{"id":18940,"date":"2016-08-05T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=18940"},"modified":"2016-08-05T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:19:21","slug":"lucille-ball-comedy-festival-continues-friday-saturday-in-jamestown-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/lucille-ball-comedy-festival-continues-friday-saturday-in-jamestown-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Continues Friday, Saturday in Jamestown NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17765\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/2016-lucille-ball-comedy-festival-details-to-be-announced-on-wednesday\/2016-lucille-ball-comedy-festival\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?fit=640%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?fit=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?fit=640%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17765\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?resize=400%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival\" width=\"400\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JAMESTOWN &#8211; The 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival continues today and this weekend in downtown Jamestown.<\/p>\n<p>The opening day of the festival saw several events take place throughout Jamestown, including a sold out performance by comedian Lewis Black at the <strong>Reg Lenna Center for the Arts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today the festival continues with several events planned, including a roundtable discussion with the children of comedy legends <strong>Richard Pryor<\/strong>, <strong>Lenny Bruce<\/strong>, and <strong>George Carlin<\/strong>, as well as a sold out show featuring Daily Show host <strong>Trevor Noah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More events are planned for Saturday, including a stand up performance by <strong>Brian Regan<\/strong> at the <strong>Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena<\/strong> and a stand up showcase at the Reg Lenna Center for the arts, plus a rountable discussion with the <strong>Farrelly Brothers<\/strong> \u2013 directors of the movie Dumb &amp; Dumber, There\u2019s Something About Mary, Kingpin, and more.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete list of events and activities, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LucyComedyFest.com\">www.LucyComedyFest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; The 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival continues today and this weekend in downtown Jamestown. The opening day of the festival saw several events take place throughout Jamestown, including a sold out performance by comedian Lewis Black at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts. Today the festival continues with several events planned, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Continues Friday, Saturday in Jamestown NY","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[6387,6392,5530,1167,6389,1461,2565,6388,6386],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Lucille-Ball-Comedy-Festival.jpg?fit=640%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-4Vu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18887,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-arts-on-fire-a-preview-of-the-2016-lucille-ball-comedy-festival-with-journey-gunderson\/","url_meta":{"origin":18940,"position":0},"title":"[LISTEN] Arts on Fire &#8211; A Preview of the 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival with Journey Gunderson","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Friday, July 29, 2016. 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