DOORS OPEN: 10:45PM
TICKETS: $10
Bird City Comedy Festival and Back Fat Variety are proud to present BIRD CITY MADNESS, a single-elimination one-liner tournament to end all tournaments! 64 comics go head to head for a chance at the championship.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $15
Too lazy to shoot hoops and too tall to model, Marcella Arguello stands over 6 feet. Although she may be taller than most men, the only thing more intimidating than her height is her comedy. Marcella mixes a combination of genuine reason with a sexy suggestion of street. Deemed as “sexually and ethnically ambiguous” she appeals to everyone and is not afraid to tell you how she really feels about subjects concerning race, gender, politic, relationships, family, work, music, pop culture and whatever else is on her mind that day. Time Out Magazine deemed Marcella an “LA Comedian to Watch in 2017” and is a fan favorite on Comedy Central’s @midnight. Most recently, she won her appearance on TruTv’s Comedy Knock Out and can be seen on The UCB Show’s upcoming second season on Seeso. She was featured on Viceland’s Flophouse, and in 2015 on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly; her stand up has been highlighted on rapper Tyler, The Creator’s mobile app and on Fox’s The Real. Her Twitter account (@marcellacomedy) has been featured on CNN, TIME.com, HuffingtonPost.com and various entertainment websites. Marcella just wrapped a stint as a write on the series “Bill Nye Saves the World” for Netflix on which she did some on-camera work as well. She is a regular opener for Last Comic Standing Winner Felipe Esparza as well as NBC Superstore’s Nico Santos. She has opened for David Alan Grier, Norm MacDonald, J.B. Smoove, Hannibal Buress, Ron Funches, Godfrey, Bryan Callen, Aries Spears, Hasan Minhaj, Al Madrigal, Joey Coco Diaz, Melanie Comarcho, Melissa Villaseñor and has shared a stage with Bill Burr, Paul Mooney and Robin Williams. She has worked at The Improv Comedy Clubs all over the country and is a regular at The Punch Line Comedy Clubs in Northern California. She has performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, Riot LA Comedy Festival, overseas for American troops and comedian Sean Keane referred to her as the “finest export from Modesto since George Lucas.”
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $10
The Bird City Variety Show offers a little something for everyone! We've got stand up from Tony B and Robert Buscemi, improv from Tucson's own The Riveters and sketch from Toronto's Marv N'Berry.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $10
The Apaches believed gila monsters brought about death. So, in honor of gila monsters, we bring you this killer stand up show. Featuring performances from:
Steve Mandel
Kerrilynn Gallagher
Bill Laskowski
Jessie Johnson
Rana May
Jimmy Callaway
Bianca Cristavao
Frank Traynor
Alex Falcone
Jess Lane
Jake & Alex Yardley
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $10
Flightless stand up comedy! Featuring performances from:
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DOORS OPEN: 6:45PM
TICKETS: $15
Joel Kim Booster is a Chicago bred, Brooklyn based comedian, writer and playwright. Born in Jeju, South Korea, Joel was adopted at a young age and moved to the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Both homeschooled and evangelical, Joel has read the bible literally dozens of times, but has no idea where the state of Oregon is on a map. As a comedian he has appeared on Conan, Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and @midnight, Logo’s Comedy Cabaret and truTV’s Comedy Knockout. His writing credits include Billy on the Street and the Comedy Central pilot Problematic with Moshe Kasher.
Joel has performed at numerous comedy clubs, bar basements and festivals all across the country and the world. Most recently and notably he was a New Face for the world renowned Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada. Additionally he has featured at Funny or Die's Oddball Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Riot LA, The Mardi Gras Comedy Festival in Sydney, Australia, SXSW and The Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Esquire Magazine recently listed Joel on one of their 10 Comedians to Watch in 2017 and Brooklyn Magazine has named him one of their "50 Funniest People in Brooklyn" saying, "his unbridled honesty feels less like the set-up for a punchline and more like an act of selfless catharsis the rest of us are lucky to witness in real time.”
