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!
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 Renee Percy NOW WE KNOW (SERIES REG), JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE , THE GOLDBERGS, WORKAHOLICS, AUSTIN & ALLY
Renee started her career as â€"Pipi†on the wildly popular television series Degrassi High. Since then, she has taped two comedy specials (Comedy NOW! and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival Gala), performed at the Laughlin, Whistler, Burbank, and Winnipeg comedy festivals, and toured the country (that country being Canada) doing standup with the world’s largest chain of comedy clubs, Yuk Yuk’s. She has written, and performed on, numerous Canadian television shows, including being a series regular for four seasons on the hit sketch comedy show COMEDY INC, and is a Phil Hartman and Canadian Comedy Award winner. She is a regular sketch performer on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and can be seen in The Thundermans, The Goldbergs, Workhaholics, and as a series regular in a new sketch comedy show Now We Know by the creators of King of the Hill and Silicon Valley. WEBSITE |
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Comedian PJ Baio FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, THE ICE HOUSE, THE SECOND CITY CHICAGO, NO FUSS COMEDY BUS, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL
PJ Baio is a stand up comedian who isn’t afraid to expose you to his slightly dark sense of humor. A kind of â€"Cynical Superman†he is able to see the light and humor in such dark situations as his mother’s dementia and his wife’s death from cancer, and is somehow able to turn them into hilarious and inspiring stories. Originally from Chicago, this mild mannered comedian creates tasteful humor in dark topics that you don’t often hear from today’s stand up comedians. PJ is also a huge horror movie nerd, and can be seen in the documentary, In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film. @PJBaio WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Catherine Donnelly IN ICE COLD BLOOD - TLC, SEX SENT ME TO THE ER, MY CRAZY SEX, A CHRISTMAS CRUISE,
A California native, Catherine Donnelly grew up in Orange County, and was raised Catholic. Growing up with three sisters, she is the middle child of two attorneys. She graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Psychology and became a risk management insurance broker just out of college. She quickly discovered that the cubicle was sucking the life out of her and decided to quit to become a fitness instructor. She trained clients at the Biggest Loser Resort in Malibu until she got kicked out for wearing short shorts. After stumbling upon UCB and watching comedians like Lauren Lapkus and Mary Holland, Catherine began taking improv and sketch classes and has been hooked on comedy ever since. She’s been dating her Floridian boyfriend for six years and they live together in south central LA. Catherine is a yoga teacher who practices new age spirituality and drives a Prius. INSTAGRAM |
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Ashwyn's comedy focuses on telling people jokes that are singular in nature, and tries to make a point through humor. As an immigrant that moved when he was 19, Ashwyn went to University in Canada, and moved early enough to learn to fully assimilate with western culture. As someone that grew up in one culture but fully understands a couple others, Ashwyn provides a fresh take on the way an immigrant actually views issues of race, and explores the absurdities in social convention. He identifies as functional, but abrasive (only a little bit). One thing's for sure - points will be made, laughs will be had! TWITTER |
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Comedian Mike Finley FLAPPERS BURBANK, UNCLE CLYDE'S COMEDY CONT, BURBANK COVEDY FESTIVAL
Mike Finley is an attorney and comedian who lives in southern California. He has six adult children, three grandchildren, and is happily divorced. Formerly a super religious lay minister, now an atheist, Mike has a wide variety of experience and world views. Mike is an author of several nationally published law review articles, fishing articles, and a novel called the Tesla Conspiracy. 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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Former pro wrestler/Combat Veteran/Reality TV wash-up from St. Louis, Missouri. Pokes fun at himself as well as those he has come across in his years on this planet! WEBSITE | |
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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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Comedian Bob Ooten FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, THE ICE HOUSE, EL CAMINO REAL PLAYHOUSE
At FLAPPERS Comedy clubs, The Burbank Comedy Festival, Uncle Clyde´s Comedy Competition, Orange County Comedy Clubs, Michigan and Iowa. Bob has a lifetime of trying to entertain his friends and family–just ask his wife of 53 years. A Midwesterner, civil/sanitary engineer, and politician, Bob needs the lightness of comedy to balance it all out. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Zannah Weiss KNUCKLE HEADS , THE FUTURE IS FEMALE , COMEDY CHATEAU FESTIVAL , SAN DIEGO COMEDY FESTIVAL, QUEER AND FUNNY AT FCI
Zannah Weiss is a lesbian comedian based in San Diego. TWITTER |
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Comedian Karla Tofte BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, PALM SPRINGS COMEDY FEST, PLANO COMEDY FESTIVAL
Karla Tofte started her stand up career in her hometown of Seattle after returning from L.A., where she worked as a writers’ assistant on such sitcoms as â€"Malcolm and Eddieâ€, â€"Ask Harriet†and â€"3rd Rock from the Sun.†She also wrote humor pieces for the Los Angeles Times.
