{"id":20590,"date":"2016-12-20T10:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=20590"},"modified":"2016-12-20T10:32:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:32:42","slug":"2017-lucille-ball-comedy-festival-headliner-to-be-announced-tuesday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/2017-lucille-ball-comedy-festival-headliner-to-be-announced-tuesday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Headliner to be Announced Tuesday Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19003\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19003\" data-attachment-id=\"19003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/lucille-ball-comedy-festival-draws-attendees-from-41-states\/blockparty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?fit=700%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1470426905&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BlockParty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Friday Night Block Party before Trevor Noah\u2019s performance in Jamestown, NY during the 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival (Jamestown, NY; National Comedy Center\u200b) &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?fit=700%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-19003 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?resize=400%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Friday Night Block Party before Trevor Noah\u2019s performance in Jamestown, NY during the 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. Details of the 2017 Comedy Festival will be announced on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 20. (Jamestown, NY; National Comedy Center\u200b)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; A major announcement regarding the 2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival will be made on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the Lucy-Desi Center in Jamestown will hold a press conference at the Jamestown Gateway Train Station to provide an update on the National Comedy Center, including an announcement of a comedian coming to Jamestown in August 2017 to perform at the comedy festival.<\/p>\n<p>Past festivals have featured Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Lewis Black, Trevor Noah, Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, Nick Offerman, Ray Romano, and Bob Newhart.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s press conference begins at noon and WRFA will post updates on our Facebook page at Facebook.com\/WRFALP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; A major announcement regarding the 2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival will be made on Tuesday. Officials with the Lucy-Desi Center in Jamestown will hold a press conference at the Jamestown Gateway Train Station to provide an update on the National Comedy Center, including an announcement of a comedian coming to Jamestown in August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":19003,"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":"2017 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Headliner to be Announced Tuesday Afternoon","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":[4245,6381,1136,3624,4748,1238,6382,1460,1461,5186,1776,6383,6386],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BlockParty.jpg?fit=700%2C467&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-5m6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17774,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/comedians-lewis-black-trevor-noah-and-brian-regan-coming-to-jamestown-ny-in-august\/","url_meta":{"origin":20590,"position":0},"title":"Comedians Lewis Black, Trevor Noah and Brian Regan Coming to Jamestown NY in August","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"April 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - The 2016 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival headliners have been announced! 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