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