Last Best Comedy is hosting the second annual improv and stand-up comedy festival this September 12 - 14, 2024! This grassroots festival is thrilled about our homegrown headliners! Hailing from Great Falls, comedian & musician Reggie Watts will surprise and delight on Friday and Saturday night in Bozeman. Using his formidable voice, looping pedals, and his vast imagination, Watts blends and blurs the lines between music and comedy, wowing audiences with performances that are 100% improvised. Livingston local and comedy legend Rich Hall – a multi award-winning American comedian, musician and author – kicks off the festival with big laughs at the Emerson on Thursday night. Breakout Big Sky stand-up Chris Fairbanks will open for Reggie and also sling more punchlines with two additional sets in Livingston and Bozeman. The festival not only features these internationally celebrated headliners but also more than 60 incredible performers and instructors from across the country who will educate and entertain local audiences. LBCF Artistic Director Levin O’Connor believes in the power of our comedy community: “LBCF is all about bringing people together to laugh. The festival will showcase some of the best and funniest rising comedy talent in the world while leaning into the magic that makes Montana such an incredible place to live. It’s a great big comedy party in the middle of the most beautiful place in the world and we want everyone to join the fun!” Over three days and nights, Last Best Comedy Fest’s world-class workshops and shows will bring non-stop laughter to LBC’s headquarters in downtown Bozeman as well as satellite shows at The Emerson (Bozeman) and Live from the Divide (Bozeman) plus The Attic (Livingston), The Orphan Girl Theatre (Butte), Canyon Ferry Brewing (Townsend), Mt Ascension Brewing (Helena), and Speakeasy 41 (Helena). Get info and tickets @lastbestcomedyfest.com