Just For Laughs is headed for South Africa in 2018
by As South African comedians have begun making names for themselves in America, now Just For Laughs will be spreading its comedy festival brand to South …
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35 Reasons to Look Forward to the 35th annual Just For Laughs festival in Montreal this July 2017
The 35th annual Just For Laughs, or Juste Pour Rire (Pour les Français), kicked off on Wednesday in Montreal, and while there may only be a …
July 15, 2017 deadline to submit for prizes at ITVFest
If you’ve got a script or a series pitch sitting around in your files, but dearly want to put it in front of the producers, …
Today is the deadline for Independent Pilot submissions to 2017 NY TV Festival
Attention all aspiring TV show creators, screenwriters, directors and actors: Today is the deadline to submit for the 2017 New York TV Festival’s annual Independent …
2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival includes all-star shows, preview of National Comedy Center’s George Carlin Archives
This year’s edition of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, traditionally held the week following Montreal’s Just For Laughs in upstate New York, will feature a …
See present and future comedy stars improvise during the 19th annual Del Close Marathon
Each summer going back 18 years, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has hosted improvisers from around the country — and now around the world — …
Sights and sounds from Comedy Central’s inaugural Colossal Clusterfest in San Francisco
San Francisco already has a monthlong comedy festival in January (SF Sketchfest), and a giant outdoor music festival each August (Outside Lands), but how about …
KAABOO Del Mar unveils “HUMOR ME” comedy lineup for end-of-summer festival
Do you think you can handle one more comedy festival before the end of the summer? KAABOO Del Mar says: Humor Me. At its third …
Comics to Watch 2017: Here’s who’s “Up Next” at Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest
Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch” showcases, which had featured up-and-coming stand-ups in recent years at the New York Comedy Festival, is now rebranded as “Up …
Skankfest NYC 2017 announces headliners Jim Gaffigan, Reggie Watts and Michelle Wolf
New York City comedians likely knew or heard about last year’s inaugural Skankfest, which brought in Doug Stanhope, Todd Glass, the Impractical Jokers and more …