2026 Corkscrew Comedy Festival @ Brander Vineyard
Description
Do you like beautiful vineyards? Hilarious stand up comedy? How ‘bout yummy food trucks? If you said yes to at least one of these then congratulations, you’re not a monster. If you love all three, then your Saturday night is now officially booked at Brander Vineyard.
This picturesque winery is located on the estate just yards from the nearest vines. And owner and winemaker Frederic "Fred" Brander is letting us take over his outdoor stage for an evening that will feature staggeringly side-splitting stand up comedy.
Doors open at 6pm, and the show starts at 7pm.
Food & Drinks:
Team Brander will be pouring their spectacular wines and Fred himself has selected some of his personal favorite food vendors for the evening:
Free parking available onsite.
You may never forgive yourself if you miss this one.
Lineup
Alan Weiss
Alan Weiss performs improv and stand-up comedy in Los Angeles having performed at The Ice House (Pasadena) independently produced shows from 2009 – 2025, The Pico Theater (Los Angeles)(Improv for the People), and with the World Series of Comedy 2024 and 2025. He has also performed at Fringe Edinburgh 2024 in the “Stand-up with a Twist” show.
Luke Null
Luke Null began performing comedy the moment he picked up a guitar in Chicago. During his stay in the Windy city he developed his signature musical comedy style, blending witty humor with catchy earworms. This unique approach garnered the attention of Lorne Michaels and earned him the chance to perform as a cast member on Saturday Night live. After a year in New York as a featured player on SNL, Luke moved to LA and is now a regular at the Hollywood Improv. He performs standup comedy at clubs and colleges across the country. In 2024, Luke released a live standup special entitled “Pretty Songs, Dirty Words” through 800 Pound Gorilla Records, now available on YouTube.
Jamel Johnson
Known in Colombia as “Yamel Yohnson,” Jamel Johnson is a stand-up comedian from Woodbridge, Virginia. He is best known for his recurring role as Rowdy Boudy on the hit MTV series “Undressed.” He burst onto the scene while creating the television show “Roc.” Years later he successfully won a lawsuit against Jay Z for the name “Roc Nation.” He took his earnings and started the Lugz Racing Team and the Lugz Racing Foundation which helps in the fight against Wade Boggs’ Disease. One of these sentences is true. Jamel made a name for himself on the D.C. comedy scene through a hard-to-hate mixture of non-threatening yelling, weird stories and impressively specific but not alienating sports and music references. His comedy smoothly walks audiences through everything from casual racism to Law & Order: SVU, including the consequences of gentrification and if you can eat a pastry given to you by a maybe-maybe-not drug addict who happened to witness a murder last night. Jamel lives for the laugh from the one dude in the back of the room who also watches too much SportsCenter. After making his television debut in 2016 on Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City, Jamel now performs regularly at several elite coastal and inland comedy establishments all across America. He also thanks you for reading this whole bio. It was very sweet of you to do so.
Tara Jean O’Brien
Born in CA but raised in Nevada, Tara is less trashy than you’d think but not as classy as you’d like. She’s also an improviser and sketch comedian, USC alumna, published author, been on Conan, Jury Duty (Amazon), General Hospital, Tosh.0, Teachers, Rubber, and was a writer for The Onion.
Loren Tarquinio & Anna Vocino
Corkscrew Comedy Festival producers Loren Tarquinio and Anna Vocino are 20 year entertainment industry veterans. Loren is an Emmy-award winning TV writer, credits include Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Comedy Central’s Free Radio. Anna is a voice talent who has voiced thousands of cartoons, video games, commercials, murder shows, and promos for ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. Both are veteran stand up comics and since 2017 have been performing a dual act about marriage across the US. They are thrilled to bring their comedy show production expertise to the Santa Ynez Valley.
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