The Comedy Festival

The Comedy Festival

The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival, is a comedy festival held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through 2006, it was held annually in Aspen, Colorado. It was first held 1985. The primary sponsor of the festival was HBO, with co-sponsorship by Caesars Palace (the primary venue), TBS, GEICO Insurance, Twix candy bars and Smirnoff Vodka. HBO exited the festival business in 2007 and TBS became the primary sponsor. In 2008, RooftopComedy.com and The Wheeler Opera House re-vamped the festival under a new name, and with a new focus: The Aspen RooftopComedy Festival.

The festival includes stand-up comedy performances, appearances by the casts of television shows, and has a film component called the Film Discovery Program.

External links

* [http://www.thecomedyfestival.com Official site]
* [http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/aspen Aspen RooftopComedy Festival Page]
* [http://www.getrealdenver.com/2008/05/28/the-aspen-rooftop-comedy-festival Article: The Aspen RooftopComedy Festival]


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