Schedule Of Events

7:00pm : Showcase at Johnny Carson Theatre

Headliner: James Austin Johnson

Adam Tiller, David Perdue, River Butcher, Amy Shanker

Host: Chip Chantry

10:30pm : Late-Night Bar Show at District Event Center

Adam Tiller, David Perdue, River Butcher, Amy Shanker, Chip Chantry,

Ali Kolbert, Eunji Kim, Cam Logsdon

Host: Pat Janssen

Night Headliner

James Austin Johnson

JAMES AUSTIN JOHNSON is a comedian and actor currently in his fourth season as a cast member on “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.” Known for his prolific voice-over work in both TV and film, his acting credits include “BARRY,” “BETTER CALL SAUL,” “SHE SAID,” and “HAIL, CAESAR!”. He voices the Grinch in Wondery's podcast series “'TIS THE GRINCH HOLIDAY PODCAST,” which recently wrapped its second season. On SNL, Johnson is widely recognized for his uncanny portrayal of Donald Trump. In 2024, he appeared in two Oscar-nominated films, voicing Pouchy in "INSIDE OUT 2" and making a cameo in the Bob Dylan biopic “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN,” starring Timothée Chalamet.

Adam Tiller

Adam Tiller is a Standup Comedian, Podcaster, and Writer based out of Seattle, WA.He is a Semi-finalist in the 2022 Seattle International Comedy Competition. In 2025, he will be featured in the Great American Comedy Festival (Norfolk, NE), San Francisco Comedy Competition (San Francisco, CA), and Savage Henry Comedy Festival (Eureka, CA).Adam performs all across the U.S. and Canada at Comedy Clubs, Private Events, Corporate Events, Casinos, Fraternal Organizations, and Breweries. Adam is known for his strong writing, and dark/ clever comedic sensibility. He has featured on the road for Comedians Dan Soder, Big Jay Oakerson, Dave Landau, and Brendan Schaub.He has also opened for Comedians Kevin Nealon, Jay Mohr, and Ari Shaffir.

David Perdue

David Perdue is a comedian who has appeared on Kevin Hart Presents: "Hart of the City" on Comedy Central and "Uproarious" on Fuse. David is also an actor appearing in "Love Is..." on OWN and "Bobcat Goldthwait"s Misfits and Monsters" on truTV. In 2016 he was the Laughing Skull Festival's "Set List Tournament" champion. He appeared as one of the 12 most talked about comedians in Atlanta on the first digital cover ofComedyHype magazine. David was selected by Creative Loafing as one of Atlanta's "People to Watch" in 2017.He was also selected to perform in the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Accidental Comedy Festival, the Birmingham Comedy Festival and the Laugh Your Asheville Comedy Festival & has taped for Kevin Hart's LOL Network at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy festival is Montréal, Canada. David also co-hosts the hilarious sports/comedy podcast "Forth and Ten" hosted on ForthDistrict.com, and is a co-producer of the Atlanta favorite 1AM Secret Show. He is also a co-producer/ co-creator of the powerful poetry & comedy show “Double Consciousness” with Adán Bean.

River Butcher

River Butcher is a standup comic, actor, and writer. His first half-hour special “A Different Kind of Dude” debuted on Comedy Central's Youtube channel and was called “a masterclass in culture war commentary” by Esquire.com. The special also garnered the title of “Some of the Best Jokes of 2022 So Far.” River recently wrote on the FX pilot “Belated,” previously wrote for “A League of Their Own,” and created/starred in/wrote the critically acclaimed and GLAAD award-nominated tv show “Take My Wife.” You may have also seen him as non-binary standup comic Lindsay Brady on “Good Trouble” and Adam Conover's sibling on “Adam Ruins Everything” or queer dinner guest Denim in the hit movie “Friendsgiving.” He has done standup all over the country, the globe, and the screen, including Ellen, Conan, Comedy Central, and HBO. River was named one of Vanity Fair's “Ten Comics to Watch” at comedy's prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2017, just 6 years after doing his first stand up open mic. He just recorded his first hour special in Portland, set to be released on YouTube this year.

Amy Shanker

Growing up with a family that her friends dubbed "The Jewish Griswalds," Amy Shanker had no choice but to go into standup comedy. Her dry comedic style and edgier perspective stem from her time as an inner-city high school English teacher in Chicago. Amy is based out of NYC and Austin. She's a a regular at New York Comedy Club, Creek and the Cave, and Laugh Factory. She performs at clubs across the US and has opened for Chad Daniels, Gary Gulman, Collin Quinn, etc. You can find her on Max's Pause with Sam Jay and on Kevin Hart's LOL channel.

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