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 Daniel Franzese MEAN GIRLS, HBO'S LOOKING, HOST OF GAY SKIT HAPPENS, RECOVERY ROAD, ABC'S CONVICTION
Best know as Damian from Mean Girls watch Daniel on ABC's Conviction, Freeform's Recovery Road, HBO's Looking and The Comeback This year he hosted Gay Skit Happens on Logo and the 2016 GLAAD media Awards. Daniel can be seen in comedy shows like Mortified, The Moth, ASSSScat and his YouTube sensation SHIT ITALIAN Mom's Say! WEBSITE |
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Comedian Kaycee Conlee THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, POWER TO THE PUNCHLINE
Kaycee Conlee is a standup comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Kaycee appeared on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and wrote and performed a mini-special for the “Power to the Punchline” series. Kaycee also previously worked on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and earned the title of Florida’s Funniest Female. On stage, Kaycee charms audiences with stories about growing up in Florida, anecdotes about family, and observations about life. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Ellen Ford HOST OF OUTFIT: A PODCAST, UCB WRITER/PERFORMER, THE COMEDY STORE
Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer LATE NIGHT - LETTERMAN, I'M NOT CINDY BRADY, GUARANTEED FRESH, LAUGHING MATTERS,
No one ever accused Suzanne of being subtle, not the shuttle driver who took her to the airport, the woman she was in line with at the grocery store yesterday and certainly not her audiences. Subtle, she is not. After 25 years of groundbreaking, stereotype-shattering and brutally honest comedy, she�s not about to start pulling punches now. The kid from Amish Country who began her comedy career on a dare is celebrating a quarter century of out, open, no-holds-barred comedy. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Steve Heyl COMEDY HEIGHTS, SAN DIEGO COMEDY FESTIVAL, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, COMICCURE COMEDY FESTIVAL, BIG FIRE COMEDY FESTIVAL
Steve is the only middle-aged left-handed bearded gay powerlifter we know of (hey it's a niche). He has performed standup with strippers in Las Vegas and literally stripped at Burning Man. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Melanie Vesey OPENED FOR MARC MARON , LAUGH AFTER DARK (AMAZON), WILD ANIMAL (AMAZON)
Melanie Vesey is a comedian, actress and writer/director whose comedy special/album Wild Animal is available to watch on Revry TV and to listen to all major streaming platforms. In addition to her TV comedy spot on Laugh After Dark for Amazon, she’s opened for Marc Maron, Tweeted for Tig Notaro, WON round 4 of the U.S. Comedy Contest, and been comedian of the week on the Jackie Kashian & Laurie Kilmartin podcast. Notably, she co-starred with Jim Carrey in the Andy Kaufman bio-pic "Man on the Moon" and has been seen at the Burbank, Motor City, Palm Springs and the Ladies Laugh Comedy Festivals. WEBSITE | |
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Sanyam is a Los Angeles based comic, writer, and actor who has performed all over LA, and in New York and Michigan. He is a fan of biographies. TWITTER |
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Comedian Nicky Paris THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW, MTV, LIFETIME
Named "A Comic To Watch" by The Huffington Post and one of Caroline's Break Out Artists of 2019, Nicky Paris is best known for his appearances on Wendy Williams, MTV, Lifetime and electrifying stand up comedy performances around the country which have received critical acclaim from OUT, Logo's New Now Next, BUILD, The Interrobang, Pop Dust, Galore Magazine and more. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Kara Dyan Whitfield BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL , THE GOSPEL MUSIC CRUISE, FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, THE COMEDY STORE, ICE HOUSE
Kara Dyan Whitfield is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. She got her professional start practicing criminal law but has since ditched the courtroom for a bona fide stage to work for laughs as opposed to verdicts. Kara started doing stand up because of a Groupon and made her L.A. debut at The Comedy Store. Kara continues to showcase her stand up there and at venues around LA which includes Flappers where she was a finalist in Uncle Clyde's Comedy Contest. In addition to cracking jokes on land, Kara has also performed at sea on the Gospel Music Cruise where she had the privilege of opening for Alonzo Bodden. Kara has trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade where she was the recipient of a diversity scholarship. WEBSITE | |
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Anjelica Scannura is a comic and producer who has been featured on SiriusXM, CBC’s Laugh Out Loud and at JFL 42. She’s opened for Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, and Joe List.
In 2022, she taped for TV at the Winnipeg Comedy Fest, came 6th place in both the Seattle Int’l Comedy Comp, and The Riot National Comedy Comp in TX, and won Best Comedian at the Cleveland Comedy Fest. Other appearances: Boston, Burbank, and Limestone Comedy Fests (Indiana). Anjelica produces the Haymaker Comedy Fest in Canada, and will be featured at the Edmonton Comedy Festival this September. She is a touring comic with Yuk Yuks.
An actress, she’s guest-starred on PBS’s Frankie Drake Mysteries, and was in a supporting role in feature film Little Italy, alongside Hayden Christensen and Emma Roberts. WEBSITE | |
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