Also featuring stand up from Amy Miller, Matt Levy, Kyle Ayers and Sari Beliak.
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DOORS OPEN: 6:30PM
TICKETS: $10
Featuring sketch comedy from Showmont, Detention and Dawson's Queef. Hosted by Michael Paul Kohn.
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DOORS OPEN: 6:30PM
TICKETS: $15
Originally from Annapolis, Maryland, Brandie Posey is a stand up comedian, writer, & producer who calls LA's comedy scene home. She has been featured as a performer at the New York Comedy Festival, RIOT Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, FEST in Gainesville, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Tig Notaro's Bentzen Ball, among many others. She has opened for the legendary punk band Against Me! and has appeared on MTV, E! and Comedy Central. Brandie made her feature film debut in the indie dark comedy, "The Worst Year Of My Life" directed by Jonathan Smith and her first stand up record Opinion Cave debuted at #1 on iTunes and #12 on Billboard.com.
Brandie tours the country, headlining every dark corner with a microphone. She is the co-creator and host of Picture This, a popular comedy-animation show with franchises in LA, Portland, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Picture This is currently in development with TruTV. At the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and The Hollywood Improv, Brandie co-hosts Lady to Lady alongside Barbara Gray and Tess Barker. Lady to Lady is also a celebrated weekly podcast on the Maximum Fun Podcast Network with over 3.5 million downloads and loyal fans around the world.
Also featuring stand up from Teresa Lee, Ella Gale, Danny Maupin & Lisa Curry.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $10
Stand up comedy that will make you howl! Performances from:
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The official open mic of Bird City Comedy Festival. You never know who will drop in! A few select performers from this showcase will be given spots in other festival shows.
Hosted by: Trejon Dunkley & Buck Newman
FREE SHOW
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DOORS OPEN: 4:30PM
TICKETS: $15
Jackie Kashian welcomes comic Maggie Maye to this special Bird City edition of The Dork Forest!
What's The Dork Forest? A wonderful podcast in which comedian Jackie Kashian discusses favorite obsessions with the obsessed. Video games, Comic Books, Birdwatching. How deep in the dork forest are you? Celebrate it and make it your own!
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DOORS OPEN: 3:30PM
Hosted by Jason Hill, The Broken Hearts Podcast is where each week a new guest picks up the pieces of their broken heart to share their stories of lost love, failure and humiliation. As a stand up comedian Jason shares his own heart breaks, shortcomings and insecurities with random strangers who are trying to laugh. It can all lead to some heavy awkward moments, but isn’t that the best time to make a joke?
FREE SHOW
DOORS OPEN: 2:30PM
TICKETS: $10
Late Late Breakfast is a fast-paced, energetic stand- up comedy show hosted by Tyler Jackson & Danny Maupin. Each show features top comedians delivering their polished material while going up against a bevy of unique games and challenges designed to keep both them and the audience on their toes, providing an experience that canʼt be missed. Pie fights, laser tag, polygraph tests- you never know! Expect anything and everything out of the ordinary, all of it held together by solid, hilarious standup comedy. Late Late Breakfast is produced by Liz Maupin and runs quarterly at The Hideout in Chicago, The Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles, and The Creek & The Cave in New York City.
Our show has been featured on TBS's New York Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, TruTV's High Plains Comedy Festival, The Comedy Exposition, Orlando Indie Comedy Fest, and many more!
