Let's do some funny business at the Burbank Comedy Festival! Every year, top celebrity headlining comedians, and over 200 of the hottest new talent from around the world, converge in Burbank, California for a full week of shows, industry panels, afterparties, classes, and more! Past performers have included Adam Carolla, Jeff Garlin, Jimmy Dore, Tom Segura, Christopher Titus, Carol Leifer, Kevin Pollak, and many more. The Burbank Comedy Festival offers the next generation of talent the opportunity to perform and connect with top entertainment professionals, to encourage the expansion live comedy into the community, and to do some funny business in Downtown Burbank!
Straight out of Compton, and other luxurious neighborhoods, Cheri mixes world weary cynicism with offbeat whimsy to give you a Stand-Up performance you won’t soon forget. Growing up with a drug dealing dad and struggling with depression, she uses humor to try and make sense of it all. Recently Cheri was featured in the choir scene of the â€"Childish Gambino - This Is America†video on YouTube, She played Rachel in the Pilot Genius, and is currently a writer for The Collins Key Company, videos which have garnered over 11 million views. On Instagram and Twitter @Cheriezus. WEBSITE |
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Comedian Kyle Chrise THE LATE LATE SHOW, DICE (SHOWTIME), TOM GREEN LIVE, THE ARTIE LANGE SHOW, SIXX SENSE W/NIKKI SIXX
Kyle was born and raised in the hills of Pennsylvania. He left the small town and chased his rock n roll dreams to New York City, where he unintentionally rose the ranks at the Fox News Channel. Today, he has a wife he doesn't deserve, a career he doesn't want, an appetite he can't control, and a mortgage he can't afford. Even worse, he still thinks he's one gig away from rockstardom. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Rory James I'M SUPER EXCITED PODCAST, PHONE SWAP (FOX), MY ROOMMATE IS A DISASTER, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL,
Rory James is a comedian, snack enthusiast, and will eat your fries while you're in the bathroom. He's done stand-up all over Los Angeles and New York, including at The Comedy Store, Flappers, The Improv, and Stand-Up New York. He hosts the weekly podcast "I'm Super Excited with Rory James" and recently appeared on the FOX series Phone Swap. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Paul Green ABC GONG SHOW, STEVE HARVEY SHOW, ICE HOUSE, COMEDY STORE, LAUGH FACTORY, FLAPPERS,
Paul Green was born at a very young age... but it wasn't until the 4th grade when he realized he had a knack for making people laugh. As the emerging class clown, Paul loved to make his entire class laugh and would stop at nothing to bring the whole class to tears! He told his teacher at that very young age that when he grew up he wanted to be a stand up comedian, and now he is! WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Sims Holland PRETTY FUNNY WOMEN, LOSING MY ACCENT, ANGER MANAGEMENT
Sims hails from Austin Texas and has been in Los Angeles for 7 years. You can see her working the stages around town, at UCB and occasionally on your television screen. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Travis Nelson SICC, CAPE FEAR COMEDY FESTIVAL, WESTSIDE COMEDY SHOWDOWN, IDAHO LAUGH FEST,
Technically a giant at 6'9", Travis was raised in the rainforests of Washington State where the lack of sunshine and abundance of caffeine fostered his obsessive goofball personality. With an act that intertwines real personal stories and experiences with absurd and imaginative meanderings, he invites the audience to escape into the sometimes dark but always lighthearted playground of his psyche. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Meegan Kelleher THE COMEDY STORE, THE SECOND CITY, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, LA FUNNY WOMEN FESTIVAL, THE ICE HOUSE
Meegan is the adorkable, feminist princess whose quick wit and nerdy, awkward style will keep you laughing. In Chicago, Meegan regularly performed, directed, and produced sketch comedy and improv with The Annoyance and The Second City Meegan performs in LA at Flappers Comedy Club, The World Famous Comedy Store and The Ice House Comedy Club. She was recently seen in the Burbank Comedy Festival, and the LA Funny Women Festival. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Candie Langdale BEST OF THE FEST BCF, MAYA AND THE THREE, A TALE DARK AND GRIMM, SAMURAI RABBIT , PUSS IN BOOTS
Candie is an Emmy winning writer who writes and produces animation, does punch-up for movies, and jokes for other comedians. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Doug Langdale FLAPPERS, THE ICE HOUSE , THE COMEDY STORE
Doug Langdale has been writing and producing animation since the 80’s. We could list some credits, but you have IMDb, right? He was born in New Jersey and he went to UCLA and you have already lost interest. He lives in Burbank with his hot genius wife and two kids and three cats and something grunty that is probably a dog. BOOK
Comedian Matt Larson WIVES WITH KNIVES (I.D.), MILLIONSOFDROPS(SHORTSTV), OUR HAPPY APOCALYPSE (TV)
Larson directed the short film Millions of Drops, now playing nationwide on Shorts TV. He can also be seen as an actor getting stabbed in the hit show Wives With Knives, walking in the background behind Chris Pratt in 5-Year Engagement, and in a bunch of student films that were never provided to him and have died on somebody's hard drive. He has a degree in Theatre Arts, which was an excellent choice, from Chico State. He's also studied with Second City and the Groundlings. Once he was in India and someone accurately recognized him as the guy from a TV commercial they'd seen. He's also well aware of the white patch on his beard so no worries about starting a conversation about it. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Bunni Wong LAUGHS TV, SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO, HBO, BET,
Bunni Wong often jokes â€"I grew up in a Texas town so small that the Elementary, Jr High and High School were in the same building-in the same room!†Later Bunni moved to Houston & remarks, â€"I landed a cradle to grave job, but wasn’t happy. I stole supplies…called in phony bomb threats, but still couldn’t find my happy place.†Then Bunny entered and won an amateur comedy competition. â€"I’d planned on pursuing comedy at night & still work but supervisors figured out that I was the thief calling in bomb threats, so they fired me!†Luckily Bunni perfected her act and started landing local comedy club gigs which led to TV. She also headlined colleges and military bases. Bunni put her comedy career on hold to get married. Bunni shares how that played out in her uproarious comedy act, which is sure to leave you in stitches. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Zach Louis NICKELODEON , CAMP ABERCORN, SECOND CITY CAST MEMBER
Zach Louis is an actor, stand-up comedian, improv comedy performer, and the kind of guy you want your daughter to date. He is best known for playing "Quiet Chris" on the Nickelodeon series "Bella and the Bulldogs". Zach is a cast member at the Second City theatre in Hollywood, and regularly performs stand-up comedy at venues throughout Los Angeles. TWITTER |
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Comedian Matt Payton ABC'S TO TELL THE TRUTH, OUT OF BOUNDS COMEDY FEST, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, SILVER LAKE COMEDY FEST,
Matt Payton has appeared on ABC's To Tell The Truth, GSN's Common Knowledge and USA's No Fly List because he gets up to go the bathroom too much. He has performed at the Out Of Bounds, Flyover, Cleveland, Sacramento, Burbank and Edinburgh Fringe comedy festivals. He looks forward to burning Zoom to the ground when this is all over. WEBSITE | |
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