The Comedy Festival

The Comedy Festival
GenreComedy festival
Location(s)Las Vegas, Nevada
Aspen, Colorado[1]
Years active1995–2008[2]
Founded1995[3][4]

The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival,[5] was a comedy festival that ran from 1995[6][7] to 2008.[8] The festival included stand-up comedy performances, appearances by the casts of television shows, and has a film component[9] called the Film Discovery Program.[10][11]

  1. ^ Phil Rosenthal (1997-03-03). "Live From Aspen, It's a Tribute!". LA Times. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. ^ "Celebrating a Decade of Laughs, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Wraps in Aspen". IndieWire. 2004-03-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. ^ Steve Johnson (1997-03-07). "'Animal House' Without Belushi". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  4. ^ "HBO Comedy Festival - USCAF History". hbocomedyfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2004-06-12. Retrieved 2017-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Details, a Report by Trademark Bank | Calendar Your Mark | Monitor Similar Marks". Trademarkbank.com. 1994-09-16. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  6. ^ Lei, Richard (1995-04-02). "What Are You Laughing At? Weird And Hostile Detours In The Search For New Comedy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  7. ^ Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), Sunday, March 26, 1995, Page 55. ... going for yucks at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo.
  8. ^ Hooper, Troy (2007-05-10). "Comedy fest drops Aspen". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  9. ^ The Mandy Network (2006-03-12). "HBO's Comedy Fest announces winners | HBO Comedy Festival". Festivalfocus.org. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  10. ^ "The HBO Comedy Festival to Be Held in Aspen February 28th – March 4th, 2007" (Press release). IndependentFilm.com. 2006-07-18.
  11. ^ "HBO: No U.S. Comedy Arts Festival next year". Denverpost.com. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2017-07-26.