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Festival Badges on Sale for Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival Debut

     The Paramount Theatre will host the first annual Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival on April 25th through 28th.  Featuring more than 60 well-known and hot up-and-coming performers - including Seth Meyers, Steven Wright, The Amazing Jonathan and more - festival badges to the 4-day, 20-venue April event are now on sale.
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     The initial list of 24 confirmed artists also include headliners Aziz Ansari. Bob Biggerstaff, Brendon Walsh, Mike MacRae, Paul Varghese, Rachel Feinstein, Maria Bamford, John Ramsey and Matt Bearden.  More acts will be added in the coming weeks.
      The marathon of comedy nights throughout the city - featuring stand-up and sketch to improv and musical comedy - will play venue stages sponsored by the likes of The Onion, Funny Or Die and Hell Yes.  Running simultaneously, the Moontower Film Festival will feature everything from short films by emerging talents to classic retrospectives, screened daily at Stateside at the Paramount.
       Festival VIP badges range from $129 to $799 and include access to all four days of the festival at participating venues, plus exclusive parties and entry into the Moontower Film Festival.  Other perks include drink tickets to use throughout the festival, along with access to special artist/VIP areas, pre-show happy hours and a VIP concierge.
    Single performance tickets are scheduled to go on sale February 23rd.  For festival VIP badges and more information, call the Paramount Theatre box office at (512) 474-1221 or visit online at www.MoontowerComedyFestival.com.

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