You’ve heard that THE BENTZEN BALL COMEDY FESTIVAL is back!
Since we’re only THREE WEEKS away, we thought we’d give you shows with even MORE amazing comedians/comediennes.
ANNOUNCING TODAY:
CLOSING CEREMONIES ON OCT 5TH
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival
Closing Ceremonies
Oct 5th, 6pm Doors
@ Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
$25 tickets
On Sale Now
Featuring
Reggie Watts
(Comedy Bang! Bang! / Conan )
Wham City Comedy
(BALTIMORE!)
+ more TBA
and
also this super hip and happenin’ show on OCTOBER 4TH
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival Presents:
Wyatt Cenac, Aparna Nancherla, The Lucas Brothers, SSSSSPecial Secret guests!
Oct 4th, 6pm Doors
@ 9:30 Club
815 V Street NW
$20 tickets
On Sale Now
Featuring:
RETTA
(Parks & Recreation / @unfoRETTAble)
Wyatt Cenac
(The Daily Show / Comedy Person)
Aparna Nancherla
(Conan / Totally Biased)
Friends of the People Live (truTV / Guy Code) feat.
The Lucas Brothers + Sssssecret special guest
and more TBA soon!
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Want to see these shows AND MORE? Our festival line-up to date is organized below by day!
Produced by BYT and curated by Tig Notaro!
Oct 1st thru 5th!
All over Washington, DC!
and we will keep rolling out the shows:
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival
Opening Night
Oct 1st, 7pm Doors
@ Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
$30 tickets
On Sale Now
Featuring
Tig Notaro
(Conan / This American Life / The Sarah Silverman Program / In A World… / Professor Blastoff)
Jeff Garlin
(Curb Your Enthusiasm / The Goldbergs / WALL-E)
Kyle Kinane
(Comedy Central Presents / Drunk History)
Kate Berlant
(IFC Comedy Drop / Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival)
Ben Kronberg
(Ted & Gracie / Last Comic Standing)
& your Host
Brandon Wetherbee
(BYT / YMTE)
+ more TBA
The BYT Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival Presents:
Wild Horses Improv, The Puterbaugh Sisters, Mother Knuckle, Mike Lebovitz
Oct 2nd, 5:00pm Doors
@ Millennium Stage at Kennedy Center
Free / First Come First Serve
Featuring:
Wild Horses Improv with
Stephanie Allynne
(In A World…)
Mary Holland
(Comedy Bang! Bang!)
Lauren Lapkus
(Orange is the New Black)
Erin Whitehead
(UCB Theatre)
+
The Puterbaugh Sisters
Mother Knuckle
hosted by
Mike Lebovitz
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival Presents:
Eugene Mirman, Ron Funches, Myq Kaplan, Kate Berlant & More!
Oct 2nd, 6pm Doors
@ 9:30 Club
815 V Street NW
$20 tickets
On Sale Now
Featuring:
Eugene Mirman
(Bob’s Burgers / Flight of the Conchords)
Ron Funches
(Kroll Show / Undateable)
Myq Kaplan
(Comedy Central Presents)
Kate Berlant
(IFC Comedy Drop)
and more TBA soon!
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival Presents:
Todd Barry, Kyle Kinane, Henry Phillips, Mike Lebovitz & More!
Oct 2nd, 7pm Doors
@ Filmore Silver Spring
8656 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
$20 tickets
On Sale NOW
Featuring:
Todd Barry
(Letterman / Bored To Death)
Kyle Kinane
(Comedy Central Presents / Drunk History)
Henry Phillips
(Comedy Central Presents)
Mike Lebovitz
(Comedians You Should Know)
& more TBA soon!
The Bentzen Ball Presents:
John Hodgman, Jena Friedman and The Lampshades, with your host Rob Corddry!
Oct. 3, 6pm Doors
@ Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
$25 Tickets
On Sale Now
With Your Host:
Rob Corddry
(Hot Tub Time Machine / The Daily Show)!
Featuring:
John Hodgman
(NPR / The Daily Show)
Jena Friedman
(Letterman / The Daily Show)
The Lampshades
(Kate Flannery from The Office!)
& More TBA!
The Bentzen Ball Presents:
Church Night
Oct. 3, 7:30 pm doors
@ Wonderland Ballroom
1101 Kenyon St NW
$10
On Sale Now
Hosted By Reverend Dr. Stevedore Maybelline Bidet Esq. and Youth
Minister, Kathy Piechota
Performances from
Alyssa Cowan
Pria Puss
Katie McVay
Myq Kaplan
The Bentzen Ball Presents:
An Evening with Rosie O’Donnell & Tig Notaro
Oct. 4th, 7 pm Doors
@ Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University
730 21st Street NW
$29.99 – $39.99
On Sale NOW
Featuring
Tig Notaro
(Conan / This American Life / The Sarah Silverman Program / In A World… / Professor Blastoff)
Rosie O’Donnell
(The View / A League of Their Own / The Rosie O’Donnell Show)
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival Presents:
Wyatt Cenac, Aparna Nancherla, The Lucas Brothers, SSSSSPecial Secret guests!
Oct 4th, 6pm Doors
@ 9:30 Club
815 V Street NW
$20 tickets
On Sale Now
Featuring:
RETTA
(Parks & Recreation / @unfoRETTAble)
Wyatt Cenac
(The Daily Show / Comedy Person)
Aparna Nancherla
(Conan / Totally Biased)
Friends of the People Live (truTV / Guy Code) feat.
The Lucas Brothers + Sssssecret special guest
and more TBA soon!
The Bentzen Ball Presents:
8×8 (9 PM Show) – Eight performers get eight minutes to perform
Oct. 4, 9 pm Doors
@ Black Cat
1811 14th St NW
On Sale Now
Hosted by Stephanie Hasz and Brandon Wetherbee
Performances from
Mike Lebovitz
(Chicago)
Liza Treyger
(NYC)
Kyle Martin
(LA)
Natalie McGill
(DC)
Josh Kuderna
(Baltimore)
Katherine Jessup
(DC)
Rachel Dry
(DC)
Howard Lester
(DC)
The Bentzen Ball Presents:
8×8 (11 PM Show) – Eight performers get eight minutes to perform
Oct. 4, 11 pm Doors
@ Black Cat
1811 14th St NW
On Sale Now
Hosted by The Puterbaugh Sisters
Performances from
The Lucas Brothers
(NYC)
Katie McVay
(Chicago)
Matty Litwack
(DC)
Elahe Izadi
(DC)
Ryan Schutt
(DC)
Chelsea Shorte
(DC)
David Carter
(DC)
Bill Metzger
(DC)
The Bentzen Ball Comedy Festival
Closing Ceremonies
Oct 5th, 6pm Doors
@ Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
$25 tickets
On Sale Now
Featuring
Reggie Watts
(Comedy Bang! Bang! / Conan )
Wham City Comedy
(BALTIMORE!)
+ more TBA
BONUS:
Local comedian? APPLY HERE TO PERFORM at the festival.
And we still have more surprises! performers! other stuff! to be announced soon!
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