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It's that time again, friends! 11 Weeks, 40 Comedians, 39 Frowny Emoticons, ONE Champion. With almost all sold out shows, the best audiences of the year, and the ability to decide the winner, The Bloomington Comedy Festival returns for it's 10th year. Join us Wednesdays ALL SUMMER LONG as we crown The Funniest Person in Bloomington!

First Round

June 13th

June 20th

June 27th

July 11th

Second Round

July 18th

July 25th

Quarterfinals

August 1st

August 8th

August 15th

Semifinals

August 22nd

THE FINALS

August 29th

Ron Funches is a very funny stand up comedian with a unique delivery and lovable demeanor. You just want to
hug and squeeze him like a big stuffed bear. His easy going, inventive style sounds the way fresh chocolate chip cookies taste. Ron performs stand up all over the United States impressing audiences everywhere.

You may know Ron from NBC’s new show POWERLESS. Ron’s other television appearances include, starring in NBC’s UNDATEABLE, recurring roles on Comedy Central’s @MIDNIGHT, THE KROLL SHOW, DRUNK HISTORY and many more. Ron has multiple stand-up performances on TBS’s CONAN O’BRIEN SHOW and NBC’s THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON.

Ron’s voice-over credits include BOJACK HORSEMAN, BOB’S BURGERS, HOME and the Dreamworks animated film TROLLS.

For over twenty years, Marc Maron has been writing and performing raw, honest and thought- provoking comedy for print, stage, radio, online and television. Best known for his hit podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, Marc has interviewed iconic personalities such as Conan O’Brien, Robin Williams, Keith Richards, Ben Stiller, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lorne Michaels and former US President Barack Obama. It has become a worldwide phenomenon; averaging 6 million downloads each month, with nearly 375 million lifetime downloads. Maron currently stars in the hit Netflix original series, GLOW, alongside Alison Brie, and his critically acclaimed half-hour scripted television series, Maron, aired on IFC in the US and can be found on Netflix to stream. Marc has also performed guest starring roles in the series Girls, Louie, and Joe Swanberg’s Easy, and can be seen in the feature films Get A Job and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. He released his stand-up special, Thinky Pain, on Netflix in 2013 and as an album in 2014. His next special, More Later, premiered on Epix in the US in December 2015 and is also available on wtfpod.com. Maron’s most recent stand-up special, Marc Maron: Too Real, was released in 2017 and is currently streaming on Netflix.

Buy a ticket, get a free copy of Mat's new album, Blood Mouth- recorded right here at The Comedy Attic and released by On Tour Records!

Mat Alano-Martin comes to comedy from the world of rock and roll, where he spent 10 years touring North America as a member of several unknown bands and as a tour manager for much more successful, well known bands. With a comedic style that bridges the social and political views of his indie-rock background with the attitude and sensibilities of his rural and blue collar youth, Alano-Martin has appeared at comedy clubs, theaters, punk rock dives, redneck roadhouses, casinos, colleges, living rooms and everywhere in between.

Alano-Martin’s debut album “Profiled as Such” can be heard on the Sirius/XM Raw Dog comedy channel and he has appeared on the nationally syndicated The Bob & Tom Show. He has worked with such notable acts as Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro and Marc Maron.

He is also the co-founder of the Limestone Comedy Festival and the Arch City Comedy Festival and the host of the Strangers On This Road podcast. His jokes have also been used for the Frank and Funny greeting card line.

We're 10 years old, ya'll! What better way to mark the occasion than to keep our tradition alive of donating 100% of the proceeds from the show to an amazing local organization- this year it's Teachers Warehouse! Let's add to the over $45,000 we've donated since our inception and fill the seats for Teachers Warehouse!

Teachers Warehouse serves the educational and creative needs of children by obtaining donated supplies and equipment from businesses and individuals and distributing them free to teachers for use in schools operating under the authority of publicly-elected school boards in Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, and Owen counties. Watch the Teachers Warehouse PSA here: https://iu.app.box.com/s/0efzw22meucpd9zthkcpq814a...

Michael Ian Black is an actor, comedian and author who began his career with the legendary sketch comedy group and MTV hit show, The State. He then co-created the television shows Viva Variety, Stella, and Michael and Michael Have Issues. He was a series regular on the NBC show Ed; was heavily featured on VH1's I Love the… series; and starred in the feature, Wet Hot American Summer. Most recently, he’s been a lead on TVLand’s The Jim Gaffigan Show, Comedy Central’s Another Period, and the Netflix television series based on Wet Hot American Summer, which just shot its second season. Michael’s authored 11 books, including the recent bestseller, A Child’s First Book of Trump. He's is a popular podcaster, writing and hosting How To Be Amazing as well as Mike and Tom Eat Snacks with Tom Cavanagh and Topics with Michael Showalter. Michael regularly tours the country as a stand-up comedian and has released three stand-up albums: I Am A Wonderful Man, Very Famous and Noted Expert. He lives in the wilds of Connecticut with his wife and two children.

