AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL DAY 3: Akumal Grateful Dead Stage and La Buena Vida

10 pm La Buena Vida performance by  Headliner Derek Sheen, 

artwork by Elizabeth Williams

Buena Vida Headliner Derek Sheen

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL DAY 3: LA SANTANERA

Last night the Akumal Comedy Festival debuted their first all Spanish Playa Del Carmen show at the night club La Santanera. The rooftop room was packed and the audience laughed in hysterics at all of the comedians performing. Below is a selection of the comedians, tonight they perform at Senor Frogs in Playa.  The line up was

Host: Alex Roga

Feature: Luiki Wiki

Feature: Erick Vargas

Feature: Roberto Andrade

Feature: El Cojo Feliz

Headline: Daniel Sosa

Artwork by Elizabeth Williams below

La Santanera before the show, with manager Greco and DJ Jeff Gold. La Santanera has vintage furniture, chandeliers and a DJ booth made of  vintage speakers. The outdoor area looks out over the ocean.

Roberto Andrade

Headliner Daniel Sosa

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL DAY 2: WAH WAH BEACH BAR/PLAYA DEL CARMEN

Last night the Akumal Comedy Festival moved up to Playa Del Carmen to the Wah Wah Beach Bar, which is a large open air palapa bar/restaurant by the beach. The large crowd enjoyed the show and the all star line up of comedians. For more information about the comedians see link
 http://www.akumalcomedyfestival.com/comedians
 Images below.

 https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/MaggieFaris

Featured comedian Darryl Lenox

 http://darryllenox.com/about.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Daniels

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL OPENS IN TULUM MX: Mateo's Grill

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL OPENS IN TULUM:

Mateo's Grill 

Chad Daniels hosts a great line up of comedians

 http://www.cc.com/comedians/chad-daniels

 https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/JosephStaats

Mike Stanley comedian from Detroit perfoms.

https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/MikeStanley

Colleen Justice performs 

https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/ColleenJustice

Comedian/Musician Chris Maddock performs

https://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/ChrisMaddock

Daniel Lobell comedian from LA via NYC

http://newyorkcomedyworld.com/category/danny-lobell/

La Beuna Vida Restaurant: Akumal Comedy Festival venue

 La Beuna Vida Restaurant below, bar with swings.
The Akumal Comedy Festival performances are upstairs at 10pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday

. Mariachi Bands also perform at La Beuna VIda

Later in the night, man dancing on table to music by the La Beuna Vida Mariachi Band
Band email: mariachiodmt.gmail.com

Previous performances at La Beuan Vida from 2013 and 2014

Jeff Pfoser

Glenn Wool

Craig Norton

Kjell Bjogen

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2015 SCHEDULE~BEGINS TUESDAY

GUS LYNCH REMEMBERED

Twin Cities comedian dies after fall in Mexico - KMSP-TV

Stunning sad news, Gus Lynch a remarkable comic and a founder of the
Akumal Comedy Festival is gone.

Below are some images from the last 2 festivals of Gus by artists Aggie Kenny and Elizabeth Williams

Gus Lynch performing at the Grateful Dead stage

Gus Lynch performing in Tulum

Gus Lynch at Tiramisu restuarant with Dan Schlissel seated far right

FINAL DAY AT AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL

*THE FESTIVAL RAISED OVER 80k PESOS FOR THE LOCAL RED CROSS*

      LAST DAY OF THE AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL ~  7PM  SHOW AT TURTLE BAY CAFE

The show at Turtle Bay was performed with Spanish speaking comedian and local performances. 

some samples below:

Jarana Dancers

The jarana is the typical dance of the Yucatan Peninsula.

The local ladies performed the dance during the Spanish section of the show. 

