The Comedian, Actress, Writer and Producer Will Headline SeriesFest’s Opening Night at the Historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on April 29, 2025
Festival Badges, Including the Opening Night Event, are Now Available
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February 3, 2025 (DENVER, CO) – SeriesFest, the annual international TV festival that celebrates emerging talent, breakout series, and fresh voices in the television industry, will kick off its 11th season with a one-night-only performance by comedian Amy Schumer at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The stand-up special event on Tuesday, April 29 will also feature additional performers to be announced at a later date, and launch the six-day gathering of artists, storytellers, and industry professionals in Denver, Colorado.
Festival badges granting access to SeriesFest, including this special event, are available at seriesfest.com beginning today, Monday, February 3 at 10:00AM MST (9:00AM PST/12:00PM EST). Tickets for Amy Schumer at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre can also be purchased separately through AXS.com, with a pre-sale starting February 6 at 10:00AM MST and general sale starting February 7 at 10:00AM MST.
“We are thrilled to have the multi-talented Amy Schumer kick off our 11th year with a very special performance for SeriesFest,” said Randi Kleiner, SeriesFest CEO and co-founder. “Amy is an innovator and her range of talent is exemplified by her award-winning experience as a film and television series writer, director, producer and star. We can’t wait to see what she brings to SeriesFest.”
Schumer stars in the upcoming comedy feature, “Kinda Pregnant,” alongside Will Forte and Jillian Bell, launching February 5 on Netflix. Written by Schumer and Julie Paiva, the comedian stars as Lainy, a woman who gets so jealous of her best friend’s pregnancy that she starts to wear a fake baby bump of her own, and accidentally meets the man of her dreams. Schumer’s most recent comedy stand-up special, “Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact,” was nominated for a Golden Globe® Award. The Emmy® Award-winning producer also created, wrote, and starred in the critically-acclaimed series “Life & Beth” and “Inside Amy Schumer.”
Now in its 11th season, SeriesFest was created to champion and discover innovative projects in the television industry. This year, from April29–May4, the non-profit organization will host a wide array of programs including scripted, unscripted and late night pilot competitions, exclusive screenings, series premieres, panels, workshops and galas, such as the SeriesFest Soiree. Additional programming details will be announced soon.
SeriesFest: Season 11 is presented with generous support from the following sponsors: Canva, Once Upon A Time Productions, Liberty Global, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Denver Film, Caz Matthews, Xfinity, and United Airlines, along with generous support from the SCFD.
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ABOUT AMY SCHUMER
Amy Schumer is a Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy nominated standup comedian, actress, writer, producer, activist, and director. Her most recent projects include critically acclaimed series from Hulu’s LIFE & BETH Season 2 which Schumer stars in, created, wrote, and directed and the Golden Globe nominated Netflix comedy special, AMY SCHUMER: EMERGENCY CONTACT.
Among her many projects, Schumer is also the creator, star, writer and executive producer of the award-winning INSIDE AMY SCHUMER the popular Comedy Central television series, which premiered in April 2013 to the network’s highest season premiere ratings of that year. INSIDE AMY SCHUMER won the 2015 Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy/Variety Sketch series. In 2015, the show was honored with the first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sketch Variety Series. Schumer was also nominated for Outstanding Directing
for a Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Schumer received honors for Individual Achievement in Comedy and Outstanding Achievement in Comedy from the Television Critics Association in 2015. Additionally, she was awarded the 2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Among the show’s many accolades, it also received the prestigious Peabody Award in 2014.
Schumer will next be starring in and producing the Netflix Comedy “Kinda Pregnant” alongside Will Forte and Jillian Bell from director Tyler Spindel with Adam Sandler producing under his Happy Madison Production Banner.
Schumer’s first book, The New York Times bestseller The Girl with The Lower Back Tattoo, earned her a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album and was released in paperback in August 2017.
Some of her other credits include award winning TRAINWRECK (2015), SNATCHED (2017) and THE HUMANS and her comedy specials AMY SCHUMER: LIVE AT THE APOLLO (2015), THE LEATHER SPECIAL (2017), and AMY SCHUMER: GROWING (2019). She was
nominated for a Tony for her role in Steve Martin’s play METEOR SHOWER (2017). She is the only female comic to headline Madison Square Garden.
ABOUT SERIESFEST
SeriesFest, a non-profit organization, champions and empowers artists at the forefront of episodic storytelling by providing year-round opportunities for creators and industry professionals to connect, collaborate, and share stories, which inspire and impact global audiences. Each spring, SeriesFest culminates in a highly-curated and celebrated Denver-based festival and marketplace. Dedicated to showcasing innovative episodic content, the annual festival includes in-competition independent pilot screenings, panels, workshops, live reads, parties and network television premieres. Follow @SeriesFest on Instagram, X, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
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