11 venues + 60 comics + 1 funny night . . .   at the 2nd Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival on  Saturday, October 10, 2015!

Be prepared to hop around downtown between 8:30-10:30pm for the simultaneous laughter happening at restaurants, bars, and retail shops throughout Santa Cruz at one of our free events … OR … plan in advance to park it at one of our ticketed boutique events at Kuumbwa Jazz Center or Pure Pleasure.

TICKETED BOUTIQUE EVENTS

“Next Wave of Comedy” All-Star Showcase at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Bring your laughter and your appetite for fresh pie and a comfortable seat to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center for the “Next Wave of Comedy” all-star showcase of the 2015 Santa Cruz Comedy Festival on Saturday, October 10, 2015 ($20 advance / $25 at the door; recommended for ages 16+; curtain is 8:30pm).

Featuring the latest talent appearing on Conan, Comedy Central, Letterman and more. . .

8:30 DNA opens the show…
8:40 Andy Wood (Surfing Comedian)
8:50 Brendan Lynch  (Comedy Central)
9:00 Lucia Carol Tuman takes over as host (Best of Santa Cruz)
9:10 Jessica Sele (Best of SF)
9:20 Conor Kellicutt (Blue Jasmine)
9:30 Thai Rivera (Best of LA)
9:40 Emmett Montgomery (Last Comic Standing)
9:50 Chris Storin (Best of SF)
10:00 Sammy Obeid  (Conan)
10:10 Kaseem Bentley (HBO)
10:20 Kellen Erskine (America’s Got Talent)

“Thai Rivera” at Pure Pleasure

Pure Pleasure is delighted to be selected as one of the venues for the 2015 Santa Cruz Comedy Festival on Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 8:30-10:00pm ($10 advance / $15 at the door; recommended for ages 16+; curtain is 8:30pm).

Tickets on sale via Pure Pleasure here.

8:30 Emily Catalano Host …
8:40 Shannon Murphy
8:50 Jessica Sele
9:00 Hannah Marianetti
9:10 Susan Maletta
9:20 Iris Benson
9:30 Eloisa Bravo
9:40 Lydia Popovich
9:50 Thai Rivera

This show will be hosted by Santa Cruz comic, Emily Catalano, and the headliner will be Thai Rivera.

Thai Rivera will make you uncomfortable in the best way possible. His politically incorrect style of humor has taken the comedy world by storm. Having moved from Arizona to LA Thai quickly became a fixture and force on the comedy scene. After becoming a favorite and regular at clubs such as the Hollywood Improv and World Famous Laugh Factory he started to travel across the country in the most unlikely of places, redneck bars.

He has performed with some of the biggest name’s in the world of stand up, some of you may recognize him from the Jo Koy Comedy Tour, he has also been featured on Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham and The Logo Network’s One Night Stand up.

While Thai is very proud of who and what he is his disarming style and easy going delivery will put you at ease and there is no doubt that by the end of his set you will understand that Thai is comic who happens to be gay and not a gay comic, or as he would put it “a comic who happens to be a fag and not a fag comic.”

FREE SHOWS:

HEADQUARTERS

Your Headquarters for all things funny in Santa Cruz: www.standupsantacruz.com

–>Be sure to also follow the 2nd Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival Facebook event page for links to artists, special give-aways, and more (see below).

Tons of artist bios, photos, and more on the Facebook Event Page

–>Thank you for inviting your friends on Facebook!

VOLUNTEERS

Please email standupsantacruz@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer in advance or on the day of the event.

MEDIA

Media coverage of last year’s 1st Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival:

ARTIST SUBMISSIONS

Artist Submissions: Know someone funny? Submissions to this year’s festival are CLOSED!! Better luck next year!

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