Late Late Breakfast at Bird City Comedy Festival features a star-studded lineup, including:
Tyler Jackson
Danny Maupin
Maggie Maye
Amy Miller
Shane Torres
Arish Singh
Danielle Perez
Dave Waite
Ella Gale
Brandie Posey
Bri Pruett
Jen Saunderson
Gabe Bravo
Andrew Deacon
Brett Davis
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DOORS OPEN: 10:45PM
TICKETS: $15
Created a few years ago and hosted by Kyle Ayers, comedians compete to see who can compliment one another in this showdown of sweetness, this clash of consideration, this barrage of benevolence. Playing off of the idea of roasts, Boast Rattle has two comedians go head-to-head, delivering alternating blows of the nicest order. Two rounds. One lucky crowd member who gets some on-the-spot boasting. One Champion of Charity, Master of Magnanimity. Boast Rattle has been featured in the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, The Kennedy Center in DC, New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Moontower Comedy Festival, and more. It has traveled coast to coast, and featured Andy Kindler, Martha Kelly, Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Joe DeRosa, John Early, Amy Miller, Nikki Glaser, Kate Berlant, Janelle James, and more.
This very special Bird City edition of Boast Rattle includes compliments from the likes of Shane Torres, Maggie Maye, Amy Miller, Jackie Kashian, Brandie Posey and Danielle Perez.
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DOORS OPEN: 9:30PM
Join us for an evening of storytelling from your favorite local and national Bird City comics! Our theme this year is NEST: leaving the nest, feathering your nest, empty nest syndrome, a nest egg, love nest. Bring us your funniest, saddest, most moving, wildest NEST stories!
Hosted by Mishka Shubaly
FREE SHOW
DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $10
Arguments & Grievances is a live comedy series and podcast featuring comedians debating outlandish topics with audiences choosing the victor. An outrageous enterprise exploring the heated issues of the day, including: "Hugs vs. Drugs", "Dr. Dre vs. Dr. Seuss", and "Batman vs. Spiderman." The series and podcast is produced entirely by Zach Peterson, Heidi Butler ad Chris Charpentier. Half comedy show, half rhetorical fight to the death, Arguments & Grievances is an impressive showing of live comedy, absurdity, and engaging fun. Featured on Audible.com, at The Limestone Comedy Festival, The High Plains Comedy Festival and many more. "2014 BEST OF CHICAGO - VARIETY SHOW" - Chicago Magazine "It's smart, high-stakes tomfoolery disguised in a brilliant, faux-brainy conceit....This show is a riot." - Jason Heidemann, Chicago Tribune "...it's funny, really funny.” - Allison Kelley, The Chicagoist "This excellent debate series enlists some of the city's funniest underground comedians.” - Keith Griffith
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $10
Comedy you'll want to mate with for life from Tristan Bowling, Tony B, Chris Thayer, Kristine Levine, Jessie Johnson, Danny Maupin, Bianca Cristavao, Mike Enders, Amanda Hurley, Michael Paul Kohn, Sari Beliak, Buck Newman and Bill Laskowski.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:30PM
TICKETS: $10
Join us for a special Bird City Edition of Untidy Secrets. Stories range from utterly hilarious to serious but self deprecating. Guests range from neighborhood weirdos, writers, established storytellers, and comedians.
This show features stories from Trejon Dunkley, Mo Urban, Frank Traynor, Jason Hill, Sarah Maria Ranier, Joseph Raisanen and Britt Kemp.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $20
Jackie Kashian's standup has been described as “like listening to a really racy episode of All Things Considered.” Her new album “I AM NOT THE HERO OF THIS STORY” is critically acclaimed and debuted at #1 on iTunes/Amazon and #3 on Billboard.
She hosts The Dork Forest. With over 4 million downloads, the show is a safe space for dork on dork dialog with Jackie interviewing anyone and everyone about what they LOVE to talk and think about.
She is also a co-host to a comedy podcast on the Nerdist Network called The Jackie and Laurie Show. www.jackiekashian.com has links to it all.
Show also features stand up from Blaire Postman, Brandie Posey, Anthony Desamito, Steve Mandel and Marcella Arguello.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:45PM
TICKETS: $15
Amy Miller is a fast-rising talent on the West Coast and national scene. Originally from the East Bay, Amy found her comedy chops in the Bay Area and is still a regular at the SF Punch Line and Cobb’s Comedy Club. After a move to Portland, Amy quickly rose to the top of the Pacific Northwest comedy scene, winning Portland’s Funniest Comedian in Helium Comedy Club’s contest, as well as being voted Portland’s Funniest 2013 and 2015 in the Willamette Week.
