(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The Ugly Pancake Comedy Festival is back at The Jersey Shore for the 4th time! Ugly Pancake's Joey Borzotta and Angelo Gingerelli have been bringing the best in stand-up comedy to The Jersey Shore since 2021 and they are celebrating their five year anniversary with their biggest festival yet.
The 2026 Ugly Pancake Comedy Festival includes three nights, three legendary venues and dozens of the funniest comics in the tri-state area:
Night 1, Weds 9/23 – The Main Event at Rodney's Comedy Club in New York City with Jersey Shore legend Donnal Lloyd, NYC's Rebecca Reingold and national headliner Myq Kaplan. 1118 FIrst Ave, NYC. 8:00pm
Night 2, Thursday 9/24 – The Showcase featuring 10 of NJ's best comics at Wild Air Beerworks in Asbury Park, 801 2nd Ave, doors 7:00pm, showtime 8:00pm.
NIght 3, Friday 10/2 – The Ugly Wave Show, a collab with Tidal Wave Comedy at The Show Room Theatre in Asbury Park, 707 Cookman Ave, 8:00pm. 2 winners selected for a Tidal Wave show.
Tix at Eventbrite.com or contact [email protected] for more information.
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The 45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 4-October 4, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Almost all the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. VOD start times are at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person shows when both are offered. This program is available Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 5PM. This in-person screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ.
Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Melissa Etheridge (“I’m the Only One” “Come to My Window,” “I Want to Come Over.”) has remained one of America’s favorite female singers since bursting onto the scene in 1988. Etheridge performs songs from her new album, Rise, and her hits.
Dion and his music have long represented a special time and place, reflective of a moment when a song could mean so much. When a singer could sum up what it means to be young, in love and on top of the world. Dion is more than a cherished memory as critic Dave Marsh noted, “Dion is the only artist from the 1950’s who has remained creative and relevant into the 2000s.” In 1958 he had three top-forty hits. In 2008 he was nominated for a Grammy. In 2020, is releasing new studio album Blues with Friends, joined by Joe Bonamassa, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons and many other rock luminaries. In the ’50s he was one of a handful of innovators who defined rock ‘n’ roll and that’s still very much the case.
Julio Torres is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody-winning and WGA-winning writer, director, and comedian from El Salvador.
