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!
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Host/MC Michael Rayner BANANAS, DAVID LETTERMAN, ENERGIZER BATTERIES, G4 TV,
As with the best magicians, indeed, as with the best performers, it's not the difficulty of his tricks but the way he delivers those tricks that makes him endearing and engaging. Michael has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Extreme Gong Show and Sesame Street. WEBSITE |
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Comedian Anna Polack FLAPPERS COMEDY, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, THE ICE HOUSE PASADENA, LAUGH RIOT GRRL FESTIVAL, TAO COMEDY
Anna thought it might be a little on-the-nose to be the youngest child of an alcoholic AND be a comic, so she spent 15 years in the nonprofit sector trying to be a serious person. It didn't take. Five years ago she essentially gave up on NOT doing comedy. Since then, she's performed at Tao Comedy, the Laugh Riot Grrl Comedy Festival, the Parents Need a Night Out Festival, The Ice House, and hosts regularly at Flappers. In 2018 she was voted Best of the Fest at the Burbank Comedy Festival.  Her humor is a defiantly sunny outlook on the macabre of parenthood, marriage, and the women's locker room at the YMCA. TWITTER |
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Comedian JP Connolly NETFLIX, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, DRY BAR COMEDY SPECIAL, SIRIUS/XM SATELLITE RADIO, COMEDY CENTRAL
James P. Connolly has appeared on America’s Got Talent, Comedy Central, HBO, in the Netflix series, “Larry Charles: Dangerous World of Comedy” and can be heard daily on SiriusXM Comedy Channels.
He attended Harvard University on a Marine Corps ROTC Scholarship, and while serving in Desert Storm he was ordered to write jokes for his Colonel.
James has a brand new Comedy Special “Acceptable Loss” streaming now at Dry Bar Comedy. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Howard Aronin SIRIUS RADIO XM, THE IMPROV, COMEDY STORE, WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY,
Howard Aronin: He's worked in the airline industry for over thirty years. Poet, auctioneer, actor. Featured on Sirius XM radio. Host/auctioneer of the prestigious annual Calabasas Hootenanny Music festival. He has been chosen "Best of the Fest" in the Burbank Comedy Festival several times. He'll dress up in costume as Fred Flintstone, Super Mario for Comic-Cons. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Karen S. Peterson THE FOSTER'S , ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, BABY OF MINE, FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, BUDDY
Karen S. Peterson is from the mean streets of Downey, California. She began doing Stand Up in the hope of healing from producing the local Elementary School Talent Show. (It's working) BOOK
Comedian Matt Falk JUST FOR LAUGHS, WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY, WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL, WORKED WITH CHRIS KATTAN, WORKED WITH DAVE COULIER
Matt Falk was called �Effortlessly Funny� by the CBC. He�s performed at Just For Laughs and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. His album; Apple Pie & Scars reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts. It is currently being played on Sirius XM Canada/USA and was named one of the Top Ten Comedy Albums the year of its release. He�s worked with the likes of Chris Kattan, Gilbert Gotfried, Dave Coulier and many more. Matt is one of the writers and stars of RocKids TV. His clean stand-up comedy act has gained him many accolades including placing 2nd in The World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas. WEBSITE | |
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Felicia Michaels was nominated twice for Funniest Female Comic by the American Comedy Awards; in 1999 she won the award. She has released one album, Lewd Awakenings, on the What Are Records label. She has appeared on Showtime, MTV, VH1, and NBC, and was the co-host of a popular weekly podcast with Joey Diaz named Beauty and Da Beast. TWITTER |
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Wilfred Padua is a comedian from Seattle who has an MFA in Writing from some school in Chicago. He has performed at Bumbershoot, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Boring Time Comedy Festival, and the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival in NYC. His comedy can also be seen on NBC's Seeso network. He is usually an idiot. WEBSITE | |
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Besides her commercials and soon-to-be aired Lifetime movies, Cindy can be seen performing stand-up all over L.A. including The Comedy Store, The Ice House, and is a frequent performer/emcee at Flappers. She has been voted one of the "Best of the Fest in the Burbank Comedy Festival Festival, and was voted "Judge's Favorite" in So. Bay's Got Talent. She has been featured on webseries Loosely Exactly Nicole and Tricycles, and will be seen in Lifetime movies "Picture Perfect Life", "Fireman's Deception", and "My Escort Best Friend." A popular headliner, Cindy's also a sought after actress (musical theatre, videos, voice-over) and improv teacher. Her motto is, "Well... you can't do porn forever!" Represented by Abstract Talent Agency. TWITTER |
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Comedian Leah Verrill COMEDY STORE ORIGINAL RM, LASTANDUPS THE IMPROV, HAHA CAFE, COMEDY STORE BELLY RM,
From the east coast where she studied performing arts at Emerson college. Leah is a crazy Red Sox fan and also an identical twin. She came to LA many moons ago and now has two little boys and a husband named Alan. TWITTER |
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Stretch S.H.P. was raised in Montclair NJ. He moved out to LA early 2001 as a chef. By the end of that year though he decided the kitchen was â€"too†hot. He got out of it and knew he wanted to work in comedy, so naturally he started selling drugs! Over the next decade he did that which didn’t leave much time for pursuing comedy but it added on to his wealth of life experience. Now finally focused on being a great comedian and a great family man, Stretch S.H.P. uses those experiences to make audiences laugh which distracts him from thinking about how poor he is now. TWITTER |
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Comedian Dave Bressoud TOUCH EM ALL COM & BBALL, WEST COAST COMEDY - HULU, BURBANK COMEDY FEST - BIF, REDWOOD COMEDY FEST - BIF, SAN DIEGO COMEDY FEST
He used to be cool, but now he's just a dad. He may not look like it now, but he has had a wild past. From party animal to paramedic, husband and dad to divorcee, Dave has done things! TWITTER |
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Comedian Heather Dragulescu COMEDY A LA CARTE, FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, ICE HOUSE, SECOND CITY, UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE
Half Korean, Half Comedian. Heather Dragulescu is the daughter of a Korean tiger mom and American military dad, as well as a â€"just barely hanging on†mother to three kids she foster adopted with her annoyingly near perfect husband. You can find her performing all over Los Angeles as herself, the T-Rex from Jurassic Park, or even as an apathetic Starbucks barista from Game of Thrones. She is the co-host of the comedy parenting podcast The Mother Effin’ Podcast (mothereffinpodcast.com) and produces Comedy a la Carte (comedyalc.com), a hilarious series of stand-up, improv, variety, and pop-up shows all over the San Fernando Valley. Follow her online at oheatherah.com. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Stuart Thompson SIRIUS XM RADIO, NEW YORK TIMES, EL REY NETWORK, CBS DIVERSITY SHOWCASE, NATIONAL LAMPOON WRITER
Stuart Thompson is a stand-up comedian, actor, voiceover actor, writer, and host. He has been featured in the New York Times. His debut album “Dandy Man” debuted in the top ten on Apple Music and can be heard on all streaming platforms, including Sirius XM. He has written for the National Lampoon and the CBS Diversity Showcase. He has performed in 9 countries & all the major comedy clubs nationwide. Most recently, he released his debut comedy special Conditional Love on YouTube. WEBSITE | |
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