Prepare for laughs at the Cannon Beach Comedy Festival

Published 9:00 am Tuesday, March 5, 2024

CANNON BEACH — A handful of stand-up comedians and television actors will headline this year’s Cannon Beach Comedy Festival, returning for its fourth year at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Coaster Theatre Playhouse.

This year’s lineup includes Baron Vaughn, Adam Cayton-Holland, Eddie Pepitone and Chloe Radcliffe.

Vaughn has been doing stand-up comedy for more than 20 years, and is known as an actor for appearing as Bud in the Netflix series “Grace & Frankie.”

Cayton-Holland is a national touring comic who has made appearances on Comedy Central, “Conan” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” He also created, wrote and starred in “Those Who Can’t,” which aired for three seasons on truTV.

Pepitone’s comedy moves between calm and chaos, social rage and tender self-doubt, blue-collar angst and sardonic enlightenment.

Radcliffe has starred in the comedy web series “Command Z” and has been featured on Comedy Central. She has also done sketch writing for “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and produces the 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Other guests at the festival will include Arlo Weierhauser, Phil Schallberger, Amanda Arnold and Seth Allen.

The festival is produced by the nonprofit Tolovana Arts Colony and funded through a grant from the city’s Tourism and Arts Fund. Single-day admission is $22.50, while a weekend pass is $40. Both are available at cannonbeachcomedyfestival.com.

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