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Burbank Comedy Festival announces comedians and events
Published by Sareth Ney on July 11, 2017 at 4:31 a.m.
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BURBANK, Calif. – Burbank Comedy Festival announced the after parties, classes, comedians, open mics, panels and podcast schedules for 2017. It will take place at Flappers Comedy Club. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., on Aug. 13. It will be at the comedy shop/box office.

Workshops being held are the following: The Foundation of Comedy Intensive (Joanie Coyote, Joshua Snyder, Ken Pringle), Joke Lab 1 with Ken Pringle, Producing Live Comedy Events with Joshua Snyder, Marketing and Promoting and Breaking into the College Market with Barbara Holliday, Intro to Writing for Late Night TV with Gabe Abelson, Social Media for Comedians with Joshua Snyder, Working in Corporate Comedy with James P. Connolly, One-on-One Career Coaching with Barbara Holliday, Writing Your Comedy Movie with Brian McLaughlin, Joke Lab 2 with Joshua Snyder, How to Get Work as a TV/Film Studio Warm Up Comic with Michael Rayner, How to Get an Agent with Mark Scroggs, Intro to Voiceover with Moira Quirk, The Art of Pitching Your Comedy Project with Laura Brennan, Basics of Screen Writing with Steve Trautmann, One-on-One Career Coaching with Ken Pringle, Creating Your Comedy Podcast with Steve Trautmann, Joke Lab 3 with Dave Reinitz, How to Be a Better Emcee with Crystal Charee, The Anatomy of a Joke with Ken Pringle, Getting Booked on the Road with Ken Pringle and Check Your Set! Video review with Dave Reinitz.

Live podcast tapings taking place are:  “Never Not Funny Show” with Jimmy Pardo and Matt Belknap, “The Titus Podcast” with Christopher Titus and Rachel Bradley, “The Jimmy Dore Podcast” with Jimmy Dore and Stef Zamorano, “The Superior Podcast” with Hal Sparks and Frank Prather and “Karen and Kira Can Read Podcast” with Karen Rontoski and Kira Soltanovich.

Open mics will occur every night starting at 11 p.m.at Flappers Bar. The after parties will take place at the following locations at 11 p.m.:  Barney’s Beanery (Aug. 13, Aug. 14), Fantasia Billiards (Aug. 15), Yard House (Aug. 16), Storybook Tavern (Aug. 17) and Hilton Garden Inn (Aug. 18). The after parties will include “free appetizers, a cash bar and loads of fun.”

Bob Hope Sponsors of Burbank Comedy Festival are Visit Burbank and Downtown Burbank Partnership. After party sponsors are:  Barney’s Beanery, Fantasia Billiards, Yardhouse, Story Tavern, Hilton Garden Inn and Flappers Comedy and Restaurant.

For the schedule of Burbank Comedy Festival, click here. Best of the fest will be announced on Aug. 18. 

Improv Groups:
Christopher 

Less Than Flattering Improv Group 
Leigha
Split Decision Improv Group 
Sunday Funny Sunday Improv Group 
Stranger than Fiction Improv Group  
Wednesday Veteran Jam Cast Improv Group

Specialty:

Crowne Comedy Live
Trump In Space
Stand-Up Comedians:
​Gabe Abelson
Neil Aggerwhil
Raajeev Aggerwhil
Serykah Aggerwhil
Vicktor Aggerwhil
Tori Ahl
Faruk Amireh
Natisha Anderson
Anna Andrews
Jacob Antonelli
Brian Apprille
Gracie Armijo
Howard Aronin
Tracey Ashley
Matin Atrushi
Julia Austin
Nikki Bailey
Mike Bain
PJ Baio
Tony Baker
Jim Barnes
Ty Barnett
Jose Barrientos
Mary Basmadjian
Doug Bass
Gillian Bellinger
Greg Benevent
Sara Berger
Mick Betancourt
Alice Blehart
Big-T
Tyler Boeh
Rachel Boller
Todd Bonnet
Rachel Bradley
Nathan Brannon
Katrina Braxton
Joel Brill
Heather Brister
Pete Buchbauer
Will Burkart
George K. Burns
James Camacho
Gary Cannon
Darren Capozzi
Darren Carter
Brooke Cartus
Meredith Casey
Riley Ceder
Dante Chang
Isabella Charlton
Kyle Chrise
Kristen Clement
Shay Clemons
Amanda Cohen
James P. Connolly
Gus Constantellis
Shannon Corder
Jenna Cortis
Joanie Coyote
Francis Cronin
Joanie Coyote
Allan Cunningham
Gary Curtis
Thomas Dale
Mar Danielyaw
John Dardenne

Dave & Kent 
Ali de Guzman
D.J. Demers
Juliana Destefano
Mike Devore
Angelo di Nallo
Joey Diaz
Ken Dickerson
Lynn Dilmani
Don DiPetta
Al Dipmore
Pat Dixon
Jimmy Dore
Jason Dudey
Drew Dunn
Daniel Eachus
Stephanie Erb
Tara Erickson
Jose Esequiel 
Manuel Esparza
Renaldo Evans
Andrew Fahey
Daymon Ferguson
Julian Fernandez
Cameron Foley
Justin Foster
J. Fox-Jones
Daniel Franzese
Gigi Friedman
Don Friesen
Mark Gallagher
Kevin Gardener
Jeff Garlin
Steven Garza
Jan Gass
Chris Gehrt
Darren Gendron
Alex Giampapa
Avery Girion
Brian Glowacki
Shawn Gnandt
Tony Gonzales
Adam Grabowski

