High Plains Comedy Festival

High Plains Comedy Festival
GenreComedy festival
Location(s)Denver, Colorado
Years active7
Founded2013
Websitehttp://highplainscomedyfestival.com/

High Plains Comedy Festival is a comedy festival held each August in Denver, Colorado. It was founded in 2013 by Denver comedian/writer Adam Cayton-Holland and comedian/producer Andy Juett. The festival features a mix of local and national comics in venues throughout Denver's Baker neighborhood. Starting in 2016, Juett parted ways with the festival[1] and Karen Wachtel became executive producer.[2] As of 2019, the production team includes Cayton-Holland, Wachtel, Jessi Whitten, Ron Doyle, Carlos Madrid, and Will Hancock.[3]

  1. ^ "High Plains Comedy Festival returns with truTV backing, fine tuning". The Denver Post. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  2. ^ Graham, Byron (2016-07-25). "High Plains Comedy Festival Announces Lineup for August 2016". Westword. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  3. ^ "About High Plains". High Plains Comedy Festival. Retrieved 2020-08-24.