“I WOULD LIKE TO TELL BOTH OF YOU THAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU DID AND ACCOMPLISHED IS A HUGE DEAL. FOR YEARS COMEDIANS WOULD ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW UNFAIR THE FESTIVAL PROCESS IS AND HOW IT ALWAYS CATERS TO CERTAIN COMICS. YOU BOTH DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH NOT ONLY THE COMICS YOU PICKED BUT ALSO THE HIGH QUALITY OF EVERY SHOW THAT TOOK PLACE. BEING PUERTO RICAN MYSELF AND KNOWING THAT IT WAS A LATIN WOMAN AND A BLACK MAN THAT ORGANIZED THIS AMAZING FEST FILLS ME WITH PRIDE SINCE I GET TO CLAIM BOTH OF YOU IN MY BLOODLINE. THIS FEST IS A BIG DEAL! YOU ARE BOTH IN A HUGE POSITION OF NOT ONLY POWER BUT ALSO YOU CAN PAVE THE WAY AND GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO SO MANY COMICS THAT ARE IGNORED BY OTHER "MAINSTREAM" FESTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER BUT ONLY HELP THE SAME TYPE OF PEOPLE/COMICS. YOU SHOULD BOTH BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELVES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF YOUR PEERS ARE PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR’S FEST AND CONTINUING TO PUSH TOP NOTCH COMICS IN YOUR DIRECTION AS WELL.”

"REALLY WELL RUN FESTIVAL AND I HAD A GREAT TIME! INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION WAS EXCELLENT. THIS WAS MY FIRST FEST AND I WAS NEVER CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE TO BE AND WHEN. VERY WARM AND WELCOMING VIBE, DIVERSE LINEUPS ON EACH SHOW, VENUES WERE REALLY COOL AND THE SHOWS WERE WELL ATTENDED. I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND SUBMITTING TO OAK CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME! "

“EASILY ONE OF THE DOPEST EXPERIENCES OF MY COMEDIC CAREER!! THE VIBES WERE GREAT AND SOME OF THE FUNNIEST COMICS IN THE COUNTRY BLESSED THE STAGE. GOING FROM ONE SHOW TO THE NEXT WAS SO FUN!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!!!"

"SUCH AN AWESOME FESTIVAL! ALL THE SHOWS WERE WELL ATTENDED AND ALL THE COMICS WERE HILARIOUS! SUCH A FUN TIME WITH A GREAT VARIETY OF FOLKS. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY COOK UP NEXT YEAR!”

"THE OAK CITY COMEDY FESTNAL IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE COMEDY, PERIOD. I HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THERE AND MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE. SHARI IS JUST AS HYSTERICAL AND SASSY IN PERSON AS SHE IS ONLINE, AND MATT IS SO LAID BACK AND ALSO FUNNY AS HELL, BUT BOTH ARE SUPER PROFESSIONAL. GREAT JOB GUYS!"

"I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL COMEDY FESTIVALS OVER THE YEARS, AND WHEN I SAY OAK CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH ORGANIZATION, VENUES, COMEDIANS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WENT INTO THEIR FESTIVAL, FOR IT BEING THE FIRST ONE, I MEAN IT! ALL THE VENUES WERE ACCOMODATING, AND RIGHT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO IT WAS ALL CLOSE AND WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT MOST SHOWS, LOVED! LOVED! LOVED IT! I'M ALREADY MAKING PLANS TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR! LOL!"

"THIS WAS AN ORGANIZED AND PROFESIONALLY RUN FESTIVAL FROM START TO FINISH. THE TALENT, VENUES, AND CROWDS WERE AMAZING. MATT AND SHARI WORKED TIRESELLY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RAN SMOOTHLY. THEY CREATED A FUN ENVIRONMENT WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR NETWORKING. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT."

"COULD NOT TELL THAT THIS FESTIVAL WAS IN ITS FIRST YEAR. THEY HAD FIRE CROWDS AT ALL OF MY SHOWS AND VERY FUN VENUES, RECOMMEND THIS TO THE MOON AND BACK, THE ORGANIZERS ARE COMICS SO THEY JUST GET IT!!"

"IF THIS FIRST YEAR OF OAK CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL WAS ANY INDICATION OF HOW GREAT A FESTIVAL CAN BE, THEN NEXT YEARS FESTIVAL WILL BE EVEN MORE AMAZING! THE VENUES AND CROWDS WERE AMAZING! THE VOLUNTEERS WERE AMAZING! AND THE ORGANIZERS KNOW JUST WHAT THEY'RE DOING! I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT IT WAS INCLUSIVE, COMEDY IS NOT A MONOLITH AND THE ORGANIZERS RECOGNIZE THAT GREAT COMEDY IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED. I MADE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS AND SAW MANY OF MY OLD ONES, SHARI AND MATT TOOK CARE OF US SO WELL, THAT I'M SPOILED. KUDOS ON AN AWESOME FIRST YEAR, AND I'LL SEE YOU IN 2019!"