Countdown Improv Festival

Experience America’s biggest and best improv comedy festival – right here in Tampa Bay!

The Countdown Improv Festival is a production of Countdown Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The founders and executive producers of the Countdown Improv Festival are the New York-based comedians Kelly Buttermore and Justin Peters, who perform together as the improv duo From Justin to Kelly. They are partial owners of the Ybor City comedy space The Commodore.

The festival is located in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, which is one of the most interesting neighborhoods in the United States. The historical center of Cuban emigré culture in the Tampa Bay region, Ybor City is home to dozens of coffee shops, cigar factories, bars, restaurants, and stray roosters.

All shows will take place at the HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building, on the campus of the Ybor City branch of Hillsborough Community College, in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. There are multiple dressing rooms and green rooms. The Ybor Performing Arts Building is located on the corner of E. Palm Ave. and N. 15th St.

See full schedule of shows here.