Chicago Loves Solly's!

This little bit was sent to me by Hillary Buckholtz who came across the article in "The Bastion". It is a write-up about the DC Comedy Fest penned by Robert Buscemi, it pretty much reads: Blah, Blah, Blah, Solly's was the greatest freaking thing ever and the rest of the fest should die along with any other fest but Solly's should always live in its undisputed greatness". Well, here it is exactly with a link to the entire article: The festival did one thing which I've never seen before, that I loved. They had a rough-and-ready upstairs bar ("Solly's") booked for all three nights from 7 to 11 PM for informal sets by festival comics, run by a couple of local DC comics. Like a Schuba's for the festival, and they'd put you up when they could and according to when you had to scram for a showcase. You could use notes and do newer stuff and noodle around and shoot the shniz with other comics at a casual, clubby show. Nice non-comic crowds when I was there too. Other fests would do well to copy this, since it meant you could get in an extra, looser show under your belt before your bigger showcases.



Hit the link button to see the entire article entirely in its entirety.
http://www.thebastion.org/2008/08/report_from_the_road_buscemi_i_2.html