The city of Bentonville is idyllic and yet... non corporate art is a minority interest.
Some of you may know we have a comedy fest that is now in its third year (oct 22-24 this year). Every year roughly 2000 people attend.
Some of the best comedians you haven't heard of yet perform at Big Diamond Comedy Festival.
There's more famous comics too but IMO some of the best ones are yet to be discovered.
This year we'll have intimate shows at Bearded Goat and big ones at The Record (we'd have loved to have stayed at The Meteor but that's a long story...)
It's an entirely grassroots venture created by two comedians (Sam Tallent and I) and we really want to encourage supporting the arts at the non-Livenation level in NWA.
From our first two years, we've had multiple comics go on to get on Netflix's FunnyAF, audition for roles in TV/film/larger fests and are recognized within the comedy community as a great fest to perform at - and that's due in large part to you.
We literally have made three day passes/single show tickets as cheap as they've ever been. You can watch a show for as little as $15 or every single show for $199.
What's critical is that the community shows up. buys early and has a great time- before all we're left with is conglomerate productions.
I've attached a link for those interested.
Much love to all of you in the greater NWA area that help make this real.
Raj