Building a Comedy Scene in a Small City With JP Leonard, Lafayette Comedy

About this episode

Alex LaChance chats with JP Leonard about building a comedy scene in a small city and the intricacies of promoting shows.

I was lucky enough to spend some time on my recent trip to Skankfest New Orleans chatting with one of the best acts I saw in the little room all weekend. I was really curious to pick JP's brain on the inner workings of booking and promoting comedy shows and building a consistent repeatable model to host banger show after banger show. It was a super insightful, although maybe very nerdy, conversation and anyone who is trying to promote themselves or a business could learn from JP. Follow JP @thejpleonard on instagram and if you find yourself in Louisiana go to www.lafayettecomedy.com. There is sure to be a show you will enjoy!

People in this episode

Guest: JP Leonard

Topics covered

• comedy
• booking
• promoting shows
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Lafayette Comedy
• Skankfest New Orleans
• comedy shows
• business promotion

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Lafayette Comedy

Books & works: Building a Comedy Scene

Places: Louisiana

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