Day: December 8, 2009

Are you cold where you are? Right now, the answer is most probably yes. Well, then, here's something to heat up your winter: Comedy Central is returning to South Beach — Miami-style — for another edition of its South Beach Comedy Festival from Jan. 21-23, 2010. And you could win yourself a VIP travel package to the festival, if you remember to go to the South Beach Comedy Festival Sweepstakes site and enter by noon Dec. 9, 2009. Here's the lineup for the 2010 South Beach Comedy Festival. Sounds like fun. I want to go to there! Thursday, 7:30 PM  01/21/10 Mike Birbiglia Lincoln Theater Buy Now Thursday, 8:00 PM  01/21/10 Gabriel Iglesias: The Fluffy Shop Tour The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater Buy Now Friday, 8:00 PM  01/22/10 Joe Rogan Lincoln Theatre Buy Now Friday, 8:00 PM  01/22/10 Kevin Hart The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater Buy Now Friday, 8:00 PM  01/22/10 Jon LaJoie The Colony Theater Buy Now Friday, 10:00 PM  01/22/10 Jon LaJoie The Colony Theater Buy Now Saturday, 7:00 PM  01/23/10 Brian Regan The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater Buy Now Saturday, 7:30 PM  01/23/10 Aziz Ansari The Colony Theater Buy Now Saturday, 9:00 PM  01/23/10 Margaret Cho The Colony Theater Buy Now Friday, 9:15 PM  01/23/10 The Daily Show and Friends:John Oliver, Rob Riggle, and Rory Albanese The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason...

The new Laughing Skull Comedy Festival wants you to submit to their inaugural fest in Atlanta, and one way they're getting your attention (and mine) is by naming names in saying what the winner will get — booked gigs from several people, all of whom are named on the festival's home page. So when they say that "everyone who makes the semi-finals gets their tape seen by 75+ comedy bookers and agents around the US and Canada, and the winner gets over 6 months of work!", you actually believe them. The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival will take place March 3-7, 2010, at the club in Atlanta. Here's the full schedule, which also includes fun and games outside of the comedy club. Where do I sign up? For you, submissions are accepted until Dec. 31, 2009. Go here and follow the...