Arts & Entertainment
Check out the brand-new Upper Left Comedy Fest
Three days of stand up and performance events featuring comedians from the Great PNW and beyond.
Upper Left Comedy Festival is bringing three days of stand-up and performance events to multiple venues in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Upper Left Comedy Fest will feature Pacific Northwest comedy favorites and nationally known acts like Ron Lynch, Jackie Kashian, Derek Sheen, David Gborie, Emmett Montgomery, Monica Nevi, Birungi, and Andy Iwancio.
Three years ago, co-founders Sarah Crowe, Isaac Novak and CB Shamah came together with the primary goal of creating a premiere Seattle based comedy festival, one that shines a light on our talented, diverse and inclusive community of performers and creatives, as well as our amazing PNW audiences that love them. With the combination of Isaac’s years of producing comedy showcases and Sarah and CB producing background, Upper Left Comedy Festival was born.
Then, COVID happened.
Amazingly during this difficult time, the city of Seattle continues to grow. We are now not just a city of hardcore Northwesterners that embrace our city’s unique creative spirit, but we are also a city full of younger people from all across the nation. The last few years have produced an influx of streaming stand up specials, giving birth to a new generation of comedy fans ready to attend live shows and connect. Upper Left Comedy Festival plans on engaging with these fans and community, which is currently being underserved by the lack of a bona fide Seattle comedy festival.
Upper Left Comedy Fest will take place May 12-14 2022, in Seattle’s popular Capitol Hill neighborhood. Northwest Film Forum and Club Comedy, both within a nice stroll of each other, will act as host venues for the main shows. There will be opening night and closing night Main Stage shows featuring our bigger named performers, followed by after-parties where comics can interact with fans and pass holders.
THE DEETS
Dates: Thursday, May 12th - Saturday, May 14th, 2022
Showtimes: Thursday - 7pm - 12am // Friday and Saturday - 4pm - 12am
Venues: Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122)
Club Comedy (340 15th Avenue East, Seattle WA 98112)
Events at all venues are 21 and over