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3 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 2023

3 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 20233 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 20233 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 2023

3 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 2023

3 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 20233 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 20233 NIGHTS. 15+ SHOWS. 100+ Comics. Downtown Paris,TX. January 26-29, 2023

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2023 Submissions are CLOSED!

Tower City Comedy Festival. is slowly becoming one of the top festivals in the south. With it's Texas hospitality, and unique set up it is becoming a favorite amongst comics of all levels. All entries are reviewed, scored and categorized by a board of 5 people in the industry. Comics selected are given opportunties to perform in various venues with different crowds and headliners. By day they enjoy initmate panels with headliners and bookers, BBQ and this year we are adding some group events! Hysterical Tours, contests, and more!


Early Submissions $25 through April 30, 2022

Regular Submissions $30 through August 30, 2022


All accepted to attend will be contacted by email by 11/7/2022

Submissions are non-refundable.

All about it.....

The Tower City Comedy Festival....

brings in over 100 comics, podcasters and more to downtown Paris Texas to perform over three days. They participate in panels, clinics and other industry growing seminars. 


Starting in 2019, Tower City Comedy has become one of the premier festival for working comics in Texas and the South. 

Performers come from...

All over the country and even the world. Comics find really useable networking connections and education to further their careers.  

 

Treated Like Royalty. Kind of....

  • All selected comics have access to:

- Hospitality Suite with free  meals and drinks. 

- Fest Bags with "goodies"

- Discounted hotel rooms

- Access to Panels, Clinics, and podcasts.

- This year we have parties and even a kick ass Texas BBQ! 

 

2023 Shows

Sundae in Paris Hysterical Tour

Sundae in Paris Hysterical Tour

Sundae in Paris Hysterical Tour

Such a fun and new show! Comics take turns leading tour groups to actual points of hisrorical interests, that they make up their version on their own. Sponsored by Sundae in Paris!

Todd Glass

Sundae in Paris Hysterical Tour

Sundae in Paris Hysterical Tour

Tosh.O, Comedy Central, Netflix and host of the Todd Glass Show! A national treasure, who's fits of anger on stage make forsome of the best comedy.  

Bryan Torresday Roast Battle

Sundae in Paris Hysterical Tour

Bryan Torresday Roast Battle

A tradition at TCCF, is the Annual Roast Battle, where the victor gets the following  year's event named after them and are invited back to host it. 

JIMMY PARDO

BILLY D WASHINGTON

Bryan Torresday Roast Battle

A seasoned veteran of comedy clubs and late night television, Jimmy Pardo has appeared on such shows

A seasoned veteran of comedy clubs and late night television, Jimmy Pardo has appeared on such shows as The Tonight Show, Conan, The Late Late Show and his own half hour special on Comedy Central. Most recently he was the host of the critically acclaimed Science Channel show Race To Escape. Jimmy regularly appears on TBS’ Conan as a panel guest, but he has also been Conan’s go-to warm-up, field correspondent, sketch player and even fill-in cohost. He has also conducted some very unconventional celebrity backstage interviews for Teamcoco.com‘s “The Pardo Patrol.”

In 2006, Jimmy Pardo became a podcasting pioneer when he began hosting the raucous-but-smart weekly podcast Never Not Funny, which Entertainment Weekly called “one of the sharpest and gut-bustingest shows on the Internet.” The show has been named a top comedy podcast by The AV Club, Esquire, GQ and USA Today, and its guest list (Conan O’Brien, Jon Hamm, Richard Lewis, Zach Galifianakis and Sarah Silverman, just to name a few) reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood

BILLY D WASHINGTON

BILLY D WASHINGTON

BILLY D WASHINGTON

​Billy D. Washington is an award winning comedian who has been featured at the prestigious 'Just for Laughs' Comedy Festival twice, HBO Aspen Comedy Festival and for three years traveled with The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin as her opening act. He has also appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam three times, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Last Comic Standing, The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Bob and Tom radio show, and spent time on VH-1 as a host and on-air personality. He was identified as one of the most diverse comedians in America by the NBC stand-up for diversity initiative, and was recently a celebrity judge on the popular Carnival Cruise Line series, “Island Hoppers” with James Van Der Beek. His latest album, “The Washington Posts” has received both critical and commercial success since its 2019 release and is distributed by 800 Pound Gorilla and Warner Brothers records. 

HEADLINER

BILLY D WASHINGTON

BILLY D WASHINGTON

 TBA

OFF THE CUFF

OFF THE CUFF

OFF THE CUFF

A group of comics perform stand up they have no idea what the topics are until given to them on the spot. Watch some of the quickest names in comedy turn a laugh or a complete bomb. Either way it's a great time!

Tower City Headliner Alumni

Jasmine Ellis 2022

Jasmine Ellis 2022

Jasmine Ellis 2022

Dry Bar, NPR's top 20 Comedy Album of 2022

Steve Byrne 2022

Jasmine Ellis 2022

Jasmine Ellis 2022

Comic, Director, actor, writer, Steve Byrne has has specials on Netflix, Comedy Central, and Showtime. Most noted for costarring role in TBS' "Sullivan and Sons". 

Bill Dwyer 2022

Jasmine Ellis 2022

Joey Johnson 2022

Host on Battle Bots, Comedy Central Presents, Last Comic Standing and Parks and Recreatiion and more!

Joey Johnson 2022

John Wessling 2021

Joey Johnson 2022

Joey was our 2021 Roastbattle Winner and in a idea, we bring the winner back to host the following year and name the show after them! So enjoy the Joey Johnson Roast Battle!

Ralph Harris 2021

John Wessling 2021

John Wessling 2021

Movies like "Dream Girls" and "Evan Almighty", TV appearances like Seinfeld, A Comedy Central special, and a HBO half hour special makes Ralph Harris a Legend in Comedy!

John Wessling 2021

John Wessling 2021

John Wessling 2021

Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, Live at Gotham, and the Roast oof Jeff Foxworthy. John Wessling is also a regular on Carnival Cruise Lines

Jimmy Pardo 2020

Jenny Zigrino 2020

Shane Torres 2020

Our largest crowd ever was held in court by the never dissappointing Pioneer of Comedy Podcasting Jimmy Pardo. Never Not Funny, That 70's show, Conan, and more! 

Shane Torres 2020

Jenny Zigrino 2020

Shane Torres 2020

Vulture magazine called his Guy Fieri bit on Conan was one of the top 100 bits of the 2000's.  

Jenny Zigrino 2020

Jenny Zigrino 2020

Chris Fairbanks 2019

Bad Santa 2, Drunk History on Comedy Central, at Midnight, with Chris Hardwick, Conan, what has she not done!.

Chris Fairbanks 2019

Chris Fairbanks 2019

Chris Fairbanks 2019

Quirky and lovable, Fairbanks was our first. His Conan appearance is one of our top 10. His style is not replicable. 

Eric Schwartz 2019

Chris Fairbanks 2019

Eric Schwartz 2019

His ability to insert music into his act, make him a super exciting fun show to watch. 

Sarah Tiana 2019

Chris Fairbanks 2019

Eric Schwartz 2019

From Reno 911 to Light's Out with David Spade to Rob Riggle's side kick, she's America's Sweetheart comic. 

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    Downtown Paris Texas

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    255 1st St SW

    Downtown Paris Texas

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    28 SE 1st Street

    Downtown Paris, Tx

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