Bridgetown Comedy Festival
bridgetown comedy festival standup comedy festival located hawthorne district portland oregon took place every spring featuring standup comedy showcase live podcasts panel discussion improv comedy created october comedian andy wood matt braunger filmmaker kimberly brady ben bateman willamette week newspaper called bridgetown fastestgrowing comedy extravaganza america successively larger betterplanned comedy festival prompted one reviewer comment usual organizer andy wood royal army genius outdid make something already great even better im sure happened late portland mercury reviewed festival stating bridgetown say andy wood changing portland comedy following year portland monthly stated wood deserves several round applause making fest happen work comedy promoter andy wood created venue comedy market struggling promoted venue regional national event part wood approach creating draw weak comedy market couple art philanthropy kristi turnquist oregonian wrote annual event brings comedian around country together northwest top act four jampacked day hilarity festival garnered sixty performer headlined actorcomedian patton oswalt performer included tig notaro comedian sarah silverman program matt braunger founder portland native morgan murphy writer late night jimmy fallon natasha leggero comedian reno dax jordan chris fairbanks comedian fuel tv bridgetown comedy festival headlined janeane garofalo saturday night live larry sander show alumnus featured andy kaufman awardwinners reggie watt brent weinbach added longform improv podcasts schedule festival featured performer nine venue featured longform improv podcasts marc maron jimmy pardo comic including maria bamford tim meadow scott adsit tig notaro greg behrendt marc maron christian finnegan matt besser matt walsh matt braunger danny pudi steve agee tj miller hannibal buress performer included margaret cho fred armisen kristen schaal andy dick simon helberg big bang theory oscar nunez office aparna nancherla doug benson comic included dave holmes doug benson eric andre erin jackson howard kremer james adomian jimmy dore john roy mary lynn rasjkub mary mack matt besser matt braunger matt kirshen pete holmes ron funches sean patton steve agee tim meadow todd glass performer included dana gould reggie watt todd glass moshe kasher greg behrendt kurt braunohler robert popper peter serafinowicz myq kaplan baron vaughn kurt braunohler moshe kasher howard kremer nato green matt braunger baron vaughn filmmaker adam smith shannan hunt started shooting documentary festival still unreleased performer included reggie watt paul f tompkins emo phillips w kamau bell paul provenza carrie brownstein community creator dan harmon aparna nancherla ian karmel james adomian nathan fielder festival cofounder matt braunger dwight slade nathan brannon official festival site