Portland comic Brent Lowrey is the winner of the 2023 Seattle International Comedy Competition. Brent wanted to hit the road to revel in his newfound success so we brought him to Kelso to throw a little heat along with International headliner Mike Merrill and Natalie Holt.
Brent Lowrey is the winner of the 2023 Seattle International Comedy Competition. Brent is Portland-based and regularly performs throughout the Pacific Northwest. His online content has been viewed by millions. He has opened for Kyle Kinane, regularly hosts the Don’t Tell Comedy shows in Portland, and he was recently named MVP of the 2023 City v. City Smackdown.
International headliner, Mike Merrill has performed on Comedy Central “Stand Up Revolution,” CBS “Comics Unleashed,” Hulu “Loco Comedy Jam” as well as NBC stand-up and is a writer on the nationally televised show “Funny You Should Ask”. He’s headlined clubs internationally in Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and performed in Dubai, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Guam, Africa and beyond. He’s shot three, 1-hour comedy specials and he is dope.
Natalie Holt got their comedy start in Seattle. Wry and observant, they developed an off-beat style that set them apart from the crowd. Drawing from a deep well of curiosity and anxiety, no subject is spared their surreal perspective. You might have seen them at 10,000 Laughs, the Asheville Comedy Festival, the All Jane Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot, or competing in the Seattle International Comedy Competition. They were also named one of Seattle’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy in 2023.