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 Brian Moote COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, USA NETWORK, AMP RADIO LOS ANGELES,
Brian Moote is a stand up comedian and radio host who is currently hosting the morning show on 97.1 Amp Radio Los Angeles (taking over for Carson Daly). He has also been seen on MTV, AXS TV, Nickelodeon and FOX. WEBSITE |
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Comedian Malik B CREED - AMIR, BURNING SANDS - DWIGHT, OPEN MIC STAND OUT
Comedian Drew Landry DJBOOTH, TOURED WITH CARLOS MENCIA, TOURED W ILIZA SHLESINGER, LAUGHING SKULL FESTIVAL,
Drew Landry is a young stand-up comic currently living in LA. He has toured nationally with Carlos Mencia, and with Iliza Shlesinger. He is also a satirical writer for the popular hip hop website DJBooth. TWITTER |
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Erick Hellwig is a comedian from America's Got Talent & MTV. He hosts Podcast Hell, has written for MTV, & has also been featured on Nat Geo, Comedy Central, MTV Other & national commercials. Erick created Death Lives & stars as Death. He performs in clubs & festivals across the country & produces Barely Making It LA in Hollywood. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Brian Jesiolowski FAILURE TO LAUNCH, INIQUITY, THE CREEK, CLOWNS, DEADLY GAMBLE
Born and raised in Lebanon, PA, Brian moved to Philadelphia to attend St. Joseph�s Univ. He not only received his degree in pharmaceutical marketing despite a 1.7GPA freshman year but he also played basketball on the #1 team in the country, where he was easily the most prolific scorer in pregame warm-ups. After college, Brian remained in Philly, and began his acting career with a role alongside Bradley Cooper and Matthew McConaughey as a Russian basketball player in FAILURE TO LAUNCH. Determined not to let that film be a metaphor for his acting career, Brian starred in a variety of independent films while selling medical devices on the side to pay for his lap dances. In 2014 he moved to LA to pursue acting full time. Brian�s been able to avoid selling his soul or any sort of drug induced downward spiral and continues act and hone his stand-up skills. INSTAGRAM |
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Comedian Brent Pella MTV, FUNNY OR DIE, COMEDY TIME TV, SAN DIEGO COMEDY FESTIVAL, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL
Brent was born and raised in the cow town of Davis, CA. Brent played basketball in college, and began producing/directing music videos for local artists and writing his own comedy sketches while studying Film & Media in school, which led to multiple videos being featured on Funny or Die and College Humor. A graduate of the Upright Citizen's Brigade improv program and a current student with The Groundlings, Brent continues to write and produce his own comedy videos, as well as perform stand-up at festivals around the country and nightly at venues throughout Los Angeles. WEBSITE | |
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As a card carrying member of AARP, Joel Brill has pretty much seen it all, done it all and can’t remember most of it. He shares the bits and pieces that he can remember about life, with side splitting results. His unique blend of comedy comes out as he discusses the challenges of being a senior citizen, marriage, business, sex, kids and a host of other topics. Joel started telling jokes in 3rd grade and hasn't stopped since. While he performs in clubs around The USA, he gets most of his laughs in the bedroom. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Ross Copeland JUST GIIGLE IT, THIS WEB SERIES,
Ross Copeland was born in some small town in Michigan. He moved to Texas as a baby (with help from his mom) because his parents got divorced. (Is that where comedy comes from?) He went to college in some hick town in Arkansas and hasn�t stopped being funny since. After years of teaching/telling jokes to kids in Guatemala and Texas, he moved to Los Angeles to start telling jokes to grown-ups. You�ve seen him in the popular YouTube Sketch groups Just Giggle It and This WebSeries. He has performed all over Los Angeles at Flappers, The Improv and various drinking bars. He can speak Spanish well enough to impress people who can't speak Spanish. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Mike Falzone COMING TO THE STAGE(HULU), THE COMEDY STORE, LAUGH FACTORY, IMPROV, YOUTUBE.COM/THEROCK
Mike Falzone is a dynamic comedy personality and musician who has amassed over 12 million views and 123,000 subscribers on YouTube. His comedic take on every day situations, spanning from relationships to social media etiquette, has earned him write ups in Forbes, Huffington Post, Daily Dot and more. He has taken his music and comedy act on the road, filling small clubs over the past four years. He was most recently guest writer and host for SourceFed (one million + subscribers) and the Dreamworks/YouTube show YouTube Nation. Mike is currently living in Los Angeles. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Julian Fernandez FIRST IMPRESSIONS ON USA, SPIKE TV, LAUGHS ON FOX
Julian Fernandez is a latino comedian and impressionist who started his comedy career at just seventeen years old in Los Angeles, CA. His comedy has been featured on shows like "First Impressions with Dana Carvey" and season 3 of "Laughs" on Fox. He has performed in a number of festivals such as Highlarious, Ventura Harbor Comedy Festival and has won "Best of Fest" during the 2015 Burbank Comedy Festival. In April 2017, Julian was chosen from over 150 comedians to open for Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness in front of over 6,000 people. Julian's comedy has earned him admiration among comedians such as Anjelah Johnson, Bill Burr, Joey Medina, Wendy Liebman, Adam Ray, and many more. His charming personality and spot on celebrity impressions and voices will have audiences falling in love. WEBSITE | |
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Marc Takemiya is an Orange County based comic that won the Orange County funniest person contest. That contest was a very long time ago, so we are not sure if that still matters. We did see him perform recently and to be honest, he was very funny. BOOK
Comedian Travis Frazee NETFLIX, HOUSE OF COMEDY-PHOENIX, HAHA COMEDY CLUB
Travis is a comedian/actor from Northern California. After working for several years as a chef, he served our country in the United States Army as a Combat Medic. He fought in Afghanistan in 2012. Immediately following his Honorable Discharge from 5 years of service, he and his wife moved back to Los Angeles where he can regularly be found on stage. TWITTER |
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Comedian Joe Larson BABIES BEHAVING BADLY , GOTHAM COMEDY LIVE, TONIGHT SHOW LAUGH SQUAD, LAUGHS ON FOX, THE BENNINGTON SHOW
Joe has also been seen on Gotham Comedy Live, NBC�s America�s Got Talent, Laughs on FOX, the Tonight Show�s Laugh Squad, Babies Behaving Badly on Discovery Family, and the Speed Channel. On radio he is a repeat guest on Bob and Tom and the Bennington Show. WEBSITE | |
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