Slo Comedy Festival
Feb 23-26, 2023 / San Luis Obispo, CA
COMEDIANS
Gary Cannon www.garycannon.com
Detriot, MI
Gary Cannon is one of the top hosts working clubs throughout the country. His high energy and ability to get a crowd going within seconds of starting a show made him an immediate candidate for television audience warm up.
Collin Moutlon www.collinmoulton.com
Savannah, GA
Collin's new album "Collin Cleans Up Well" garnered him Comedian Of The Month on Laugh USA Sirius XM 98 and Album Of The Month on Raw Dog as well. He's had his own special on Showtime, His new Clean Comedy DryBar Special has over 40 million views.
Roni Shanell
Detroit, MI
Hailing from the Motor City , Roni Shanell began her career in 2015! She's performed at comedy clubs across the country. In 2022 she Headlined at Carolines on Broadway!!! Roni Shanell is fun, energetic, and unapologetic!!!
Gene Pompa
Seal Beach, CA
Gene Pompa's credits include Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien and several appearances on The Late, Late Show on CBS. Stand Up For The Troops on CMT, HBO, BET, Scrubs and In Living Color. He has starred in "Just Go With It" and "Bucky Larson"
Kiki Andersen www.kikiandersen.com
Washington, D.C.
Before she was a comic, Kiki was an award-winning news reporter under her real name, Kelly, but after enough people confused her for Kellyanne Conway on Twitter (yes, really) she decided to change her career and do something way less depressing.
Alfred Kainga
Harare, Zimbabwe
Born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He moved to the United States in 2001 and began his comedy career in 2005, in Dallas. Alfred Kainga made his television debut on Comedy Central in 2016 on Kevin Hart's Hart of the City.
Paul Conyers www.paulconyers.com
Concord, CA
Paul won 1st place at the 2020 World Series of Comedy. He has a special on Amazon Prime called "Above The Fray," and his comedy can be heard on Pandora and SiriusXM. Paul headlines clubs, casinos and theaters all over the U.S. and is absurdly tall.
Dave Williamson www.davewilliamsoncomedy.com
Miami, FL
Dave tours heavily. His second album, "Trying My Hardest" was recently released by Stand Up! Records and reached #1 in the iTunes Charts for Comedy. He is obsessed with BBQ, and hosts the popular podcast "Meat Dave".
Cat Alvarado www.catalvarado.com
Los Angeles, CA
She premiered her new hour at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Fest to rave reviews and won a Producer's Encore Award. She also was a featured comic at The Great American Comedy Festival. She has also been on the PBS show First Nations Comedy Experience.
Atif Myers
Northridge, CA
Atif Myers is a Moroccan & Jamaican comedian and writer. Most recently he was at the 2022 Asheville Comedy festival. He's also written for BET and the CBS diversity showcase. His stand up has gotten over 200k streams on Spotify.
Wyatt Cote
Long Beach, CA
Wyatt Cote is one of the top ranked competitive comedians in America, having won the 2021 World Series of Comedy and finished runner up in the 2022 San Francisco Comedy Competition. His stand up has appeared on Fox and ABC news.
Jordan Carlos www.jordancarloscomic.com
Brooklyn, NY
Jordan Carlos is a stand up comedian, and actor, who is currently co-starring and writing on the first season of "Everything's Trash" (Freeform). In addition, Jordan co-hosts the hit podcast "Adulting" (Exactly Right Media) with Michelle Buteau.
Nancy Lee
San Francisco, CA
Credits include The Blacklist, Grey’s Anatomy, Never Have I Ever, The Garcias, Dr. Ken and she just taped stand-up for HBOMax. Nancy is a nationally-touring comic with a silly, unapologetic, sometimes offensive attitude. Loves Zumba and chocolate!
Jack Jr www.jackjrcomic.com
Los Angeles, CA
Jack was seen on Arsenio, Netflix Is A Joke 2022, Amazon "Laugh After Dark" and the Amazon Documentary "Make America Laugh Again". He was the 2019 finalist on the NBC show "Stand Up".
