Brian got his start in DC before moving to New York City, performing on New Faces at Montreal Just For Laughs, and going on to win an Emmy for his writing on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He performs standup in NYC and on the road, hosts one of the hottest monthly comedy shows in Brooklyn, and has been selected to perform at a number of other festivals including Laughing Skull, Laughing Devil, Skankfest, Asheville Comedy Festival, Cinderblock, and the Boston Comedy Festival.

Joe Bartnick is a triple threat stand up comic, writer, and actor. He was born and raised in the City of Champions, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh taught him how to eat, drink, and get out. Bartnick started doing stand up in San Francisco. Comedy has taken Bartnick from coffee shops and laundromats to the Punchline and places like the Warfield, Nokia Theatre LA Live, the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, and the Grand Ole Opry.

As a writer, Bartnick has written for the Grammy Award nominated “Queen of Mean,” Lisa Lampanelli, and several other comics. He was a supervising producer on Dogg After Dark. As an actor, Bartnick was in National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie and plays Vinny on Playboy TV’s King of Clubs. read more

Ali Mehedi is a New York-based standup comedian. Ali was born and raised in Bangladesh and moved to Canada for University. Ali started standup comedy a few years ago in Toronto. After taking a class at the Second City, Toronto, Ali fell in love with standup.

Since Ali started standup, Ali has performed at Absolute Comedy Club and Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club in Toronto, Gotham Comedy Club, Carolines on Broadway, New York Comedy Club, Standup NY, and West Side Comedy Club in New York City. Ali even got to perform in Bangkok, Thailand. Ali was featured on NYC FunnYmmigrants Comedy Festival and did a 30-minute headlining spot. read more

Jeff Paul brings a care free, no holds barred attitude, and razor sharp wit to every stage he performs on. No topic is off limits and his unmistakable charm has allowed him to push the boundaries of comedy for years, making him one of the country’s favourite comedians.  Jeff’s act, based on his life observations, results in raw, often embarrassing stories of failed relationships, his physical appearance and drug and alcohol use will keep you laughing from start to finish.  In addition to being a Yuk Yuk’s regular, Jeff was selected for New Faces at JFL42 in Toronto, accepted to the Sudbury Comedy Festival (2016, 2017), headlined the Cottage Country Comedy Festival, was selected for SiriusXM’s Top Comic, was chosen twice to showcase for COCA, has been featured twice in the NXNE Festival and can be seen hosting his weekly Dope N’ Mic show at Toronto’s famed Underground Comedy Club. He also founded the Icebreakers Comedy Festival in his hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake. read more

Mike Gaffney has been performing for over a decade. He has appeared on The Artie Lange Show on Direct TV, he was on the first season of Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV and was a semi-finalist on season 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Executive Producer Wanda Sykes was so impressed with Mike, she used his clip to promote Last Comic Standing on NBC’s The Ellen Show as well as ABC’s The View.

Once in a generation, a performer emerges who is so extraordinary, so
brilliant, that he or she become the standard to whom all others are
compared. Jackie Mason is such a performer, and is widely regarded as one
of the greatest stand-up comics of all time. Now more popular than ever,
Mason combines pungent political satire, insightful observations on the
foibles of modern life and impeccable timing to create material that leaves
audiences laughing until they cry and critics raving show after show. read more

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