Submission process open for
Baltimore Comedy Festival
Baltimore Comedy Festival
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Published by Sareth Ney on June 19, 2017 at 10:32 p.m.
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Photo credit: Baltimore Comedy Festival's Facebook page.
BALTIMORE – Submissions for the first annual Baltimore Comedy Festival are being accepted. The festival will be taking place from Aug. 31 through Sept. 4. The venues involved are: Union Craft Brewing, The Crown Baltimore, Ryleigh’s Oyster, Asian Taste, Ottobar, Mount Vernon Marketplace, The Windup Space, The Motor House, Taps Fill Station and The Sidebar Tavern. The venues are located in the Mount Vernon, Remington, Arts District Station North and downtown area.
For consideration to be part of Baltimore Comedy Festival, all entries must be emailed to [email protected]. There is no limit to how many entries can be submitted, as long as they are sent individually. The following information is needed per email: comedian name, years experience, city submitting from, file attachment or Uniform Resource Locator (URL). A URL link to the performance is the most appropriate. Another option is to mail a non-returnable DVD to the following and addressed to the recipient:
Submissions – Baltimore Comedy Festival
120 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
Each entry for Baltimore Comedy Festival must be between seven to 10 minutes or under 20 minute in length. It must be to the standards of “tight and solid” or “best of”. According to their website, the other rules are all DVDs need to be postmarked by deadline and no edits or cuts within the video submitted.
Schedule for Baltimore Comedy Festival will be released in July. Tickets to attend will also be available to purchase, from July through Sept. There will also be free events, as well as paid premiere events.
Mission statement for Baltimore Comedy Festival is as follows: The mission of the Baltimore Comedy Festival is to offer FREE Comedy Events including Art, Showcases, Panel Discussions and Podcast Recordings within the surrounding Baltimore communities. BCF includes over 10 different Venues in the City. There are also opportunities within the Events to Meet and Hang out with comedians. There will be an Opening Ceremony & Showcase – Aug. 31st which will be held at The Motor House Baltimore, located in Station North and is the Headquarter location for the BCF. A Closing Ceremony takes place at The Sidebar located in Downtown Baltimore on Sept. 4. There will be a variety of FREE Events to choose from and 2 Premiere Events* that will be ticketed. We look forward to laughing with you.
For information about Baltimore Comedy Festival, email [email protected] or visit their website by clicking here.
For consideration to be part of Baltimore Comedy Festival, all entries must be emailed to [email protected]. There is no limit to how many entries can be submitted, as long as they are sent individually. The following information is needed per email: comedian name, years experience, city submitting from, file attachment or Uniform Resource Locator (URL). A URL link to the performance is the most appropriate. Another option is to mail a non-returnable DVD to the following and addressed to the recipient:
Submissions – Baltimore Comedy Festival
120 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
Each entry for Baltimore Comedy Festival must be between seven to 10 minutes or under 20 minute in length. It must be to the standards of “tight and solid” or “best of”. According to their website, the other rules are all DVDs need to be postmarked by deadline and no edits or cuts within the video submitted.
Schedule for Baltimore Comedy Festival will be released in July. Tickets to attend will also be available to purchase, from July through Sept. There will also be free events, as well as paid premiere events.
Mission statement for Baltimore Comedy Festival is as follows: The mission of the Baltimore Comedy Festival is to offer FREE Comedy Events including Art, Showcases, Panel Discussions and Podcast Recordings within the surrounding Baltimore communities. BCF includes over 10 different Venues in the City. There are also opportunities within the Events to Meet and Hang out with comedians. There will be an Opening Ceremony & Showcase – Aug. 31st which will be held at The Motor House Baltimore, located in Station North and is the Headquarter location for the BCF. A Closing Ceremony takes place at The Sidebar located in Downtown Baltimore on Sept. 4. There will be a variety of FREE Events to choose from and 2 Premiere Events* that will be ticketed. We look forward to laughing with you.
For information about Baltimore Comedy Festival, email [email protected] or visit their website by clicking here.
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.
