Inaugural comedy fest begins this week
“Denver is an amazing place for comedy, and just an amazing place in general,” says Nick Armstrong, RISE Comedy co-owner and an actor/comedian himself. Armstrong is a Denver transplant, originally from Sacramento. “I’m a nature guy. I run a nonprofit that’s an outdoor retreat for improvisers. I was an Eagle Scout. I’m all in on that. But it was the comedy scene that really drew me in.”Not that Armstrong has left L.A.
Armstrong adds that the audiences are better in Denver, too. “We had 78 people in the audience at last night’s open mic,” he says. “It was packed.” Those are the fans, Armstrong says, that he hopes come to the upcoming festival — just to enjoy the laughs. And he knows they’ll show up. “That’s gotten around,” says Armstrong. “Denver is becoming known for it, and that’s a big part of how I’ve gotten industry professionals to make the trip. We want to show off what the city has to offer. These are not people coming out here because they need to, by the way. They don’t have to be doing this. But they agree to do it because they want to be here, because they love it, too. And I’ll tell you why: Because there’s a thing about comedians — we like to take care of each other.
The RISE Comedy Festival takes over from where the Denver Improv Festival left off back in late 2019, but not without the permission. “It hasn’t been running,” says Armstrong, “and they weren’t planning to do it, so we said, 'Hey, can we run with this?' We didn’t want to step on any toes, you know? But they were like, 'Great, go for it.' They’re all friends; they all come to the theater. So here we are.
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