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 Paige Wesley MARCH MADNESS FINALIST, TODAY IN LA, EAGLE ROCK COMEDY FEST, SAN DIEGO PRIDE FESTIVAL,
Paige Wesley is a fun, confident, and assertive new voice in comedy. Originally from Dublin, California she found her calling when the kids started picking on the "chubby chick" and it seemed that the only comeback for those bullies was a few solid punchlines. After a brief stint at UCLA where she studied screenwriting, she decided she couldn't stay away from Stand-Up Comedy. She has been seen on Today in LA, at the San Diego Pride Festival, and the Eagle Rock Comedy Festival. She was Burbank's Funniest Female Finalist in 2016, and a Los Angeles' March Comedy Madness Finalist 2013. @paigewesley WEBSITE |
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Comedian Janice Silver FLAPPERS, COMEDY STORE, ACME COMEDY, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, BEST OF FEST 2019
Started doing stand up at the age of 70. My, "What do I have to lose?" project. To my surprise people responded warmly and enthusiastically to my sets (who knew?) I do some bit on aging for sure, but also a lot of cutting edge material. (Not remotely your typical senior!) TWITTER |
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Comedian Martin Montana SIRIUSXM, HOST OF RENEGADES, VOICE OF SHOCK TOP, BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL,
Martin Montana is a comedian, actor, and host based in Los Angeles. In 2018 he became the host of RENEGADES, a celebrity sports show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas featuring Jose Canseco, Terrell Owens, and Jim McMahon. He was the voice of the beer Shock Top for 4 years, a campaign which ran in both the U.S. and Canada and had a Super Bowl commercial. He can be heard on SiriusXM satellite radio, was a semi-finalist in NY's Funniest Stand Up Competition, and has even performed at a Washington Nationals baseball game. 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 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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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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Comedian Kristina Pandis GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB, LAUGH FACTORY, SF PUNCHLINE , COMEDY STORE , BROADWAY COMEDY CLUB
Kristina is from Macedonia, which is not the smallest, but definitely the most unknown country in the world. She’s been dubbed â€"Macedonia’s funniest female comedianâ€, in part because no one else showed up to claim the title. Kristina’s life experiences as an immigrant have influenced and inspired her hilarious view of the world.
Kristina has performed at SF Punchline, The Comic Strip, Hollywood Improv, Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, Rooster T Feathers, and other comedy clubs across the country. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Julien Tshikuna AMAZON PRIME VIDEO , CHOCOLATE SUNDAE , THE COMEDY STORE, "LAUGH WITH AFRICA", OPENING ACT JUSTIN HIRES
Congo-rooted, Julien Tshikuna (Chee-koo-na) grew up in Belgium. The last offspring of a very famous Boxer in Congo. This Afro-Euro-American stand-up comedian is unique in style and his comedic timing is amazing. His background is very diverse with many places and experiences to draw from, that is guaranteed to please any audience. You can definitely expect the unexpected and be entertained with his interesting perspective from around the world to any open stage.
After a promising career in Paris and Brussels, both on stage and in film, Julien decided to fast forward his dream and start from scratch in America. The miraculous pool of hilarious situations accumulated by an African kid who grew up under the ever-grey, fried food scented skies of his dear old Brussels. He became a very outrageously funny character named Julien Tshikuna. WEBSITE | |
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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 Jack Held THE COMEDY STORE, LAUGH FACTORY, NERDMELT
Jack Held is a popular up and coming comic that made his start performing in the San Francisco Bay Area. After earning a reputation in the local scene as a comic to watch, Jack moved to LA to continue improving his craft. You can find Jack performing at the major comedy clubs across Los Angeles. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Reem Edan NBC LATE NIGHT WORKSHOP, THE STANDUP SKETCH SHOW, SHOWTIME, DISNEY, NETFLIX
Reem Edan is an Iraqi-American content creator, award-winning writer, actress, and internationally touring stand-up comedian. She can be seen performing on "The Stand Up Sketch Show,” on IG pages like “Family Guy,” and has contributed jokes for “Tom & Jerry,” “Scooby Doo,” and “Looney Tunes” social media. She is an alumni of the NBC Late Night Writing Program, the Warner Bros / Rooster Teeth Content Creator Program, and was named one of “Five Muslim Women Comedians to Get You Through Social Distancing” by Bustle. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Willie Macc BET- COLLEGE HILL, KIA CAMPAIGN, 2016 UCCC JUDGES WINNER
Willie Macc has quickly come a long way as a member of young black Hollywood since first becoming known to a national television audience as the funny man on BET's extremely popular College Hill Virgin Islands. He has become one of the few Reality TV stars to make the transition from Reality TV to that of a working actor and director in Hollywood. He has also appeared in movies and tv shows such as CSI, Journeyman, Meet the Spartans, Sympathy for Delicious and national commercials including Subway, Taco Bell, Olive Garden, Applebees, Dominos, residence Inn to name a few and Pump Water in New Zealand. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Carolyn Luckett FLAPPERS, THE COMEDY STORE, THE ICE HOUSE, BREA IMPROV, ONTARIO IMPROV
Carolyn Luckett is using her insight and humor to her advantage onstage. She has been performing comedy since November 2011 and has been telling her side of what its like to be single again in her forties and dating outside her comfort zone.
Carolyn has been compared to the amazing Roseanne Barr and the late Gilda Radner. She has a somewhat innocent approach onstage and is flattered by the comparisons and agrees that she does seem to have very similar hair to Gilda's. She is funny without being crude or offensive and is very down to earth and truly enjoys interacting with her audiences. She openly shares with her audiences about online dating, cultural differences and her personal experiences with dating Latino men. TWITTER |
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Comedian Adam Warshaw STORY SALON, FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, 2015 BURBANK COMEDY FEST., 2016 BURBANK COMEDY FEST., THE ICE HOUSE
Adam has been a comic ever since his rendition of "Burping The Alphabet" killed in the 4th grade boys' room. He brings his ten-year-old's maturity level and neurotic middle-aged perspective to every show. TWITTER |
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Comedian Ellen Wesley LAUGH FEST GRAND RAPIDS, CHICAGO WOMENS FUNNY FEST, LAUGH RIOT GRRRL FESTCLEAN COMEDY CHALLENGE
B. Ellen Wesley is an ER physician in Chicago who does stand-up for fun and a breath of fresh air between intubating Covid patients. She has performed all over the country, including LaughFest in Grand Rapids and Chicago Women's Funny Festival, and she both teaches and entertains via YouTube at Dr. Ellen's Best Medicine as well. Laughter is the best medicine, and a little non-biased health information goes a long way. INSTAGRAM |
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Comedian Jason Visenberg FLAPPERS, CANADIAN COMEDY AWARDS, COMEDY CAR HOLE
Jason Visenberg is a comedian born in Toronto Canada. After finishing high school in Canada he moved on to The University of Oregon. Realizing comedy was his passion he buckled down, graduated a year early and headed down to Los Angeles. Jason has been performing steadily around LA ever since! WEBSITE | |
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