The Boston Comedy Festival Comedy Competition brings 96 comedians to Boston for eight preliminary rounds of live stand-up comedy. Comedians compete for 32 semifinal spots and $7,000 in prize money. Past winners have gone on to major comedy clubs, festivals, TV and successful comedy careers. See the next comedy star before they’re famous!

The Boston Comedy Festival Comedy Competition brings 96 comedians to Boston for eight preliminary rounds of live stand-up comedy. Comedians compete for 32 semifinal spots and $7,000 in prize money. Past winners have gone on to major comedy clubs, festivals, TV and successful comedy careers. See the next comedy star before they’re famous!

Boston Comedy Festival Presents Emo Philips
Described by Jay Leno as "the best joke writer in America," by British comedian Gary Delaney as the best joke writer in the world, and by "Weird Al" Yankovic as one of the funniest people on the planet, Emo Phillips has performed over 7000 times throughout the English-speaking world, including a multi-week run at the Playhouse Theater in London's West End. Since starting out in Chicago in 1976 at the age of twenty, Emo has had award-winning comedy albums, several cable specials (including an hour-long one on HBO), and many appearances on network television, both in America and in the UK. He has appeared in films (most notably, as the table-saw demonstrator in UHF) and has lent his distinctive voice to animated TV shows (such as Slacker Cats, Doctor Katz, Adventure Time, and Home Movies), but his first love, stand-up, remains his true one.