Jay Pharoah & Sommore Set to Headline Because They’re Funny Comedy Festival

Jay Pharoah and Sommore are headlining the 3rd yearly Because They’re Funny (BTF) Comedy Festival, which returns to Washington, D.C.’s The Wharf connected Oct. 10-12. The lawsuit is being presented by the amusement institution Nice Crowd successful concern with Events DC, the authoritative normal and sports authorization for the District of Columbia. 

“Because They’re Funny’s momentum continues to turn and D.C., with its heavy roots successful comedy, is the cleanable location for it,” said Nice Crowd CEO Jeff Friday and the company’s president Nicole Friday successful a connection released with the news. “This festival showcases galore of the apical comics successful the concern portion creating abstraction for the adjacent generation. We’re thrilled to person some Sommore and Jay Pharoah headlining 2 nights astatine the Anthem this year.”

Pharoah, whose drama credentials see a six-season tally connected Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central’s Out of Office, volition look Oct. 11 astatine the Anthem and besides big BTF’s flagship contention “Breakout Comedian of the Year.” Six finalists volition beryllium vying for the $10,000 expansive prize positive the accidental to motion with Hollywood endowment bureau Innovative Artists.

Nicknamed the Queen of Comedy, Sommore is known for her stand-up specials arsenic good arsenic roles successful films specified arsenic Friday After Next and Soul Plane. She volition deed the Anthem signifier connected Oct. 12 and big the Hey Ladies Comedy Experience, whose lineup includes actress-singer Tisha Campbell, who starred successful the fashionable tv bid Martin and My Wife and Kids.

“We’re thrilled to contiguous the 3rd yearly Because They’re Funny Comedy Festival,” said Events DC president/CEO Angie M. Gates successful the property announcement. “This lawsuit not lone positions the District arsenic a premier drama destination but besides shines a spotlight connected emerging talent. We’re excited to invited large acts, including Jay Pharoah, to our city, and I can’t hold for drama fans from astir the satellite to acquisition the unforgettable performances and vibrant vigor of this world-class festival.”

BTF volition circular retired its three-day fest with panels, podcasts and an unfastened mic lawsuit for section Washington, D.C, comics among different offerings. See the BTF events docket on the festival’s website.

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