The Countdown Improv Festival is back and better than ever! America's largest improv comedy festival returns to the HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa for its eighth big year. Our 2024 festival will feature over 100 different top-tier improv acts from all over the United States. Join us for five nights of hilarious and unforgettable improv comedy!

This year's festival will take place across three stages at the HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building

Schedule:

August 7, 2024

7:00 pm ET: The Harmonica John Show (St Petersburg), Self Portrait with Evening Palm (Tampa), Mixed Emojis (Clearwater)

8:15 pm ET: Door Mats (Orlando), Kapusta Improv Troupe (Bradenton, Fla), Cheeze&Crackerz (Sarasota), The Tritones (Baltimore)

9:45 pm ET: Wreck League (Orlando), Cats & Dogs (San Francisco), Not Therapy (San Francisco)

August 8, 2024

6:00 - 6:45 pm: FREE improv jam on the 3’s Company Stage!

All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience levels!

7:00 pm ET: Okay Google (St Petersburg), The Absent-Minded Professor (Pittsburgh), 2zin Tarandon (St Louis), The Let Down (Jacksonville)

8:40 pm ET: Loops and Lols (Bellingham, Wash), Butter Hamlet (Pittsburgh), CHEAP SUITS (Anaheim), Hannah LIVE! (Baltimore)

10:15 pm ET: Ready, Set, NO! (Baltimore), Camera (Madison, Wis), Alexander (Jacksonville)

3’s Company Stage

7:00 pm ET: Duh-NANDA-daM (St Petersburg), The Bigger Siblings (Orlando), Synchronicity (Sarasota), It’s All About Amy (St Augustine)

8:40 pm ET: Johnny Toothpick: Bumbling Improv Gumshoe (Boca Raton), Please Only Take What You Can Eat From The Buffet (Madison, Wis), 3’s Company (San Francisco), Bingewatch (San Francisco)

August 9, 2024

5:00 - 5:45 pm: FREE improv jam on the 3’s Company Stage!

All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience levels!

6:00 pm ET: Sloogle (St Louis), Sweaty Dee (Seattle), ChemisThree (Miami)

7:15 pm ET: Mopes (Madison, Wis), Purple Couch (San Francisco), The Persimmon Seeds (Oakland), He Said They Said (State College, Pa)

8:55 pm ET: Jackie: The Improvised Martial Arts Movie (San Diego), Silly Gooses (San Diego), Chicago Chris + Chicago Danny + Chicago Bill (Chicago), and?l sudik’s “an improvised life” (Los Angeles / Chicago)

10:35 pm ET: Da’Boyz (West Palm Beach), Kat and Kelly (NYC / West Palm Beach), Ivories Guy (Naples, Fla)

HCC Mainstage Theatre

7:05 pm ET: Your Crazy Man (St Louis), ¡PunctuationMarks! (Miami), The Kevin Michalski Improv Trio (Riverview, Fla), Gamesome Frolic (San Francisco), Four First Names (Orlando)

8:55 pm ET: Flava Flavor Flavour (Chicago), Playtime with Patrick and Preston (Chicago), Dancing with Disaster (Chicago / Schenectady, NY), Big Bang (Boston / Sarasota)

3’s Company Stage

7:15 pm ET: That’s What She Said Improv (Oklahoma City), The Grownups (Oklahoma City), Ophelia’s Rope (Houston), Improñol (Chicago)

9:00 pm ET: Making Space (Madison, Wis), Sharon and Darren (Chicago / Washington, DC), Bryan vs Music (Portland, Ore), Too Shy Guys (Austin / Dallas)

August 10, 2024

5:00 - 5:45 pm: FREE improv jam on the 3’s Company Stage!

All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience levels!

6:00 pm ET: Meta?Nigma (Tampa), Shut the Front Door (State College, Pa), Carpool (Orlando)

7:15 pm ET: The Friendship Show (Raleigh), CatBomb! (Chicago), Fleeting Reminiscence (San Francisco), ImprompTwo (Sarasota)

9:00 pm ET: Mama’s Favorites (West Palm Beach), Daddy’s Little Nest Egg (Boca Raton), CLUTCH (Miami), Cuzzins (Miami)

10:35 pm ET: Solovela (Miami), Dorsey/Zárate (Austin, Texas), The Magnificent 7 (Chicago / St Petersburg)

HCC Mainstage Theatre

7:05 pm ET: Los Improviachis (Chicago), Crossed Wires (Madison, Wis), Cowboy Kevin’s Last Ride (Riverview, Fla), Tacklebox (Los Angeles), Hot Mess! The Musical (Chicago/Kansas City)

8:55 pm ET: B&B (Portland, Ore), Together/By Myself: A Solo Improv Experience (Miami), Foolhardy (San Francisco), LimboLand (NYC)

3’s Company Stage

6:00 pm ET: The Shrubzy and the Boy Hour, Starring Shrubzy and the Boy (Orlando)

7:10 pm ET: Sean for Good (Various), NC-17: Nick and Conor (Houston), Jary (St Louis), Wallares (Chicago / Orlando)

9:00 pm ET: CatBird (Boynton Beach / San Antonio), Dueling Richards (Boynton Beach / Statesboro, Ga), Swept Away! A Soap Opera (Madison, Wis), Wisconsin Laugh Trip (Detroit)

August 11, 2024

5:00 - 5:45 pm: FREE improv jam on the Studio Theatre stage!

All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience levels!

6:00 pm ET: Greg Deming-Henson (Atlanta / NYC), Ralph Squared (Topeka / Naples, Fla), Honk & Wave (Tampa), Nashbuff (Tampa)

7:45 pm ET: WITH (Apopka, Fla), Echo Chamber+ (Madison, Wis), Neil Dorsey (Austin, Texas), I Am the Show (Chicago)

9:15 pm ET: From Justin to Kelly (NYC), Surviving Consciousness (Chicago)

Date: August 7 - 11, 2024

Location:

HCC Performing Arts Ybor City - 1411 E 11th Ave Tampa, FL 33605

Cost: Starting From $15.00

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