2022 Stand-Up Comedy At The Festival
Friday, September 16 at 10 pm (Late Night Juke Joint | Telluride Arts HQ)
Saturday, September 17 at 12:30 pm (Campground Stage)
Saturday, September 17 at 4 pm (Blues Stage)
Saturday, September 17 at 10 pm (Late Night Juke Joint | Telluride Arts HQ)
Sunday, September 18 at 4pm (Blues Stage)
Sunday, September 18 at 12:30 pm (Campground Stage)
Comedy returns to Blues & Brews with stand-up comedy shows throughout the festival weekend. Enjoy some late night humor will host the "Dirty Shows" on Friday and Saturday nights at 10 pm. For the young at heart, please note that some of the comedy will be adult in nature. Catch all five comedians again on the Blues Stage and Campground Stage throughout the weekend.
Troy Walker
A regular at Comedy Works, Walker has won the Comedy Works "New Faces" contest twice. After making his network TV debut on The Late Late Show, Troy has steadily racked up credits including VICE’s Flophouse and playing the role of “Don Lemon” on Fusion TV’s Trump vs. Bernie. Troy was also featured in a PetSmart commercial directed by Christopher Guest and starring Jane Lynch, had his own Comedy Central digital series and can be seen later this year in "Corporate" on Comedy Central.
Walker has had the pleasure of opening for some of the most prominent comedians in the country. In addition to headlining clubs and colleges across the nation, Troy serves as a fine ambassador of Denver comedy at national and local comedy festivals including The Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, The Great American Comedy Festival, and Portland's Bridgetown Comedy Festival. He was also selected as one the Just for Laughs Montreal’s prestigious “New Faces” and is currently clawing his way up the L.A. comedy scene.
After witnessing Troy’s storytelling abilities and commanding presence on-stage it should come as no surprise that he's also a licensed attorney who graduated from University of Denver's Sturm College of Law.
Danny Jolles
Danny Jolles is a comedian based out of LA. As a stand up comedian, he has appeared in the Laughing Skull Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest and was the runner-up in the LA March Comedy Madness competition out of 200 LA comics. Danny's stand up features stories of awkwardness, modern dating and social progress. As a sketch comedian, Danny's sketch groups Chess Club Comedy and Sasquatch Sketch have garnered millions of views online. His sketches have been featured on Tosh.0, MTV, and Funny or Die. Danny will also be the host of the upcoming interview show "Danny Has Problems" on the Above Average network. Danny also wrote on the show "Friends Of The People" which airs on TruTV. As an actor, Danny has appeared in 7 commercials in the past year, some of which you may have seen, and can be seen in the upcoming film Ithaca directed by Meg Ryan. Danny also once opened for Aaron Carter, which is way cooler than everything else you just read.
David Gborie
David Gborie is a Comedian, writer, podcaster and all-around thorough type dude based out of Los Angeles California. He’s appeared on MTV, Showtime, Viceland, NFL Network, Trutv, and was named one of Comedy Central’s top Comics to watch in 2015. He’s also a co-host of the wildly popular All Fantasy Everything podcast as well as the newer hit Shinin’ With Sam and Dave. He’s written for Comedy Central, Fusion and the ESPY awards, all of which he thinks is pretty good for a dude who used to get 4lokos on credit at the liquor store (shoutout to Randy at Tabor Liquors). David was going to try to explain his comedy using words like “fearless” and “daring” and “new” but then he remembered he thinks that’s corny and refused to go out like that. He does want you to know that he’s a proud son of a hard working Sierra Leonean mother, he reps Colorado real heavy and he’s never called the cops.
Steph Tolev
Steph Tolev is a stand up and sketch comedian from Toronto, Canada currently living in Los Angeles. Her unique brand of absurd and personal comedy has made her an audience favorite across North America both on stage and on television. As a stand up, Steph has done the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal four times, three of which were taped for TV. Steph made her American TV debut on Comedy Central part of Bill Burr's new show "The Ringers". This past year she filmed her first half hour stand up special part of season two of "Unprotected Sets" airing on Epix. She was named one of Vultures "Comics You Should and Will Know" and one of Comedy Central's "Up Next" comics to watch. She also co-wrote and co-stars in the Comedy Central web series "Steph & Deb" . Steph can also be seen in the Amazon show "Please Understand Me" produced by Sarah Silverman and was featured in season two of "Corporate" on Comedy Central. Steph has won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Stand up and her latest album "I'm Not Well" was nominated for a Juno Award for "Best Comedy Album of The Year".