Amy was a breakout favorite in Season 9 of Last Comic Standing. Roseanne Barr called her “a star” and a “contender for next alpha female comedian.” Keenen Ivory Wayans said she had one of the “fiercest jokes he had ever heard.” Amy is currently in LA and works comedy clubs and festivals around the country, working with headliners from Norm Macdonald to Arsenio Hall to singer Ryan Adams.
Amy’s debut album Solid Gold is available on Kill Rock Stars, and was named one of the top 10 comedy albums of 2016 by the Interrobang. You may have also heard her on NPR, Doug Loves Movies, or the Bennington Show.
Show also features Bri Pruett, Allison Mick, Jasmine Ellis, Andrew Deacon and Mike Mulloy.
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DOORS OPEN: 7PM
TICKETS: $15
Los Angeles-based comedian Dave Waite is a charismatic oddball whose shows are non-stop fun. Thanks in part to stellar performances on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” Comedy Central’s “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” and “Last Comic Standing,” comedy fans everywhere are enthralled by the Kentucky native’s offbeat outlook on life. Dave is a beloved guest on several top-rated podcasts and radio shows, including Doug Loves Movies and the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show. His highly anticipated album “Dead Waite” by On Tour Records is available now on Amazon & iTunes, and his previous albums can be heard frequently on SiriusXM and Pandora. In addition to maintaining a healthy tour schedule, Dave also co-produces The Secret Show, a popular comedy night at The Blind Barber in Culver City, CA.
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DOORS OPEN: 6:30PM
TICKETS: $10
Improv from some of our favorite groups, including Spearmint, Apollo 12 and Pizza Party. Hosted by Leslie Barton.
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DOORS OPEN: 6:30PM
TICKETS: $10
Truly majestic stand up from Matt Levy, Mary Upchuch, Paul Goebel, Teresa Lee, Jess Lane, Rory Monserat, Iesha Renee, Kerrilynn Gallagher, Gabe Bravo, Jesse Swatling-Holcomb, Matt Ziemak and Tyler Jackson.
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DOORS OPEN: 6:30PM
TICKETS: $15
Ian Abramson is from Moreno Valley, California, where he learned to walk, read, and drive, but not in that order. His stand-up is a mix of precise wordplay, longer emotionally absurd jokes, and larger conceptual pieces. In 2014 Chicago Magazine named Ian “Best Experimental Comedian” and also listed him in a separate article as one of the “16 Comedians You Should See This Fall.” In 2015 Ian was LA Weekly’s Best Up-and-Coming Comedian and a New Face for the world renowned Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada.
Ian Abramson is a regular contributor to The Onion and also the creator and host of the buzzed-about Comedy Central digital show 7 Minutes in Purgatory where comedians perform to a camera in one room while the audience watches in another room. He was also a creative consultant for Funny or Die’s digital series Our Fascinating Planet starring Demetri Martin. Ian has appeared on CONAN, SeeSo’s The Comedy Show Show, Hulu’s Coming to the Stage and performed at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Pemberton Music Festival in Canada, SXSW and Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, New York Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, The Onion/A.V. Club festival in Chicago and Funny or Die’s Oddball Festival. Recent TV credits include appearances on History Channel’s Join or Die and on ABC’s The Middle.
Show also features stand up from Robert Buscemi, Arish Singh, Jen Saunderson and Lou Moon.
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The official open mic of Bird City Comedy Festival. You never know who will drop in! A few select performers from this showcase will be given spots in other festival shows.
Hosted by: Jake & Alex Yardley
FREE SHOW
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Anwar Newton & Michael James Turner roundup the news of the week and heckle guest comedians who have made the mistake of joining them.