She was a semi-finalist in the 2017 Laughs Comedy Club Laugh Off and 2019 Jai Thai Comedy Clash. Most recently she has performed in the Palm Springs International Comedy Festival, was a semi-finalist in the 2020 Plano Comedy Festival Roast Battle, and a Best of Fest Performer in the 2020 Burbank Comedy Festival.
Her wry and observational comedy has been cleaned and sanitized for your protection. TWITTER |
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Cole's comedy is a curation of observations that none of us wanted to say, or even really thought about saying, but Cole is going to say them anyway. TWITTER |
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Comedian Sean Reilly OPENED FOR VICKI BARBOLAK, OPENED FOR KABIR SINGH, WRITER FOR OMNARCHY
A Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, Sean Reilly has performed at the top comedy clubs in California including Cobb’s Comedy Club, Rooster T. Feather’s Comedy Club, The San Jose Improv, and countless restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and even churches (he's already going to hell). Sean has opened for Kabir Singh (NBC / Family Guy) and Vicki Barbolak (America’s Got Talent finalist), and continues to quickly climb the ranks in the comedy world. When he's not writing or performing stand-up comedy, he produces sketch comedy videos. Check out content samples for more at seanreillycomedy.com! He's also a contributing writer for Omnarchy (the world's leading dystopian satire brands with 35K+ Instagram followers) and a student at Upright Citizen's Brigade (Los Angeles) where he's completed Sketch 101 and is moving quickly into advanced classes to hone his sketch writing abilities. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Curt Seablom ICE HOUSE, COMEDY STORE, FLAPPERS, HA HA CAFE,
Curt Seablom, originally from Massachusetts, is a self proclaimed nerd daddy. He comes from a small family of a twin brother, and older brother and a single Mom. He has worked in IT for 20 years. A Linux system administrator, then risk management and now application support with a wide range of hobbies including calligraphy, rocketry, electronics, astronomy, microscoping. He received his B.A. in history from Bakersfield College. Listening to comedy was his lifelong hobby and escape. His favorites are Patton Oswalt and Norm MacDonald.Currently Divorced, Curt is the proud father of 5 kids. Clearly he is both the butt of, and fond of writing "Dad jokes". He always used comedy as a defense mechanism during a loveless marriage and began stand-up after his separation. His jokes are about divorce, spending his time with his kids and trying to date again as a middle aged man INSTAGRAM |
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Comedian Anthony Villiotti BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, YAAAS! FEST NYC , BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL
Anthony Villiotti is a standup comedian, certified public accountant, and a token corporate gay. Originally from New England, Anthony currently lives in New York City where he spends his days full of shame and regret. Two years into the comedy game, Anthony made his comedy debut at NYC’s YAAAS! Fest 2019 at Broadway Comedy Club. Anthony holds his New England values dear to his heart and he enjoys candlelit dinners, walks on the beach, and the satisfaction of shattering wine glasses against the walls of his Manhattan studio. WEBSITE | |
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