About the Festival:

Because it’s the best damn improv festival in the country. We think so, at least! The Countdown Improv Festival is a truly performer-focused festival, and we are intent on ensuring that our performers have a good show and a great time. Our goal is to provide the very best performer experience on the improv festival circuit. We try very hard to meet that goal.

Founders Justin Peters and Kelly Buttermore are veteran touring improvisers who’ve headlined dozens of festivals; in creating the Countdown Improv Festival, they vowed to make it the sort of festival that they themselves would want to attend. We are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and ensuring that our festival represents and reflects the community it serves.