Comedy Competition
Each spring Rooster T. Feathers is proud to host an Annual New Talent Comedy Competition. It starts with a total pool of 144 amateur comedians. The audience votes for their favorites at each show, advancing them to the semifinals and finals, and ultimately picks the funniest local comedian. The top finalists compete for cash prizes and a week of paid emcee work at Roosters. All competition shows feature a professional emcee and headliner.
Sign ups start towards the end of each year, with the competition beginning in February/March. To sign up, email roosterbookings@yahoo.com with the following information:• Subject Line: RTF Comedy Competition Submission
• Full name
• Stage name (if different)
• Cell number
• City where you live
• First and second date choices for the preliminary round
2023 Prelim Dates: March 29, April 5, April 12, April 19, April 26, May 3, May 10, or May 17
Semi Dates will be: May 24, 31 & June 7th
Finals: June 14, 2023
• This is an amateur comedy competition - if you make your living doing stand up or you're on the road working in clubs then you do not qualify.
• Participants must be from the San Francisco/San Jose/Bay Area (2.5-hour radius of Sunnyvale please) to qualify.
• If you can't make it to at least one of the Prelims dates, one of the Semis dates and the Finals - PLEASE DON'T SIGN UP.
• Please note - we get a BUNCH of signups fast so all I will do is sign you up for your date. I will send an email out in a couple weeks with a schedule of EVERYONE so far. It's not useful to send them individually at this point. Thanks for understanding. IF you don't hear back from me with a confirmation by February 28th - email me again.
Past Winners
1st place |
2nd place |
3rd place |
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18th Annual (2023) |
Benton Harshaw |
Mex-e-King |
Dara Kosberg / Kelsie Rae (Tied) |
17th Annual (2019) |
Brooke Heinichen |
Arjun Banerjee / Marcus Mangham (Tied) |
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16th Annual (2018) |
Hannah Evensen |
Jeremy Talamantes |
Geneva Rust-Orta / Ryan Goodcase (Tied) |
15th Annual (2017) |
Emily Catalano |
Frankie Marcos |
Caroline Doyle |
14th Annual (2016) |
Terrell "Big-T" Butler |
Shannon Murphy |
Marks Smalls |
13th Annual (2015) |
TJ Kelsall |
Steve Poggi |
Danny Allen / Joey Avery (Tied) |
12th Annual (2014) |
Kiry Shabazz |
Mean Dave |
Michael Montgomery |
11th Annual (2013) |
Matt Lieb |
Torio VanGrol |
Ori Zadok |
10th Annual (2012) |
Keon Polee |
Susan Maletta |
Raymond Santos |
9th Annual (2011) |
Shanti Charan |
Nick Aragon |
Duncan Riach |
8th Annual (2010) |
Red Scott |
Joey Bragg / Dave Thomason (Tied) |
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7th Annual (2009) |
Kabir Singh |
Kevin Munroe |
Rad Reyes |
6th Annual (2008) |
Sammy Obeid |
Keil Kennedy |
Mike Lemcke |
5th Annual (2007) |
Mari Esther Kaplan |
Marty Grimes |
Hasan Minhaj |
4th Annual (2006) |
David van Avermaete |
Sam Bamm |
Ali Mafi / Debbie Campo (Tied) |
3rd Annual (2005) |
Michael Slack |
Jen Kober |
Dave McRea |
2nd Annual (2004) |
Mike E. Winfield |
Jimmy Gunn |
Dan Anic |
1st Annual (2003) |
Reggie Steele |
Tim Babb |
George Corrigan |
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Must be 21 with valid ID ~ 2-item minimum purchase per person applies
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