This special Bird City edition of TWST features:
Ella Gale
Kelly McInerney
Bri Pruett
Kirsten Alberts
Maggie Maye
FREE SHOW
Imagine all the stars of your favorite TV show reuniting to share stories and reminisce. Now imagine that none of them could show up. Now you have The (fake) Full House Reunion
A fake reunion of a real TV show acted out by your favorite comedians.
Tonight's show… FULL HOUSE!
Featuring… Mary Upchurch, Jim Bruce, Jackie Kashian, Jake Yardley, Alex Yardley, Jason Hill, Teresa Lee, Lou Moon, Tristan Bowling and hosted by Paul Goebel (The King of TV)
DOORS OPEN: 10:45PM
TICKETS: $15
Kyle Ayers is a comedian, writer, actor, and all of that sort, living in New York City, by way of his hometown near Kansas City, Missouri. He brings his satirical look at growing up in the small town to the big city, with a unique viewpoint on his generation, our childhoods, and daily life. He has performed in the Brooklyn Comedy Festival and the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival. He has written for the Roasts on Comedy Central and Friar's Club Roasts. He's written / writes for CBS and its Untitled Sports Show, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, BBC, Wired, Post Grad Problems, Buzzfeed, Yahoo's front page, and more. He also writes for the satirical sports website Korked Bats. Once a month he hosts Game Night, a Comedy Show, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The show has been featured in the New York Times, Village Voice, and more, and kicked off the inaugural Brooklyn Comedy Festival. He was the tweeter behind the internet sensation #roofbreakup, where he stumbled upon a couple breaking up on his roof in Brooklyn, and the entire world joined in. #roofbreakup was viewed over 10 MILLION times worldwide, appeared on NPR, BBC, Yahoo, Buzzfeed (2+ million views), and was even reenacted by Jerry Springer. He also founded, constructed and runs the heralded underground sketch-acting-theater production-weirdness comedy show, "First Comes Love," where comedians and actors act out anonymously written adult film scripts from actual aspiring adult film writers, solicited via Craigslist. The show consistently draws crowds larger than its venue, and performs under various themes, such as "Mad Men adult film scene night."
Also featuring from stand up from Rory Monserat, Jess Lane, Michael Paul Kohn & Kerrilynn Gallagher.
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DOORS OPEN: 9:30PM
TICKETS: $15
Maggie Maye loves candy almost as much as she also loves performing comedy. She made her late night debut on Conan and was featured on Last Call with Carson Daly and AXS TV presents: Gotham Comedy Live. She has also been a featured panelist for Rooster Teeth “What Do You Know?” and has written for the New Yorker. Maggie has performed stand up in festivals such as Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest (as one of the Sketchfest Dozen), FunFunFun Fest, Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, SXSW, and the All Jane Comedy Festival. She’s opened for Hannibal Burress, Paul Rodriguez, Gladys Knight, and Earth, Wind and Fire. She’s had her name in comedy articles in the Huffington Post, Variety, LaughSpin, the New York Times, Splitsider, who named her among the 2015 top up-and-coming comics and an “On the Verge” comedian, the Austin American Statesman, who named her as one of 2015’s People to Watch, and the Austin Chronicle, who named her 2016’s Best of Austin Stand up Comic. She performed improv comedy with her troupe Damn, Gina! and in various sketch and improv shows around Austin before moving to Los Angeles. Her comedy is described in the same way she is: sassy, charming, and smart. Also, a 6-year-old once told her she was the funniest person ever. And kids rarely lie.
Also featuring stand up from Briana Cristovao, Jimmy Callaway, Jessie Johnson and Tyler Jackson.
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DOORS OPEN: 8:30PM
TICKETS: $10
A show where IT IS EVERYONE IN THE ROOM'S BIRTHDAY. We have cake, presents, party bags, children's entertainers, magicians and comedians that are all really celebrating birthdays. Hosted by Matt Levy & Jesse Swatling-Holcomb.
Jason Hill
Zach Peterson
Jackie Kashian
Lisa Curry
Danielle Arce
Jamie Carbone
Mary Upchurch
Iesha Renee
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