Jill Weiner www.jilllives.com
Atlanta, GA
Jill Weiner is a NYC based comic whose jokes appeared on America's Got Talent. She participated in the New York Comedy Fest, the Boston Comedy Fest, and placed 2nd in Trial by Laughter. She performs nationally and can be seen regularly at NYC clubs.
Cody Woods www.codyjwoods.com
Los Angeles, CA
Cody Woods has gone viral across all platforms with his crowd riffs and his material about growing up in a single parent family in a trailer park while going to majority black schools as a white kid. Kevin Hart also showcased him on Comedy Central.
Mateen Stewart
Los Angeles, CA
Mateen Stewart can currently seen on season 9 of Comedy Dynamics' "Coming to the Stage" on PlutoTv and on HBO Max's "Backyard Bar Wars". You can see him every Sunday at The Hollywood Improv, where he is the host of "Late For Work".
Audrey Mora www.audreymoracomedy.com
Aguascalientes, Mexico
From Aguascalientes, Mexico. Her comedy exceed country borders, it also transcends language barriers. Audrey has mastered the art of stand-up comedy in both English and Spanish which makes her one the most sought-after female comedians working today.
Daniel Eachus www.danieleachus.com
Long Beach, CA
Daniel Eachus is a comedian, actor, and writer based out of Los Angeles, CA. His quick, clever sense of humor combined with a life-long struggle of being "that skinny awkward kid" have gotten him onto Hulu, Fox, SiriusXM, and DryBar comedy.
Nat Baimel www.natbaimel.com
Orlando, FL
Nat Baimel is a comedian, upbeat problem solver, awkward philosopher, and optimistic nihilist. His dark, well-crafted material tackles serious subjects in a silly manner that will make you laugh as much as it will make you think.
Chris Clarke www.comediancsnacksclarke.com
Bridgeport, CT
Toured with Rob Schneider, Hodgetwins. Winner of the 2022 Laugh after dark comedy festival. Has a cameo and is a writer in Rob Schneiders latest movie "Daddy Daughter Trip". Also has a short special on YouTube under the funny Media Group.
Dougie Almeida www.dougiealmeida.com
Simpsonville, SC
Dougie Almeida spends his days managing millions of dollars as a licensed fiduciary while his nights are dedicated to making people laugh as a stand up comedian. Dougie has been seen several times on Jimmy Kimmel Live & Fox Sports.
Lance Woods www.lancewoodscomedy.com
Sacramento, CA
Lance Woods is one of the hottest, most sought after young comedians working today! His high-energy style, unique storytelling ability and clever punchlines give him universal appeal. He has performed at some of the top venues across the country.
Elle Orlando www.elleorlandocomedy.com
Chicago, IL
Elle Orlando is NYC comedian originally from Chicago. She started her career in NYC and can be seen playing all over the city at indie shows and clubs such as New York Comedy Club, Brooklyn Comedy Club, Greenwich Comedy Club, The Stand and more.
Anthony Davis www.adcomedy.net
Sanford, NC
Anthony Davis is the Jewel of the South, born in the woods of North Carolina and raised by packs of PBR. A big personality tackling topics such as marriage, food, and understanding of the world. His album "Eat Around It" is out now.
Abhay
Bangalore, India
Abhay Nadkarni moved from South India to South Central Los Angeles to pursue grad school. His experiences as an immigrant spurred him to take to the stage. He's appeared on NBC, CBS, "America from Abroad" & been featured in the Huffington Post.
Martin Morrow www.martinmorrow.me
Burbank, CA
Based out of LA, Martin has traveled the world from London to Shanghai and Cape Town in his fifteen years of comedy experience. From performing at The Second City to headlining clubs and colleges, he's who Dan Aykroyd called "the future of comedy".
Holly Brown www.hollyanabelbrown.com
Sherman Oaks, CA
Holly performed in numerous comedy festivals, performed in videos for Funny or Die and has featured for comedians Eddie Pepitone, Melissa Villasenor, and Jose Barrientos. Most recently, she was selected as one of Whohaha's top female comics of 2022.
