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Moontower Fest Disinvites Matt Braunger for Performing at Competing SXSW

by | March 6th, 2013

There's a rivalry brewing in Austin, Texas, between two spring comedy fests: The Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival and South by Southwest's (SXSW) comedy festival. Well, it's a bit of a one-sided rivalry, as second-year festival Moontower prohibits comedians who perform there from performing at SXSW Comedy, which is currently in its sixth year, while SXSW is perfectly okay with comedians from Moontower doing shows there. Stand-up Matt Braunger (Up All Night, MADtv) has been caught between the two competing festivals, as Moontower has made an example of him by disinviting him after he agreed to perform at both festivals.

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The LA Comedy Festival Riot Is Coming Back in January 2014

by | January 18th, 2013

Los Angeles held its first big ol' fancy comedy festival this fall, dubbed RIOT LA. It was a huge success, with comedians like Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, Marc Maron, Stephen Merchant, Paul F. Tompkins, and more dropping by for the three-day event, which covered three separate stages in Downtown L.A. Now, the folks behind RIOT LA have announced they're doing it again, from January 10th to January 12th, 2014. It's a long wait, but L.A. residents shouldn't distress because there's so much going on in L.A. these days that every night is pretty much its own giant local comedy festival anyway.

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