The New York Underground Comedy Festival is a comedy festival. Founded in 2003 with 3 shows in 3 nights at the

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, the festival has grown to 10 days and 300+ shows making it the largest comedy festival in New York. The NYUCF has had many notable acts perform in previous festivals, including Freddie Roman,

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, Charlie Moreno,

Rick Overton Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) is an American screenwriter, actor and comedian. His writing credits include '' Dennis Miller Live'', and his acting credits include ''Beverly Hills Cop'', ''Groundhog Day'' and ''Mrs. Doubtfire''. Life an ...

Dom Irrera Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family. Irrera went to ...

Colin Quinn Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Quinn first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2 ...

Bill Burr William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, filmmaker, and podcaster. He has released multiple stand-up comedy specials, most notably ''Why Do I Do This?'' (2008), ''Let It Go'' (2010), '' You People Are ...

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, Jim Norton,

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and Eddie Brill. The festival has raised over $100,000 for charities.

South African show 2007

In the spirit of the new age of the internet, Acappella Productions, the New York Underground Comedy Festival promoter of

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, launched a revolutionary USA-wide video audition in August 2007, encouraging comics to submit one video with their best stand-up material to be judged by a local panel of experts. Other comedians on the SA lineup for 2007 are: * Martin Evans (UK) * Malcolm Ferreira (RSA) * Al Prodgers (RSA) * Melt Sieberhagen (RSA) * Vittorio Leonardi (RSA)

References

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External links

Official website

Official 2010 site

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Comedy festivals in the United States Festivals in New York City