Phil Johnson www.philjohnsoncomedy.com
Milpitas, CA
Phil Johnson has a show filled with sharp turns, sneak attack jokes, and hilarious songs that don't shy away from controversy all from the viewpoint of a guy who happily grew up in the deeply multi-everything community of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Noah Findling www.noahfindlingcomedy.com
Fair Lawn, NJ
Noah is a comedian based in Los Angeles, CA. He's been featured in The New York Times as a "Comedian To Watch on Twitter & Instagram". He's performed stand up on "Coming to the Stage" for Amazon Prime and recently taped a set for Don't Tell Comedy.
Jonathan Gregory www.creepycomedy.com
Phoenix, AZ
Jonathan Gregory was named one of Thrillist's "50 best undiscovered comedians". His unique one of a kind "creepy" comedy has been seen on the Comedy Time Network, CW's Jokesters TV, and NBC's Last Comic Standing.
Darlene Bereznicki www.darleneberznicki.com
Edmonton, AB Canada
Darlene is a Canadian, San Francisco-based comedian who has performed at Limestone Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest and Treefort Music Fest. Her most notable performance, however, was as a basic, millennial shopper in a Bed, Bath and Beyond commercial.
JJ Curry
Dudley, GA
From a small town call Dudley, Georgia. JJ Curry has been getting his name across the southeast part of America, with jokes about his upbringing and current events of his adulthood.
Lisa Pedace www.lisapedace.com
San Diego, CA
Lisa Pedace is an actor and comedian with over 200+ million views on Tiktok and Instagram. She’s toured two one-woman shows to theater festivals in the U.S. and Canada and loves to host her comedy cabaret Cabardoodle.
Vik Pandya www.teamuscomedy.com/vik
Chicago, IL
Vik's comedy album 'Friends With 401(k) Benefits' debuted #1 on iTunes / Top 10 on the Billboard Charts and his Dry Bar Comedy special "No Refunds" is now streaming! Vik's comedy has appeared in Vulture, the Chicago Sun Times, & the Chicago Tribune.
Brett Kline www.brettkline.com
Clarkston, MI
Brett Kline’s jokes revolve around being a new parent, being Jewish and having a spouse who is Deaf. He has performed at top clubs from NYC to LA and can be seen in the new Sony/TriStar film, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
Sean Tweedley
Toronto, ON Canada
Sean hails from Toronto Canada and now lives in Los Angeles. He tours year round at clubs and colleges across US and Canada. Sean recently won "Best of Fest" at the 2022 SacTown comedy festival.
Yashar Kafi
Pasadena, CA
With his dry delivery, Iranian comic Yashar Kafi translates stereotypes into punchlines and brings audiences to their knees. He has performed at the Skankfest South 2021 and recently performed at the Laugh After Dark in Vegas.
Aidan Candelario
San Luis Obispo, CA
Aidan Candelario performs in and produces comedy shows all over the central coast. He took 2nd in the 2017 Oil City Royal Rumble plus was a semi-finalist in the Rooster T. Feathers New Talent Competition in 2016, 2018, and 2019.
Ben Frank
Hopkinton, MA
Ben Frank has headlined comedy clubs in more than 10 different countries and is currently a regular at New York Comedy Club. Ben was named Best of the Fest at the 2022 Burbank Comedy Festival and 2022 Four Corners Comedy Festival.
Kris Rubio www.krisrubioartist.com
Los Angeles, CA
LA-based comic Kris Rubio uses his musical comedy style to cast an ever-expanding net amongst the stand up community, constantly touring and creating viral content for the world to enjoy.
Mark Fry www.markfrycomedy.com
Phoenix, AZ
Producer, writer, actor, comedian Mark Fry does it all! You may have seen Mark on such shows at Conan and "Marvin Marvin" on Nickelodeon. He also can be regularly heard on Raw Dog Comedy on SiriusXM radio.
Eric Shantz www.ericshantz.com
McKees Rocks, PA
International comedian, director and producer Eric Shantz has been storming audiences all over North America and Europe. His style is delivered in a light spirited stand-up routine presented as interactive casual conversation. Check out Shantz as sex, drugs, and money graphically serenade the audience.