NOTEWORTHY Headliners

Picking a comic you love who's done your festival and is now a favorite is like picking a favorite kid. Everyone’s lying when they say they don’t have one. (I miss you, Mike E. Winfield.) Every year, we’ve had some major comics on the lineup and have often been lucky enough to catch rising stars early in their careers. Like the 85 people who saw Taylor Tomlinson at Sisyphus Brewing the year before she moved to 2,000+ seat theaters.

Here’s some of the big names you might recognize (in photo order):

Josh Johnson

  • Correspondent and former writer for The Daily Show

  • Former writer and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Released stand-up special Hashtag and comedy/music mixtape Elusive

  • Opened for Trevor Noah on the Loud & Clear tour

  • Named New York's Funniest Stand Up at the New York Comedy Festival

Rory Scovel

  • Starred in Ground Floor (TBS) and Those Who Can't (TruTV)

  • Appeared in films like I Feel Pretty and Old Dads

  • Created and starred in Robbie (Comedy Central)

  • Starred in Physical (Apple TV+)

  • Released stand-up special Religion, Sex, and a Few Things in Between (2024)

Taylor Tomlinson

  • Host of CBS's After Midnight

  • Released three Netflix specials: Quarter-Life Crisis, Look At You, and Have It All

  • Called “the Taylor Swift of comedy” by The New York Times

Ashley Gavin

  • Featured on Netflix Is a Joke, Hulu, and Comedy Central

  • Known for viral crowd work on TikTok

  • Host of the podcast We're Having Gay Sex

  • Co-host of the podcast Chosen Family

Dulcé Sloan

  • Former senior correspondent on The Daily Show

  • Appeared in films like Chick Fight

  • Named a top comic to watch by Variety, Rolling Stone, and Timeout LA

  • Released her first book, Hello, Friends! in 2024

Mike E. Winfield

  • Contestant on America's Got Talent

  • Appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Office

  • Star of stand-up special Stepman

  • Featured in Brad Paisley's Comedy Rodeo

Michael Ian Black

  • Member of comedy group Stella

  • Starred in The State, Viva Variety, and Wet Hot American Summer

  • Co-writer of Run, Fatboy, Run

Brian Posehn

  • Original member of The Comedians of Comedy

  • Voice roles in Adventure Time, American Dad!, and Bob's Burgers

  • Co-writer of Marvel’s Deadpool comics

Chad Daniels

  • Over 700 million streams across platforms

  • Described by Vulture as “one of the great unsung American comedians right now”

Kelsey Cook

  • Co-host of the Self-Helpless podcast

  • Appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening

  • Known for combining stand-up with competitive foosball

Pete Holmes

  • Created and starred in HBO’s Crashing

  • Host of the podcast You Made It Weird

  • Voiced the E-Trade baby in commercials

David Cross

  • Co-creator and star of Mr. Show with Bob and David

  • Played Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development

  • Appeared in films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Men in Black

Geoffrey Asmus

  • Featured at Just For Laughs and Laughs on Fox

  • Known for sharp, dark observational humor

  • Regular at clubs and festivals nationwide