From July 26 to August 3, the RISE Comedy Festival will showcase standup talent from Colorado and around the US.
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This commitment to developing talent and providing opportunities for advancement is central to RISE Comedy's mission. The festival debuted in 2022 hoping to fill the void left by the Denver Improv Festival, which had previously been a community staple before the pandemic. For years, Armstrong had flown in from Los Angeles to attend it before moving to Denver in 2019 to run the comedy club, which was then known as Voodoo Comedy Playhouse .
"There's no money in organizing a festival, so we have to find sponsors to help us make this financially feasible," Armstrong admits."People pay a lot of money to come out here for lodging, plane tickets, and other amenities, so we give them gifts, pay for photographers to take their headshots and provide all kinds of perks. However, these things require us to raise capital due to the festival's narrow margins.
Armstrong and Nicols hope to see the RISE Comedy Festival continue to grow while maintaining its community-focused atmosphere. “We’d love to see it get bigger and bigger each year, but there’s also a nice thing about the simplicity; it allows us to focus on connections,” Armstrong notes."As the festival grows, we will probably end up using more venues here.
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