Michael Ian Black is an actor, comedian and author who began his career with the legendary sketch comedy group and MTV hit show, The State. He then co-created the television shows Viva Variety, Stella, and Michael and Michael Have Issues. He was a series regular on the NBC show Ed; was heavily featured on VH1's I Love the… series; and starred in the feature, Wet Hot American Summer. Most recently, he’s been a lead on TVLand’s The Jim Gaffigan Show, Comedy Central’s Another Period, and the Netflix television series based on Wet Hot American Summer, which just shot its second season. Michael’s authored 11 books, including the recent bestseller, A Child’s First Book of Trump. He's is a popular podcaster, writing and hosting How To Be Amazing as well as Mike and Tom Eat Snacks with Tom Cavanagh and Topics with Michael Showalter. Michael regularly tours the country as a stand-up comedian and has released three stand-up albums: I Am A Wonderful Man, Very Famous and Noted Expert. He lives in the wilds of Connecticut with his wife and two children.

Guy Branum is the creator and host of truTV’s Talk Show The Game Show, a hilarious mashup of two beloved television formats that pits comedians and celebrities against each other for the title of “Best Guest of the Night.” You may also know him from his recurring segment “No More Mr. Nice Gay” on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, serving as “Staff Homosexual” on Chelsea Lately and his performance as Natalie Portman’s sassy gay friend in the feature film No Strings Attached. Noticing a trend? Branum has also appeared on @Midnight, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Road to Roast and Debate Wars. As a TV writer, Branum spent three seasons writing for Hulu’s The Mindy Project and was a producer during the show’s last season. Other TV writing credits include Punk’d and Awkward on MTV, Billy on the Street on truTV and Fashion Police on E! That means he’s watched the Grammys at Joan Rivers’ house. Jealous?

Branum has also written culture and political commentary for Slate.com, The New York Times and Vulture, and his pop culture roundtable podcast Pop Rocket was named one of the best new podcasts of 2015 by iTunes. Branum’s debut comedy album, Effable, was #1 on iTunes and Billboard charts, and The New York Times called it “a contender for the best comedy special of 2015.”

Beth Stelling is a stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in Los Angeles, who Time Out Magazine names a Comic to Watch in 2016. Beth made her late night television debut on Conan. In 2014, Beth appeared on @Midnight, Chelsea Lately, and The Pete Holmes Show. She most recently performed stand-up on Jimmy Kimmel Live, after Jimmy saw her at UCB and approached her personally.

Beth tours extensively, performing at festivals, colleges, and clubs across the country. She is featured in THE STANDUPS series for Netflix which is currently streaming. Recent notable TV appearances include Showtime's SXSW Special, Last Call with Carson Daly, and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. In October 2015, Beth’s Comedy Central ½-Hour Special debuted – Vulture included it as one of the “Ten Best Stand-up Specials of 2015.” Beth’s 2^nd album, Simply the Beth debuted simultaneously which debuted at #3 on the iTunes Comedy Charts. Beth is currently writing on the HBO series, CRASHING.

Moshe Kasher. Comedian. Child Genius. Jew. Jew Comedian. OBGYN. Pleasure center. Good tipper. Guiding light. Beefcake. He lives alone in LA with a woman and three white dogs.

Most recently Moshe can be seen starring in his Comedy Central talk show, Problematic with Moshe Kasher. Named one of Variety’s “10 Comics To Watch,” Kasher is native to Comedy Central serving as co-executive producer on Another Period, on which he is also a cast member. He makes frequent appearances on Comedy Central’s @midnight with Chris Hardwick, This Is Not Happening, and Drunk History and has also appeared on the series Not Safe with Nikki Glaser and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. Kasher has also had roles on Portlandia, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The League, Shameless, Maron, Garfunkel and Oates and The New Normal.

A versed writer, Kasher has written for several films, series and specials including, Wet Hot American Summer, Zoolander 2, Another Period and the Comedy Central Roasts. He co-hosted the popular podcast The Champs and is the host of The Hound Tall Discussion Series on the Nerdist Network. In 2012, he released his first one-hour special, Moshe Kasher: Live in Oakland and his critically-acclaimed memoir, Kasher in the Rye.