About

Started in 2015, 2nd Best Fest is the Coalition Theater's annual comedy festival that's dedicated to showcasing awesome and unique local and national comedy acts in Richmond, VA. It's the most fun.

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PAST 2ND BEST ACTS

After School Grandma (Baltimore, MD)
American Documentary (Richmond, VA)
Ambassador (Richmond, VA)
Atlas Improv Co. (Madison, WI)
Blue Arc (Chicago, IL)
babyGRAND (Pittsburgh, PA)
BearHug (Richmond, VA)
BIG BOSSES (Richmond, VA)
Bill Arnett (Chicago)
Blood Pact (NYC)
Brave Ragu (Richmond, VA)
Clapsaddle (Richmond, VA)
Clutch (Charleston, SC)
The Cold War (NYC)
Conversations with Body Language (New Orleans)
Daddy Bulldog (Philadelphia, PA)
Dad Salad (Richmond, VA)
Da Vinci (Richmond, VA)
Detective (Richmond, VA)
Different Boys (NYC)
Dollar Machine (Richmond, VA)
Dollar Store Bullshit (Richmond, VA)
DSI TourCo (Chapel Hill, NC)
The Dudes (Norfolk, VA)
Elizabeth (Pittsburgh, PA)
Fade to Black (Baltimore, MD)
Future Wives (NYC)
The Future Is REALLY Female (NYC)
Game Shark (Pittsburgh, PA)
Golden Nickel (Richmond, VA)
Goodison (Washington, DC)
Good Joke/Bad Joke Bingo (NYC)
Greg & Holly (Los Angeles)
The Gorge (Boston, MA)
The Hearst Girls (Richmond, VA)
Hellcat (Washington, DC)
Here's the Kicker (Richmond, VA)
Hermanos Brothers (Chicago/LA)
Homage (Greenville, SC)
Horse Apples (Richmond, VA)
I Am The Show (San Diego, CA)
Irony City (Pittsburgh, PA)
iMusical (Washington DC)
The Johnsons (Richmond, VA)
Kathryn and Sarah (Philadelphia, PA)
King Zebra (NYC)
The Lodge (Washington D.C.)
Marital Aides (Richmond, VA)
Masher (Philadelphia, PA)
Means To An End (Greenville, SC)
MEGAPOWER (Richmond, VA)
Middle Management (Richmond, VA)
Minority Re’port (Baltimore, MD)
Murder Beach (Richmond, VA)
My Privacy (NYC)
My Momma’s Biscuits (NYC)
Narwhals (Richmond, VA)
North Coast (NYC)
Nolen & Nolen (Pittsburgh, PA)
Overtime Improv (Richmond, VA)
The Outsiderz (Charleston, SC)
Past Our Prime Time Players (San Francisco, CA)
Pitchfork (VA)
Plan B Comedy (Norfolk, VA)
PLUR (NYC)
#puppies (D.C. / New Jersey)
The Pushers (Norfolk, VA)
Request For Protest (Washington D.C.)
Resident Ghost (Richmond, VA)
Rodeo! (Richmond, VA)
ShamTown (Richmond, VA)
Slean Dion (Richmond, VA)
Short, Fast & Furious (Richmond, VA)
Sistine Robot (Washington D.C.)
The Socialist Candlemakers (Washington D.C.)
Sorceress Mother (Richmond, VA)
Sounds Good to Me (Richmond, VA)
Stabbats (Richmond, VA)
Stacktrax (Richmond, VA)
Take It Personal: The Hip Hop Improv Show (New York City)
These Guy are Sick (New York City)
TRASH BANG (Richmond, VA)
Trew+2 (New Orleans, LA)
Ümläüt (Raleigh, NC)
Upstairs Gallery (Chicago)
VERSUS (Chapel Hill, NC)
Wicked City (NYC)
We, Robot (Chicago)
Yensin (Richmond, VA)
Zoggin’ (Richmond, VA)

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