50+ Comedy Musicians To Perform Funny Songs For 4 Days!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A woman plays a song on her rape whistle to ward off her potential attacker. A guitarist demonstrates how dozens of songs use the same chords in the same order as a famous classical piece. A ukulele player recounts how he got searched by the NYPD while carrying a stool sample.
What do these three songs have in common? You can hear them live at the 1st Annual NY Funny Songs Fest, a four-day comedy music festival taking place Thursday June 7 – Sunday June 10th primarily at assorted venues in the Lower East Side. Whether it’s the PG rated songs or the more provocative jingles that “pluck your strings”, so to speak, there’s something for everyone in this festival, which will celebrate the beloved comedy art form that is the song with a punch line.
In this gathering of those who tell jokes to a beat, you can hear songs performed on guitar, ukulele, rape whistle and more, by comedy musicians Rob Paravonian, Jen Kwok, Ben Lerman, Myq Kaplan and Micah Sherman (Myq and Micah), Soce The Elemental Wizard, Mindy Raf, Carolyn Castiglia, videos by Adira Amramand Stuckey & Murray and many, many others, including festival creator and long time NYC based comedy musician, Jessica Delfino.
“Comedy music is a unique art form that gives bookers a headache since they don’t know whether to put us in stand up clubs or music venues,” says Delfino.
“Henry Phillips kind of nailed it in his movie, ‘Punching The Clown’, when he said “I’ve got one foot in the music door, one foot in the comedy door…I’m not really getting anywhere. Just kind of humping the wall between the two doors.”
Jessica, who has been doing comedy music for a decade in New York City adds that the Lower East Side, which she calls home, has been a mecca for comedy music performers for years and is a natural choice for the festival location.
Festival schedule and highlights, including several (mostly short, sweet) shows at Tammany Hall, Lolita Bar, Casa Mezcal, The Dressing Room, The Upstairs Bar and more are below.
Tickets and more information are available at http://www.nyfunnysongs.com