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What Comedy Festivals Are Looking For in Comedians

April 21, 2014

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What Comedy Festivals Are Looking For in Comedians

Jenn Tisdale at Brightest Young Things did some wonderful legwork in finding out what comedy festivals are looking for in potential performers.

She asked the folks behind Bridgetown (Portland, OR), Women In Comedy Festival (Boston, MA), Charm City (Baltimore, MD), Comedy Exposition (Chicago, IL), Bentzen Ball (Washington D.C.), Hell Yes Fest (New Orleans, LA & Austin, TX), and Riot LA (Los Angeles, CA) and compiled this nice article of their answers and explanations at the link.

Tig Notaro Curating Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival in Oct.

August 27, 2013

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Tig Notaro Curating Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival in Oct.

Though you might have not heard from Tig Notaro as of late, trust that she’s been busy at work behind the scenes. Not only has she been working on her stand up quietly as well as her Showtime series doing shows at people’s houses, but she’s also curating a comedy festival for BrightestYoungThings.com called the Bentzen Ball Festival to be held in our nation’s capital Washington D.C Oct. 10th-13th.

So far, there will be Jon Dore, Doug Benson, Wyatt Cenac, Everything Is Terrible, and Ira Glass slated to perform much much more to be announced and there are limited tickets on sale.

You might not want to miss this if you’re anywhere along the Eastern seaboard.