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Comedy festival in Portland, Oregon
The Portland Queer Comedy Festival is an annual five-day comedy festival that takes place in
Portland, Oregon.
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[3] Multiple venues are used throughout the festival's stretch, and upwards of 50 comedians perform.
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[6] Comics such as
Bruce Villanch,
Irene Tu, Mary Jane French, Danielle Radford,
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Guy Branum,
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Jeffery Jay,
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[10] Corina Lucas,
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Scott Thompson,
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James Adomian have participated.
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[15] Drag queens such as Valerie DeVille and Bolivia Carmicheals have hosted bingo games as part of the fest.
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Background
The festival was founded in 2017 by comedian
Belinda Carroll
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The fest includes traditional standup showcases, industry panels,
podcasts,
drag bingo, parody game shows, and
strip shows.
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References
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"Portland Gets Its First-Ever Queer Comedy Festival".
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"The Portland Comedy Festival 2019 at Harvey's Comedy Club in Portland, OR".
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"It's Funny Because It's True: Portland Queer Comedy Festival". www.curvemag.com. Archived from
the original on 2017-07-24.
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"Our Picks for the 2019 Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
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"Comic Renee Santos looks forward to being in the majority at Portland Queer Comedy Festival". 10 July 2019.
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"It's Funny Because It's True: Portland Queer Comedy Festival". www.curvemag.com. Archived from
the original on 2017-07-24.
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1st annual Portland Queer Comedy Festival begins.
YouTube.
Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
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"Portland Gets Its First-Ever Queer Comedy Festival".
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^ Peterson, Lucas (8 September 2017).
"The Cheap Charms, Altered and Otherwise, of Portland, Ore". The New York Times.
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1st annual Portland Queer Comedy Festival begins.
YouTube.
Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
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"Our Picks for the 2019 Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
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"Our Picks for the 2019 Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
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"Check out the Portland Queer Comedy Festival". 18 July 2019.
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"Line up – Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
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"Los Angeles Diversity in Comedy Festival - The Second City". www.secondcity.com. Archived from
the original on 2016-08-27.
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"Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
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"It's Funny Because It's True: Portland Queer Comedy Festival". www.curvemag.com. Archived from
the original on 2017-07-24.
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^ Peterson, Lucas (8 September 2017).
"The Cheap Charms, Altered and Otherwise, of Portland, Ore". The New York Times.
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"Our Picks for the 2019 Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
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"Portland Gets Its First-Ever Queer Comedy Festival".
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"Portland Queer Comedy Festival is back for year two, with a more expansive lineup". 13 July 2018.
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"Check out the Portland Queer Comedy Festival". 18 July 2019.
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"The Portland Comedy Festival 2019 at Harvey's Comedy Club in Portland, OR".
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"Check out the Portland Queer Comedy Festival". 18 July 2019.
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Portland Queer Comedy Festival begins.
YouTube.
Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.