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Milwaukee Comedy Festival Announces 2020 Headliner
Tickets and Show Information Now Available
MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The Milwaukee Comedy Festival (MCF), Wisconsin’s largest multi-day comedy event, announces Mary Mack (Hulu’s Solar Opposites, Conan, Adult Swim) will headline the 2020 MCF at Lakefront Brewery on Sunday, October 11, 2020. Tickets for Mary Mack are $20 and on sale Wednesday, September 9 at Noon.
Nine total shows and special events will make up the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival, which will present dozens of stand up comics from across the country at four venues around Milwaukee. Festival Headliner Mary Mack will conclude the five-day event at Lakefront Brewery. Mary Mack, most known for her voiceover work on Hulu’s Solar Opposites, multiple performances on Conan, and countless television and podcast appearances, will be joined on stage by her husband and fellow comic Tim Harmston. Tim has been seen on Comedy Central and Late Show with David Letterman and tours nationally.
Shows during the festival will take place at various locations in Milwaukee including The Laughing Tap, Lakefront Brewery, Dandy, and Captain Pabst Pilot House. Newly opened comedy club The Laughing Tap will serve as the main location for this year’s festival.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival originally scheduled to take place in August 2020 was rescheduled for October 7-11, 2020. Initially set to celebrate the festival’s 15th anniversary, the October event will honor “14½ Years of Laughs!” with the official 15 year celebration to take place in Fall of 2021.
Seating will be limited for all shows to ensure social distance guidelines are met for the safety of all guests and talent. A limited number of Tickets are available for $15 to most shows in the festival, and tickets for Mary Mack at Lakefront Brewery are $20. A live streaming option to see the festival will also be available.
The full line up of performers in the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival will be announced Tuesday, September 15th. Tickets and more information are available via mkecomedyfest.com.
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About Mary Mack & Tim Harmston
Having toured the country individually for the past 17 years, married comedians, Tim Harmston and Mary Mack now enjoy performing part-time as a duet with both staged and impromptu material. Both Mary and Tim have had memorable performances on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. Tim has appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, while Mary has performed multiple sets on Conan and is a favorite on podcasts and radio shows around the country such as WTF with Marc Maron, The Grand Ole Opry, and Wisconsin Public Radio’s Big River Radio Wave. Mary has voiced characters for Adult Swim’s AquaTeen Hunger Force, Fox’s Golan the Insatiable, and currently plays Jesse on Hulu’s Solar Opposites, the most watched Hulu original comedy to date. During the festival, Tim and Mary plan on stockpiling enough beer and cheese from the Milwaukee area to last them the remainder of this pandemic. You can find out more about these two and watch some sketches on their websites TimHarmston.com and MaryMackComedy.com.
About the Festival
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival is Wisconsin’s largest multi-day comedy event, celebrating the best local, regional, and national comedic talent. The festival has featured top-notch stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy from across the country. Founded in 2006 as the Sketch and Improv Comedy Festival to support and cultivate the comedy scene in the city, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival quickly grew into Wisconsin’s premier annual comedy event attracting thousands of comedy fans every year. MCF aspires to promote an active comedy community where performers can hone their craft, create new and exciting comedy, and foster an inviting environment for both audiences and fellow performers.
More information on the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival is available at http://mkeComedyFest.com/ or by emailing info@mkecomedyfest.com.