happening, prepare yourself
Skankfest NYC, the epic multi-day comedy and podcasting festival is happening again. The comedy festival, which started from the wildly popular comedy podcast Legion of Skanks is best seen as an “anti-comedy fest” festival and more a hang. Featuring comedians whose only job is to be funny with no other agenda. In year 3, after […]
Skankfest 2018’s lineup is here, tickets on sale May 5th at 12 noon
The 3rd annual Skankfest lineup has arrived. The weekend comedy festival which is the brainchild/spinoff of the wildly popular Legion of Skanks podcast has been beefed up this year, outgrowing its original home at The Creek And The Cave. The festival provides a terrific experience for fans of comedians and podcasts, allowing them the chance […]
Comedians, submissions are now open for Skankfest 2018
Last week we confirmed that the Legion of Skanks’ comedy festival Skankfest was indeed returning in 2018 with a bigger ambition and larger venue to host a weekend of shows. The festival is guaranteed to be a comedy party of a good time as the likes of Doug Stanhope, Jim Gaffigan, Artie Lange, and Bert […]
Legion of Skanks’ third annual Skankfest is upgraded and returns to NYC this July
For the last 2 years, the wildly popular Legion of Skanks podcast (Big Jay Oakerson, Luis J. Gomez, Dave Smith) held the Skankfest, comedy festival at the Creek And The Cave in Long Island City. The festival was loaded with some of the best in stand-up comedy boasted the likes of Jim Gaffigan, Artie Lange, […]
Podcasting is coming into its own and the comedians that helped build it are poised to reap the rewards
Image/Patrick Breitenbach Podcasting is a major channel for comedians, many of the medium’s biggest stars are comedians. It makes sense, because who better to hang out with other talented people and dissect life, crack jokes, come up with a wildly different POV, or just talk for hours on end than a comedian? When podcasting was […]