 

Preparing for the Jarana dance

El Santos and Catrina perform a song and dance performed during the Day of the Dead, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Day of the Dead

Although occurring around the same time of the year as Halloween, Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, is a very different holiday. Dia de los Muertos is celebrated in many Latin American countries with a different focus

This festival to celebrate the unity of life and death, is considered by many to be the most important holiday of the year in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

The festival that became the modern Day of the Dead fell in the ninth month of the Aztec calendar, about the beginning of August, and was celebrated for an entire month. The festivities were dedicated to the goddess known as the "Lady of the Dead", corresponding to the modern Catrina.

Rojo Perez performed for the local audience in Spanish.  A young boy was captivated with his performance.

10 PM: SHOW AT LA BUENA VIDA 

At the 10pm show Paul Hooper performed at La Buena Vida, and had the crowd in hysterics. 

Special guest comedian Chad Daniels gave a surprise performance

Kjell Bjogen performed and pointed out his round tummy to the audience

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL MAY 2nd : GRATEFUL DEAD STAGE and LA BUENA VIDA

8pm show at the Grateful Dead Stage included a Stand Up! Records line up of terrific talent including Mary Mack, Ray Harrington and Adam Quesnell. Special guest star was Rojo Perez. Stand Up! Records producer Dan Schlissel was in attendance as well as Quinn Canady from Comedy 24/7 radio station.

Adam Quesnell hosted the 8pm comedy show

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Rojo Perez at the Grateful Dead Stage

Comedians Mary Mack and Ray Harrington gave an amazing improv comedy performance. A real treat for the audience.

Craig Norton at La Buena Vida

La Buena Vida with host Craig Norton

Headliner Paul Hooper, at la Buena Vida

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL, DAY 3 @ AKUMAL

 8PM SHOW AT THE GRATEFUL DEAD STAGE, AKUMAL

The comedy festival is a huge hit and has raised over 53,000.00 pesos for the local Red Cross

Tommy Ryman headlines at the Grateful Dead Stage

Tommy Ryman at the Grateful Dead Stage

Tim Harmston performs at the Grateful Dead Stage

10 PM SHOW AT LA BUENA VIDA

Adam Quesnell hosts the 10pm show at La Buena Vida to a packed crowd

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surprise guest comedian Chad Daniels

JT Habersaat

Chris Garcia had the audience in hysterics

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AT THE WAH WAH BEACH CLUB IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN, APRIL 30th

Ray Harrington performed to a packed crowd of over 300 people at the Wah Wah Beach Club in the giant palapa, 

Craig Norton a local celebrity and comic hosted the show

Mary Mack a comedian from the US, not only performed her comedy routine but also played the mandolin

Mary Mack and her mandolin

comedians Paul Hooper and Rojo Perez attend to enjoy the performances, they will perform in Akumal this weekend

JT Habersaat from Texas performed while a giant screen projected the performance to the packed crowd.

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AT THE WAH WAH BEACH CLUB IN PLAYA DEL CARMEN

The Akumal Comedy Festival continues in Akumal tonight at the Grateful Dead stage, performances begin at 7pm.

AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL BEGINS IN TULUM MEXICO

Last night the Akumal Comedy Festival began. The 3rd annual event presented by Stand UP! Records was a hit, with a packed crowd at the Mateo Mexican Grill in Tulum. Gus Lynch, was the host ( and festival organizer) lead a top quality list of excellent comedians, many traveling from far away like the US, and even China to join in the festival. The festival benefits the local Red Cross that is desperately in need of an additional ambulance.
Headliners like Paul Hooper, Ray Harrington, Turner Sparks and Adam Quesnell had the audience laughing and loving the event.
Pictures below by Aggie Kenny and Elizabeth Williams

Host Gus Lynch and Comedy Festival organizer gave a great kick off

Adam Quesnell had the audience laughing with his witty jokes

Rojo Perez from New York City performed to delight the audience

Al Klemick from Boston and now a local gave a great performance

Turner Sparks came all the way from China to delight the audience with his engaging act

Headliner Paul Hooper from New York City was hysterical, and the audience  was howling at his jokes.

 

 

Tonight the Festival moves to Playa Del Carmen, and then on Friday the Festival moves to Akumal for the following 3 days.