On Saturday, July 23, Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival will host I Have to Laugh: Comedy Night at the Ford, a live comedy showcase featuring Margaret Cho, River Butcher, Brad Loekle, Akeem Woods, and Daniel Webb. The standup comedy lineup will be followed by a collection of comedic shorts.
OUTFEST LOS ANGELES LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL TO HOST I HAVE TO LAUGH: COMEDY NIGHT AT THE FORD
FEATURING LIVE STAND-UP PERFORMANCES BY QUEER RIOT CAST, INCLUDING MARGARET CHO, RIVER BUTCHER, AND MORE
WHO: Margaret Cho (Comedian), River Butcher (Comedian), Akeem Woods (Comedian), Brad Loekle (Comedian), Daniel Webb (Comedian)
Lisa Ann Walter (Actor), Alexis G. Zall (Actor), Jill Gutowitz (Director), Mike Donahue (Director), Fawzia Mirza (Director), Kausar Mohammed (Actor), Vico Ortiz (Actor), Amalia Mesa Gustin (Producer), Matt Porter (Director), Charles Gould (Actor), Tyler Miguel Mercer (Director), Michael Benjamin (Actor), Neal Mulani (Actor/Director), Tyler Joseph Ellis (Actor), Shannon Sheridan (Actor), Lottie Abrahams (Producer), Lorena Russi (Actor), Portland Thomas (Actor), Adam Jepsen (Actor), Caroline Creaghead (Producer).
WHAT: A live stand-up showcase under the stars at the Ford Theater featuring the cast of Outfet Los Angeles 2022 selection Queer Riot — Margaret Cho, River Butcher, Brad Loekle, Akeem Woods, and Daniel Webb — followed by a selection of hilarious and innovative comedy shorts!
From moody gay ghosts, to a neighbor’s extremely loud coital activity, to a bisexual meetup that somehow turns Satanic. The stories our filmmakers have concocted bring the funny in a big way…and what better way to experience it than under the stars with hundreds of your closest queer friends?
WHERE: The Ford Amphitheater
2580 Cahuenga Blvd E, Los Angeles, CA 90068
WHEN: Saturday, July 23, 2022
Arrivals 7:30 PM
Event Begins 8:00 PM
ATTIRE: Festive
ABOUT OUTFEST
Outfest, a non-profit 501 c3, and its signature annual film festival OutfestLA.org is turning 40. Since its inception as the modest Gay and Lesbian Media Conference in 1982 by UCLA graduate students and organization founders Larry Horne and John Ramirez, Outfest LA has grown into an Academy Award qualifying, globally recognized event that has been celebrated by millions around the world.
Now in its 40th year, Outfest is a premier entertainment, media, and arts organization widely considered the best for queer cinema and television, as well as home to several notable educational, mentorship, and film restoration programs. Outfest also manages the first free-for-all, ad-free, streaming platform dedicated to queer and trans stories, The OutMuseum. Outfest hopes to help shift the narrative and cultural landscape of LGBTQIA+ stories and restore the future of entertainment for our community.