2025 JERSEY CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL
The 2025 Jersey City Comedy Festival is back, June 10–14. 48 comics from across the U.S. and Canada are taking the stage to compete for cash, industry attention, and the title of Best of the Fest. YOU, the audience, get to vote for your favorite comics. Audience picks from each showcase move on to the finals, where two winners (Audience Choice & Industry Pick) walk away with $1,000 and spots at major comedy clubs. Catch headlining sets from Raanan Hershberg (June 10) and Kasaun Wilson (June 11), and experience five nights of the best stand-up comedy in Jersey City!
June 10 - 14, 2025
Four showcase competitions will feature 12 comics each, leading up to the Best of the Fest Final on June 14. Two performers will be awarded $1,000 in cash. All Best of Fest finalists receive paid spots at The Laugh Tour Comedy Club (NJ), Winner of the Overall Industry Pick receives a spot at West Side Comedy Club (NYC), Winners of the Overall Industry Pick and Audience Pick from Best Of The Fest receive $500 each, plus spots on: Don’t Tell Comedy headliner showcase (NJ), Manhattan Comedy School showcase, AND End of the Line @ QED Astoria
2025 Jersey City Comedy Festival Selected Comedians
Comedians from 10 States and Canada
LEARNMORE JONASI was the 2023 Jersey City Comedy Festival AUDIENCE PICK Winner! In 2024 he received the Golden Buzzer and placed 5th on America’s Got Talent