Charleston Comedy Festival
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The Charleston Comedy Festival is an annual 4-day festival
of the art
s which produces comedy
, and theatre
.
The Festival is held in Charleston, South Carolina
in the second week of January every year.
The Festival was created in 2004 at Theatre 99
, by the Have Nots! improv group, and has slowly expanded to multiple venues and more shows over the years.
In its first year, it was just one week of local comedy acts, but in 2005 the theatre teamed up with Charleston City Paper to expand their reach and put on a full-blown festival inviting acts from all over the USA to perform.
The 2009 festival (Jan 14th to 17th) is the biggest one yet with 36 shows spread over 4 days in 6 different venues.
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
of the art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
s which produces comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
, and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
The Festival is held in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
in the second week of January every year.
The Festival was created in 2004 at Theatre 99
Theatre 99
Theatre 99 is an improvisational comedy theatre in Charleston, South Carolina.Opened on July 7, 2000 on Cumberland Street in the former Stage One Cinema, and after a brief residency period at The American theatre, it moved on the 19th August 2005 to its current location on Meeting Street.The...
, by the Have Nots! improv group, and has slowly expanded to multiple venues and more shows over the years.
In its first year, it was just one week of local comedy acts, but in 2005 the theatre teamed up with Charleston City Paper to expand their reach and put on a full-blown festival inviting acts from all over the USA to perform.
The 2009 festival (Jan 14th to 17th) is the biggest one yet with 36 shows spread over 4 days in 6 different venues.