Ray Grady
George Gray
Stand-Up Comedians 
Caleb Green
Paul Green
Devin Greene
Kenneth Griggs
Dana Grooms

Tom Haggard
Jim Hands
Bob Hansen
Del Harrison
Taylor Harvey
Philip Harville
Wesley Hauptman
Laura Hayden
Yoni Heisler
Andy Hendrickson
Steve Heyl
Ed Hill
Isaac Hirsch
Greg Hold
Jane Hopkins
Jeff Houkal

Lara Ibrahim
Stephen Igwe
Dallas James
Mckenzie Jarrett
Morgan Jay
Katie Jo
Tyler Joley
Jeff Jones
Andrea D. Joseph
K-9
K-von 
Daryl Kamack
Doug Kayne
Bryan Kellen
Marion Kendrick
Jamie Kennedy
Kristin Key
Kindred Throats
Jason Allen King
BT Kingsley
Landon Kirksey
Sonia Knape
Christy Knowings
Jen Kober
Leigh Koechner
Josh Kosh
Mahesh Kotagi
Kym Kral
Allie Kron
Gali Kroup
Kazu Kusano
Brad LaCour
Timmy Lally
Christopher Lamadieu
Ariel Lan
Joe Larson
Andrew Lawgsam
CJ Leavens
Nancy J. Lee
Carol Leifer
Kevin Pollak & Carol Leifer
Christina Marie Leonard
Hannah Leskosky
Danielle Leuder
Key Lewis
Kimrie Lewis-Davis
Justin Lockwood
Jackie Loeb
Lita Lopez
Zach Louis
Brent Lowrey
Randy Lubas
Carolyn Luckett
Aneesha Madhok
Angela Maiorano-Thurston
Blaze Mancillas
Meera Manek
Peter Marr
Dan Marse-Kapr
Jason Matt
Kareem Matthews
Chase Mayers
Mischa McCortney
David McCharen
Rachel McDowell
Kristi McHugh
Janet McNamara
Felix McNulty
Peter McTomney
Kimberly McVicar
Laura Melby
Whitney Melton
Kwasi Mensah
Meshelle The Indie-Mom of Comedy
Taylor Mewdsa
Lindsay Jean Michelle
Juli Miller
Kel Mitchell
Stacy Moise
Muriel Montgomery
Brian Moote
Mary Ellen Moreno
Atif Myers
Shirin Najafi
Keith Ross Nelson
Chip Nicholson
Ryan Niemiller
Nic Novicki

Agata O’Hare
Julie O’Leary
Bob Ooten
Stand-Up Comedians 
Greg Pace​
Luke Pacheco
Scott Palmason
Kevin Paniagua
Michael Passion
Lance Paullin
Matt Payton
Brent Pella
Nicole Pellegrino
Dan Pena
Renee Percy
Mike Perkins
Devin Pile
Anna Polack
Kevin Pollak
Chris Post
Joe Praino
Frank Prather
Ken Pringle
Ryan Pruvewcher
Chantel Rae
Zach Raffio
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Luis Ramirez
Patrick Ramirez
Amelia Rasekhy
Michael Rayner
Ben Redler
Dave Reinitz
Joey Rentch
Phil Reznik
Tommy Rico
Susan Rimel
Rebecca Rios
Rish & Kanish
Jorge Riverol
Adam Roberts
Carlos Rodriguez 
Karen Rontowski
Greg Roque
Jessica Rosas

Marty Ross
Samantha Rund
Sari Sabella
Magdalynne Sager 
Alan Santiago
Lou Santini
Joel Schoenbach
Robert Schultz
Chris Scopo
Merv Seymour
Movses Shakarian
Cody Shampine
Justin Sherman
Jim Shipley
Chelsea Shorte
Tory Shulman
Lonnie Silberling
Janice Silver
Kent Skov
Adam Skuse
Amanda Smith
Kathryn Smith
Chris Sneed
Joshua Snyder
Kira Soltanovich
Hal Sparks
Joe Spence
Daphinque Springs
Larry Starks
Rob Stern
Jake Steward
Brandon Stewart 
Tim Stoltenberg
Wayne Stribling
Danielle Swanson
Glenn Takajian
Nick Taravella
Matt Taylor
Lindsay Theisen
Kelly Thewlis
Zeke Thomas
Aaron Thompson
Christopher Titus
Taylor Tomlinson
Russell Towne
Tony Tripoli
Sean Tweedley
Jennifer Vally
Dorian Vasquez
Brandon Vestal
Jason Visenberg
Anna Vocino
Adam Warshaw
Ellen Wesley
Paige Wesley
Suzanne Westenhoefer
Kara Dyan Whitfield
Philip Wiles
Chad Winkles
Dean Wolfe
Rachel Wolfson
Andy Wood
Nick Wuthrich
Greg Wylie
John Wynn
Pauline Yasuda
Hallie York
Salma Zaky
Stef Zamorano
Jeff Zenisek
David Zucker

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo.  He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.​​​

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