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We talk to Canada-based stand-up, Amy Bugg! Jason caught Amy while she was on the road in California at the Bergamot Comedy Fest! Amy and Jason have a fun chat about how Amy got started in comedy, doing jokes that weren't true to who she is before finding her voice, how comics can present their POV, her day job in accounting and some tax tips, work-life balance, what it took to produce her own special, and what her lifestyle on the road is like. Listen wherever you get podcasts and our YouTube! Amy's YouTube: @AmyBugg4103 Twitter: @Amy_Bugg, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @AmyBuggie, @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Inspired to do another bracket we decided to pit actor families against each other. All the actor families (minus several we eliminated) and this is the bracket! Jason is joined by the Bridal Party of the Show to talk all that pop about actor families and more! We've got Best Man of the Show, Trey, Groomsman of the Show, Rob, and Fiancée of the Show, Justina, here to nerd out on who their favorite actor families are. It's a fun chat on a deceptively hard bracket to fill out! (Note: after recording we added the Gyllenhaals, Streep/Gummers, and Fannings who were left off due to an unforgiveable oversight and therefore left out of the discussion) Listen wherever you get podcasts and our YouTube! Get the bracket here Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

We combed the internet for comedy festivals that have open submissions during the month of April so you don't have to! We have improv, stand-up, sketch and more covered below! Just click the names of the festivals to follow their link! We'll be updating throughout the month as new info comes in so be sure to check back! Stand-Up Fountain City Comedy Festival (Kansas City, MO) - Early Bird ends Apr. 1st, overall June 15th (show dates Sept. 12-14) Good Vibes Comedy Festival (Memphis) - Deadline Apr. 5th (show dates Apr. 19&20) Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit) - Early Bird ends Apr. 7th, overall Apr. 28th (show dates Sept. 19-22) Comedy Chateau Comedy Festival (Hollywood) - Deadline Apr. 30th (show dates June 8-15) North Carolina Comedy Festival (Greensboro, NC) - Deadline Apr. 30th (show dates Sept. 18-22) Milwaukee Comedy Festival - Deadline Apr. 30th (show dates Oct. 1-6) 5th Borough Comedy Festival (NYC) - More details to come (show dates Sept. 19-22) Lookout Comedy Festival (Chattanooga, TN) - Early Bird ends Apr. 30th, overall June 30th (show dates Oct. 16-19) Que Chiste Latin/Hispanic Comedy Festival Seattle Dates - Early Bird ends May 1st, overall May 31st (show dates Sept. 18-21) Portland Dates - Early Bird ends May 1st, overall May 31st (show dates Oct. 9-12) Burbank Comedy Festival - Early Bird ends May 1st, overall June 1st (show dates Aug. 11-17) Asheville Comedy Festival (Asheville, NC) - Deadline May 10th (show dates in August) The Ladies Room Comedy Fest (New York City) - Early Bird ends May 18th, overall Sept. 15th (show dates Nov. 9-10) Big Diamond Comedy Festival (Bentonville, AR) - Deadline May 31st (show dates Oct. 3-5) Whale City Comedy Festival (New Bedford, MA) - Deadline June 1st (show dates Aug. 28-Sept. 1) Mountain Fresh Comedy Festival (Breckenridge, CO) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Oct. 10-13) World Series of Comedy (Various, Main Event in Vegas) - Various satellite deadlines, main event deadline Aug. 18th (various show dates, main event Sept. 22-28) Hubcap Comedy Festival (Canada) - Deadline Aug. 31st (show dates Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2025) Altercation Comedy Festival (Austin) - Deadline info coming soon (show dates Nov. 13-16) Windsor Comedy Festival (Ontario) - Deadline Oct. 20th (live finale show Dec. 27th) Fringe Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Deadline Apr. 10th (show dates Aug. 2-26) Hollywood Fringe - Deadline Apr. 15th (show dates June 13-30) Greater Manchester Fringe - Brochure deadline at the end of April (show dates July 1-31) Brighton Fringe - Deadline May 1st (show dates May 3 - June 3) Sketch Portland Sketch Comedy Festival - Deadline May 1st (show dates June 25-27) Stand-Up/Sketch, Short & Animated Film/Podcasts Laugh After Dark ComedyFest (Vegas) - Standard fee ends May 10th, overall May 31st (show dates Oct 7-9) Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Storytelling Laugh Riot Grrrl (Los Angeles) - Deadline Apr. 1st (show dates June 3-10) Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Musical/Burlesque/Drag/Variety Uncloseted Comedy Pride Festival - Deadline Apr. 30th (show dates ) Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Burlesque/Storytelling/Variety Madison Comedy Week - Deadline Mid-April (show dates Aug. 4-11) Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety Omaha Comedy Fest - Deadline Apr. 12th (show dates Sept. 26-29) Flyover Comedy Festival (St. Louis, MO) - Deadline May 31st (show dates Nov. 14-16) Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch Blue Whale Comedy Festival (Tulsa, OK) - Deadine May 1st (show dates. Aug. 22-24) Portland Maine Comedy Fest - Early Bird ends Apr. 30th, overall May 24th (show dates Aug. 29-Sept. 1) Film Chicago Comedy Film Festival - Deadline Apr. 6th (show date Nov. 9, 2024) Sketch/Film Philly Sketchfest - Film regular deadline Apr. 1st, overall Apr. 30 (show date June 5th) Stand-Up/Sketch/Film/Web Series/Pilot Portland Comedy Film Festival - Regular deadline May 31st, overall July 31st (show date Oct. 14) Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Short, Animated & Sketch Film/Pilot Pack Fest (Los Angeles) - Stand-Up/Improv/Sketch/Variety - Deadline May 15th Film/Pilot: Cheaper fee ends May 26th, overall June 30th (show dates Aug. 29-Sept. 1) Feature, Short, & Animated Film/Video Sketch/Pilot/Web Series/Music Video LA Comedy Film Festival - Cheaper fee ends Apr. 19th, overall July 19th (show dates Sept. 5-15) Feature & Short Film/Pilot/Screenplay Short Ha Ha Harvest Comedy and Film Festival (Portland, OR) - Cheaper Fee ends Aug. 22nd, overall Oct. 10 (show dates Nov. 20-24) Stand-Up/Improv/Variety Last Best Comedy Fest (Bozeman, MT) - Early Bird ends Apr. 1st, overall May 15th (show dates Sept. 12-14) Stand-Up/Improv RISE Comedy Festival (Denver, CO) - Deadline May 15th (show dates July 26-Aug. 4) Musical Improv Bay Area Musical Improv Festival (Oakland, CA) - Deadline June 1st (show dates Oct. 25-27) Improv Fun & Dumb Improv Festival (Brooklyn, NY) - Deadline Apr. 14th (show dates July 11-14) Improv Fest Ireland - Deadline Apr. 20th (show dates Nov. 13-16) The Bit Improv Festival (Aurora, Il) - Deadline Apr. 29th (show dates June 21-22) Asheville Improv Festival - Cheaper Fee ends Apr. 30th, overall May 15th (show dates Oct. 9-13) Secret City Improv Festival (Oak Ridge, TN) - Deadline June 15th (show dates Sept. 27-29) Not Festivals, But Cool! Play Series Neurodivergent New Play Series (Brooklyn, NY) - Deadline after 100 submissions monthly Awards Show All the Laughs Comedy Awards (ATL) - Cheaper fee ends Apr. 1st, overall Aug. 1st (show dates Sept. 27-29) To receive reminders for when festival submissions close subscribe to our newsletter which will mention those details and more every Monday! It's also free! Wee! We provide this for free every month, but it's not free to run the site. If you'd like to say thanks, consider buying me a beer or putting some money in the tip jar (link) below!

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