Bergamot Comedy Fest is a week-long comedic arts festival where comedy and culture collide through curated programming. In addition to live performances and industry showcases by selected comedic talent, we also feature informative workshops and panels, community gatherings, and other special events.
Born from a female-founded and operated comedy club in Santa Monica, we are a launchpad for emerging talent and a hub for the tastemakers of the humor industry.
We are proud to call The Crow at Bergamot Station Arts Center our home.
The Crow is a performance venue and educational space committed to elevating the Los Angeles comedy scene by amplifying voices that use stand-up, storytelling, music, and performance art to better the world.
Why this festival?
Los Angeles needs a reputable Comedy Festival
Currently, Los Angeles, the center of the American film and television industry, needs a reputable comedy festival where industry members can discover comedic talent from all over the world. Today, talent managers, agents, and development executives have to trek to remote locations like Indiana or cross national borders to Montreal if they want to see the next Kevin Hart or Ali Wong.
Connection
By offering a carefully curated lineup of performances, workshops, and networking opportunities in Los Angeles, we connect the future innovators of the comedic arts with industry members who are based here.
The Best Voices
We provide a roster of the best contemporary comedic voices in the country to their doorstep. And with free parking.
Location - The Crow
Founded in 2022 in beautiful Santa Monica, we offer amenities that are unique to our carefully curated sensibilities.
You’ll find The Crow nestled in the historic Bergamot Station Arts Center among twenty fine art galleries, farm-to-table chef driven restaurants, a theater, and adjacent to the 26th Street/Bergamot Metro Stop.
Go green and take the Metro right to our door! We are located at the 26th Street/Bergamot Metro Station.
Free Parking in our lot. (You’re welcome, Los Angeles) Directions here
24/7 Security Guard on campus.
FREE PARKING
ON THE METRO LINE
CAW-medy Nights
The nitty gritty:
Selected comics perform two showcases at The Crow on two separate nights between Tuesday and Friday. The lineups will be a combination of our featured Bergamot Comedy Fest comics and comedy A-listers, bringing new and old talent together for a comedy collaboration! Each showcase will be attended by talent agents, managers, bookers, industry executives and tastemakers! After a week of top level shows, industry panels, lunches, hikes, and parties, Saturday night will feature the top 10 selected Best College Comics.
Performances
April 1-5, 2024
Best College Comic Showcase
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Each night of The Bergamot Comedy Fest features an industry panel at 6pm. These panels are free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis. However, Bergamot Comedy Fest participants will receive top priority for seats at the panels.
Proof is in the pudding
Past Judges and Panelists we have worked with are from:
Comedy Central, HBO, NBCUniversal, TBS, Fox-Disney, ABC-Disney, Amazon, Funny or Die, Red Hour, comedy agents, managers, and literary agents (from CAA, WME, ICM, APA, Brillstein, Paradigm, LINK, 3 Arts, Mosaic, Artists First, Gersh, Innovative Artists, RBEL, Range Media), JFL bookers, late night television bookers (from Fallon, Kimmel, Conan, and Colbert), America’s Got Talent, bookers from SF Sketchfest, Big Sky Comedy Festival, Laugh After Dark, & New York Comedy Festival, TV show producers, club bookers (Comedy and Magic Club, Dynasty Typewriter, The Comedy Store), Seed & Spark, LA Weekly, Buzzfeed, Vulture, and The Los Angeles Times.
Submission Fees & Schedule
Early Bird
Registration
$25
Aug. 15, 2023 to Sept. 14, 2023
Regular
Registration
$35
Sept. 15, 2023 to Oct. 14, 2023
Late
Registration
$45
Oct. 15, 2023 to Nov. 14, 2023
Last Minute
Registration
$50
Nov. 15, 2023 to Nov 30, 2023
Better Late
Than Never
$55
Dec. 01, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023
Comics will be notified within the first two weeks of January, 2024.
Terms & conditions
Must be 18 or over to apply.
Submission fees must be paid to be considered.
Submission video should be your best five minutes and should be uncut. You’re welcome to submit a longer video, but submission screeners will only watch up to the first five minutes. Because the first five minutes are the most important, your submission video should not include an intro - get to the jokes.
Be sure the link to your submission video works. We will not reach out to track down new links or try to find your video. Do not send password protected videos.
Submissions will only be accepted through the online submission portal. Click the buttons that say “Submit Now” located throughout the website. No in-person, mail or emailed submissions outside of this online form will be considered.
The application fee is $25 - $55 (depending on date of submission - see below) and are payable via credit card only. Submission fees are non-refundable and due at time of application.
Applications will not be reviewed until submission fee has been paid.
All submissions close on 12/31/23 at 11:59 PM Pacific.
If accepted into the festival, you'll be asked to provide photos, bios and more at a later date.
Transportation to the Festival and accommodations are not provided. Participants must pay for transportation and accommodations on their own.