Deadlines announced for
Laughing Skull Comedy Festival
Laughing Skull Comedy Festival
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Published by Sareth Ney on Nov. 1, 2016 at 2:01 p.m.
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ATLANTA – Submissions for the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival are being accepted, for 2017. The festivities will take place from May 1 through May 8. The competition portion will take place from May 3 through May 6. Marshall Chiles is the festival founder and owner of the event.
There will be submission fees for the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. Those submitted prior to Nov. 15 will cost $35, $40 until Dec. 15 and $45 for the final deadline on Jan. 15. The judges will be judging on the following criteria: delivery, material, originality and overall impression. All recordings must be between five and eight minutes in length, continuous and unedited. The comedians selected to partake in the festival will be notified on or before, Feb. 15.
Unsigned comedians from across the U.S. are selected to perform at the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, since it started eight years ago. Agents, managers and bookers attend to help elevate comedian’s careers. Past performers have appeared on several television programs and other festivals. Each showcase features around 12 comedians with two shows per night, while at the festival.
Laughing Skull Lounge, Relapse, Terminal West, Hard Rock Café, Eddie’s Attic, The Blind Pig, Red Brick Brewing Company, Smith’s Olde Bar, My Sisters Room, Village Theatre, The Drunken Unicorn, The Highland Inn Ballroom Lunge and City Winery were the venues for 2016’s the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. Over 60 shows also took place at the locations. Prizes for the competition portion were $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, $300 for third place and $200 for fourth place.
Testimonials for the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival are as follows:
“Attending The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival is like going on a second honeymoon with comedy and remembering why you fell in love with it in the first place,” an administrator stated.
“I’ve done other festivals but ever has every show bee packed to the brim with smart, great audiences-until this one,” another proprietor cited.
“Most fun I’ve had losing a festival,” was another statement said by an overseer.
“This festival revitalized and inspired me, personally and professionally. And I had a blast!” one other manager recalled.
“I could not have had a better time. It’s inspiring and terrifying to see how many brilliant, funny and talented people there are,”
quoted one more commissioner.
For more information about the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, visit their website by clicking here.
There will be submission fees for the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. Those submitted prior to Nov. 15 will cost $35, $40 until Dec. 15 and $45 for the final deadline on Jan. 15. The judges will be judging on the following criteria: delivery, material, originality and overall impression. All recordings must be between five and eight minutes in length, continuous and unedited. The comedians selected to partake in the festival will be notified on or before, Feb. 15.
Unsigned comedians from across the U.S. are selected to perform at the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, since it started eight years ago. Agents, managers and bookers attend to help elevate comedian’s careers. Past performers have appeared on several television programs and other festivals. Each showcase features around 12 comedians with two shows per night, while at the festival.
Laughing Skull Lounge, Relapse, Terminal West, Hard Rock Café, Eddie’s Attic, The Blind Pig, Red Brick Brewing Company, Smith’s Olde Bar, My Sisters Room, Village Theatre, The Drunken Unicorn, The Highland Inn Ballroom Lunge and City Winery were the venues for 2016’s the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. Over 60 shows also took place at the locations. Prizes for the competition portion were $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, $300 for third place and $200 for fourth place.
Testimonials for the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival are as follows:
“Attending The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival is like going on a second honeymoon with comedy and remembering why you fell in love with it in the first place,” an administrator stated.
“I’ve done other festivals but ever has every show bee packed to the brim with smart, great audiences-until this one,” another proprietor cited.
“Most fun I’ve had losing a festival,” was another statement said by an overseer.
“This festival revitalized and inspired me, personally and professionally. And I had a blast!” one other manager recalled.
“I could not have had a better time. It’s inspiring and terrifying to see how many brilliant, funny and talented people there are,”
quoted one more commissioner.
For more information about the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, 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.
