Santa Barbara LOL Comedy Festival Returns

Hot Funny Femmes, courtesy photo

Hot Funny Femmes, courtesy photo

Get ready to laugh out loud at an all-star lineup of headline comedians when the Santa Barbara LOL Comedy Festival returns for two weekends, October 8 through Oct. 17.

Here’s the line-up:

Kira Soltanovich • Hot Funny Femmes  • Thur. Oct. 8 • 8 p.m.• Lobero Theatre

Kira Soltanovich (Tru TV’s How To Be A Grown Up, Girls Behaving Badly and The Tonight Show) headlines this evening of sassy, confident, national touring headlining female comedians Kate Quigley, Jenny Zigrino, Karen Rontowski and Hosted by Real Housewives of Orange County Alum Gretchen Christine Rossi.

Brad Williams • Hosts Ringmaster  • Fri. Oct. 9 • 8 p.m. • Lobero Theatre

Brad Williams, coming off his hit Showtime comedy special Fun Size, filmed at the 2014 SBLOLFEST showcases the top music comedy performers for this year’s Next Up Stand-Up Featuring Eric Schwartz, J. Chris Newberg and more TBA.

Broken Lizard’s Steve Lemme & Kevin Heffernan Live • Sat. Oct. 10 • 8 p.m. • Lobero Theatre

Broken Lizard, Super Trooper and Beerfest’s own funnymen headline a night of live laughs. Kicking off the evening will be Comedy Central’s Dan St. Germain.

The Secret Show  • So secret we don’t even know where and when it will be.  The Secret Show location and tickets will be announced to our mailing list and VIP Pass holders several days prior, and the headliner will be announced the day of. Tickets are very limited to this show so pay attention!

Cheech Marin and and Legally Brown Tu/2.0 • Fri. Oct. 16 • 8 p.m. • Arlington Theatre

Hosted by Cheech Marin, Legally Brown Tu/2.0 is a humorous and ironic look at the obvious through the eyes of some of today’s top Headlining Stand-Up Comedians (all respectively having their own one hour specials on the Showtime Network) Steve Trevino, Monique Marvez, Jeff Garcia and Willie Barcena. All on one show and all of whom just happen to be “Legally Brown.”

Also Featuring: Q104.7FM’s Rico and Mambo and Special Guest Rick Najera a.k.a Bubba Gomez

Chris Hardwick headlines The Nerdy Show • Sat. Oct. 17 • 8 p.m. • Arlington Theatre

The final show of the SBLOLFEST takes place at the Arlington Theater with Comedy Central Favorites Andy Daly (starring in Comedy Central hit show Review) and headliner “The Nerdist” Chris Hardwick.

For more information, visit www.sblolfest.com.

—Leslie Dinaberg

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine on October 6, 2015.