Hey Philly,
This thread is to bring up and discuss the idea of attending festivals. During college, I was lucky enough to attend Skidmore College's festival, where I learned so much and got to meet some great people.
Rare Bird Show has been lucky enough to be a part of the Del Close Marathon, the Dirty South Improv Festival, and Philly's own improv festivals.
Festivals have made probably the biggest impacts in my development as an improvisor. Getting a chance to see great groups from all over, getting a chance to meet great improvisors from all over, getting a chance to take workshops with great improvisors from all over, have all been essential to my growth.
I'd love to hear about other people's and group's experiences with improv festivals, comedy festivals, fringe festivals, why people go to festivals, why people don't go to festivals, what people want from festivals, etc.
I've written the word festival so much in the past two minutes that it's lost all meaning to me.