Contest Crowns Bakersfield’s Best Comedian of 2015
Saturday September 27th was a great night for stand up comedy in Bakersfield. Over 100 people packed into the Rocket Shop Cafe for The 2nd Annual Oil City Comedy Jam, a comedy contest to crown the Bakersfield’s top comedian of 2015.
The show was Oil City Comedy’s 6th straight sold out monthly show. The field of 16 comedians did their best 4 minute set, and those sets were judged 1-10 on categories such as material, crowd reaction, and professionalism. The 8 judges included locals such as Joe Schaffran, organizer of the Local Bakersfield’s Rock and Rod’s Festival, Cesareo Garasa, writer for The Bakersfield Californian and drummer for legendary local band Mento Buru, hypnotist Brian Parks,and even Fat Paul, head of security at Sandrinis Bar.
The champion was Margaret Haggard who edged out the 2nd place finisher Chris Flail by just one point. The show gained attention from local news channels KGET-17 and ABC-23, and stories featuring the Royal Rumble we’re aired on both channels.
Oil City Comedy hosts an open mic every Thursday at Rocket Shop Café and a Showcase show the last Saturday of each month. Like their page on Facebook for more info.
