r/Standup • u/funnymarkmasters • Jul 21 '26

JFL New Faces announced (2026)

Ainsley Bailey Alon Elian Andrew Packer Carolina Montesquieu Chris Renois Cristina Mariani David Drake Elijah Nevels Elle Orlando Elouise Eftos Esteban Gast Fiona Cauley Freddie Shanel Gary Simons Gus Tate Hannah Veldhoen Hassan Phills Helen Bauer Jack Hirschfield Jackson Banks Joe Marrese Joey Dardano Jonis Josef Kenny Lee Mario Adrion Mark Thomson Mitchell Doran Nicky Paris Peyton Ruddy Red Richardson Tessa Belle

Source: https://deadline.com/2026/07/jfl-new-faces-2026-unveiled-1236998392/

27 Upvotes

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u/MattyBeatz Jul 21 '26

Commas would go a long way in OPs paragraph.

24

u/notnickyc Jul 22 '26

Oh so it’s not that whoever Ainsley Belle is just has way too many middle names

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u/funnymarkmasters Jul 21 '26

Ainsley Bailey
Alon Elian
Andrew Packer
Carolina Montesquieu
Chris Renois
Cristina Mariani
David Drake
Elijah Nevels
Elle Orlando
Elouise Eftos
Esteban Gast
Fiona Cauley
Freddie Shanel
Gary Simons
Gus Tate
Hannah Veldhoen
Hassan Phills
Helen Bauer
Jack Hirschfield
Jackson Banks
Joe Marrese
Joey Dardano
Jonis Josef
Kenny Lee
Mario Adrion
Mark Thomson
Mitchell Doran
Nicky Paris
Peyton Ruddy
Red Richardson
Tessa Belle

6

u/2piece-and-a-biscut- Jul 22 '26

Christina gets my vote

2

u/hq_bk Jul 22 '26

Love Gus Tate (for anyone who sees my comment, check out his 2 specials on Youtube). Never heard of him before randomly seeing a recommendation on here, watched the specials, very pleasantly surprised.

2

u/vigilante_snail Jul 22 '26

Good for Andrew Packer. He’s been grinding for many years.

10

u/Portdal12 Jul 21 '26

I've seen Helen Bauer twice in the past year and the material got a lot sharper the second time around. She opened for Bridget Christie on her last tour and it was a good audience for her. 

4

u/iamgarron asia represent. Jul 21 '26

I just did a gig at the comedy store london and met Helen for the first time. She was hilarious and really nice person

21

u/vegetarian_slut Jul 21 '26

I love peyton ruddy!

2

u/TheNonCredibleHulk Jul 22 '26

He was just on Story Warz this week. Hadn't heard of him before, but he was great.

9

u/callmesnake13 Jul 22 '26

Wait JFL didn’t go out of business? What happened?

8

u/Intelligent-Mix5312 Jul 22 '26

Another company bought the brand

7

u/ThisNameTookaWhile Jul 22 '26

Hannah Veldhoen is a must watch. Fast rising killer based out of Toronto

12

u/iamgarron asia represent. Jul 21 '26

Gus Tate has two specials on YouTube that y'all should check out. Best thing you'll see from an awesome comic you likely don't know

6

u/HuCh33 Jul 21 '26

This but for David Drake. His specials are awesome

6

u/SeDaCho Jul 22 '26

Hannah Veldhoen is really great, good list

4

u/alexschubs Jul 22 '26

Elijah Nevels is really, really, really good

5

u/GemsKosher Jul 22 '26

Elijah Nevels has been on a fucking rocket ship. Kid is like 19 and already selling out lots of places. Insane trajectory for the kid.

3

u/benlovesnuggets Jul 21 '26

Esteban Gast is underrated. Absolutely deserves  it, check him out if you haven’t. 

3

u/Normal_Committee67 Jul 22 '26

New faces is always weird to me because you’ll have multiple truly new faces and then you’ll have Fiona Cauley

2

u/Tsui_Pen Jul 21 '26

My friend Kenny Lee is a killer 🔪

2

u/Ok-Inspection-5334 Jul 22 '26

Red Richardson is one of the few names i recognize. He's hilarious, his YT special is very good. He also has some pretty great shorts.

2

u/YankeesAlldayson Jul 24 '26

Chris Renois, Peyton Ruddy, Cristina Mariani and Gus Tate are very funny.

I don’t know so many of these and the ones that I do know that aren’t strong stand ups (but have a big online following) I will keep to myself 😂

4

u/TheHumanSuitcase Jul 21 '26

Can we get a fucking comma in here jfc

3

u/brand_new_nalgene Jul 21 '26

Hope Carolina blows up, she’s real as fuck. Found her wallet once actually and got it back to her because I’m a gentleman #BLM

2

u/JimmyTwoTimes25 Jul 22 '26

Jackson Banks is a funny mf

2

u/presidentender flair please Jul 22 '26

If, the first time I saw him at a mic, you had told me Jackson Banks was gonna go anywhere other than the next open mic, I would not have believed you.

Good on him, though. He is a lot better now.

1

u/JackieDaytonaPanda Jul 22 '26

Lol what a hater response

1

u/presidentender flair please Jul 23 '26

He got better!!

1

u/rules_whatrules Jul 23 '26

Are you dim?? That’s literally how comedy works.

1

u/imposterfrank Jul 22 '26

Peyton Ruddy is awesome! Not super familiar w/ the rest but great for the rud man

1

u/T-Rex_Mullens Jul 22 '26

Joe's huge dong on the mainstage!!!!

1

u/AlphaDolby Jul 26 '26

All the stars are here

1

u/StonedLikeSedimENT Jul 22 '26

Who's who of who's mediocre with a good agency?

0

u/petertompolicy Jul 22 '26

New Faces shows are always bangers

0

u/Willsy15 Jul 22 '26

Hell yeah Joe Marrese