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2018 Limestone Comedy Festival Is Now Taking Stand-up Submissions

January 3, 2018

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If you have a New Year’s resolution to get into/get back into a comedy festival, Bloomington, Indiana’s Limestone Comedy Festival is a pretty good place to start.

They’re taking submissions for stand-up comedians as of Jan. 1st, 2018 for their festival happening at the end of May/beginning of June.

More specifically, submission fees are as follows:

$25 from 12AM EST January 1st to 11:59PM February 18th
$40 from 12AM EST February 19th to 11:59PM March 16th.

If you want to get in on that right now, you can get more details and submit here.

Please Catch Emily Heller as She Goes Back and Forth Across the Atlantic on Tour for the Rest of 2017

July 6, 2017

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Please Catch Emily Heller as She Goes Back and Forth Across the Atlantic on Tour for the Rest of 2017

From the end of this month until December, the brilliant Emily Heller will be stopping in Montreal, Dublin, Toronto, Texas, Vermont, Indiana, Virginia, and San Francisco for festivals, shows, etc..

If you’re anywhere near those places for her the dates that she’s playing, do yourself a favor and watch her perform.

Sara Schaefer’s Doing a North American Summer Tour Plus The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

May 24, 2017

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Sara Schaefer, whose comedy we hope you enjoyed on her excellent album Chrysalis, has lined up an impressive span of dates which have her hopping around North America all summer long and finishing the off tour with a month long run at the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

So, it’s a global tour that you ought to catch at one stop or another.

Get tickets for a show near you here.

2017’s Limestone Comedy Festival Is Now Accepting Submissions

January 2, 2017

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2017’s Limestone Comedy Festival Is Now Accepting Submissions

Bloomington, IN’s annual Limestone Comedy Festival has just opened up their submissions for this year to find new stand-up comedians to highlight.

If you’re looking to make your way into the circuit of comedy festivals as a stand-up, you might want to start with Limestone, especially if you live in or around Indiana.

The earlybird fee is $25 until Sunday, February 19th, the regular submission fee is $40 until the final deadline of Sunday, March 12th.

Get more details and submit here.

2016 Limestone Comedy Festival Announces Headliners

March 11, 2016

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Bobcat Goldthwait, Roy Wood Jr., Justin Willman, Doug Benson…

…Andy Erikson, Karen Kilgariff, Mike McCrae, Beth Stelling, Michelle Wolf, and Gina Yashere are all set to headline the 2016 Limestone Comedy Festival in Bloomington, IN from Jun. 2nd-4th.

That’s a pretty swell if you ask us.

Some badges are on sale and you might consider getting in on that here.

The 2016 Limestone Comedy Festival Is Now Taking Submissions

January 5, 2016

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The final deadline is Mar.13th 8:59PM PST.

Looking to be part of the recent boom/wave of comedy festival across the world? You can do so as The Limestone Comedy Festival in Bloomington, IN is now taking submissions for their festival taking place from Jun. 2nd-4th.

Right now, the submission fee is $25 until Feb. 14th, then kicked up to $40 after until that aforementioned final deadline in March. If interested, find out more and submit here.

Even though Apr. 1st is April Fools’ Day, the submissions page say that comics will find out whether they made it on that day.

Kyle Kinane Going on a “Meat and Cheese Tour”

We hope that Kyle commemorates each stop on this tour by getting local cheese and/or meat and making a bit out of it, perhaps like this brilliant pizza bit.

From Mar. 28th (that’s tomorrow) to Jun. 5th, Kyle Kinane will be hopping around from Athens, GA to Chattanooga, TN to Madison, WI to Portland, OR, to St. Louis, MO to Omaha, NE to Ames, IA to Minneapolis, MN to Milwaukee, WI to Chicago, IL to Ft. Wayne, IN to Grand Rapids, MI to Lansing, MI to Detroit, MI to Cleveland, OH to Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH to Cincinnati, OH to Bloomington, IN.

Get more details as well as your tickets here.

Emo Phillips and Patton Oswalt Coming to This Year’s Limestone Comedy Festival

March 17, 2014

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Emo Phillips and Patton Oswalt Coming to This Year’s Limestone Comedy Festival

From May 29th-31st, Bloomington, IN will have another fantastic weekend of comedy from The Limestone Comedy Festival, especially since Emo Phillips and Patton Oswalt are now joining in along with Jimmy Pardo, Cristela Alonzo, Erin Foley, Carmen Lynch, Ryan Singer, and more!

Get your tickets/passes here.

Bloomington, Indiana’s Limestone Comedy Festival Taking Submissions

January 13, 2014

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Bloomington, Indiana’s Limestone Comedy Festival Taking Submissions

Indiana’s own The Limestone Comedy Festival is back for 2014, taking place from May 29th-31st.

They’re taking submissions for comedians all the way up to March 21st and might be a good chance to get a comedy festival under your belt/get to do a comedy festival with Jimmy Pardo and Ron Funches.

A Really Cool Comedy Festival Is Coming to Bloomington, IN

March 11, 2013

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Tig Notaro, Pete Holmes, Maria Bamford, Jackie Kashian, John Roy, and many more very funny people are coming to Bloomington, IN for a comedy festival that looks great. A lot of great comedy has come to Bloomington, especially The Comedy Attic, to the point where a festival, The Limestone Comedy Festival, has to be thrown.

Badges are already on sale for the weekend of June 6th-8th and, if you wish to possibly be a part of this festival, there’s still time to submit.