AltCom is back for 2009!!

May 7th-10th, 2009 in Somerville, MA. Click below to see the lineups!




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"An entertaining two nights, and a pretty big-time event for Somerville."
- The Boston Globe

AltCom! > Press

NEW 2009 Press Clippings!

  1. AltCom Festival kills on Friday
    -The Somerville News May 13th 2009
  2. Wrap-up: Janeane Garofalo, Rob Riggle, Eugene Mirman at AltCom
    -Punchline Magazine May 11th 2009
  3. Palmer hangs out in Lexington
    -Boston Magazine May 11th 2009
  4. Garofalo directs stinging wit toward herself
    -The Boston Globe May 11th 2009
  5. Protest-free Janeane Garofalo gig rings true
    -The Boston Herald May 9th 2009
  6. Garofalo misses the teabaggers, draws guffaws at AltCom show
    -The Somerville Journal May 8th 2009
  7. AltCom! Preview
    -The Boston Phoenix May 8th 2009
  8. Friday Happenings
    -The Bostonist May 8th 2009
  9. AltCom! The Alternative Comedy Festival
    - The Boston Phoenix May 7th 2009
  10. More than just a few good laughs
    -The Metro May 7th 2009
  11. Mirth Against the Machine
    -Panorama Magzine May 7th 2009
  12. Update to AltCom: The Harvard Lampoon to Appear on Saturday
    -The Bostonist May 7th 2009
  13. The Onion hits up the AltCom Fest
    -The Boston Metro May 7th 2009
  14. Roasts of girlfriends past
    -The Boston Globe May 6th 2009
  15. This Week AltCom Hits Somerville!
    -The Bostonist May 4th 2009
  16. Teabaggers Have a Mouthful for Janeane Garofalo
    -Comedy Central Insider April 29th 2009
  17. Funnygal Janeane Garofalo not protesters’ cup of tea
    -The Boston Herald April 27th 2009
  18. AltCom festival back in Boston this year
    -Punchline Magazine April 15th 2009
  19. AltCom! returns to Davis Square
    -HubArts March 4th 2009

2008 Press Clippings!

  1. He won't peform, but he know what makes people laugh
    -The Boston Globe May 9th 2008
  2. Walsh brothers take Alternative path to humor
    -The Boston Herald May 6th 2008
  3. The Gonz Show: Eugene Mirman
    -The Boston Magazine May 2008
  4. Funny Business
    -The Boston Phoenix May 8th 2008
  5. AltCom Preview
    -Brooklyn Vegan April 21th 2008
  6. Patton Oswalt Interview
    -Panorama Magazine May 5th 2008
  7. Alternative Comedy Festival
    -Punchline Magazine April 7th 2008
  8. "AltCom! Alternative Comedy Festival" at the Somerville Theatre
    -Stuff@Night Magazine May 5th 2008
  9. Preview: Altcom! 2008
    -The Bostonist.com May 9th 2008
  10. AltCom 2008: The Biscuit of Sadness
    -The Bostonist.com May 11th 2008
  11. AltCom! Comedy Fest
    -The Boston Metro May 8th 2008
  12. The Next Green Lantern?
    -The Boston Metro May 9th 2008
  13. Alternative comedy is not an alternative to comedy
    -The Somerville News May 9th 2008
  14. Alternative Comedy Fest allows comics to spread wings
    -The Cambridge Tab April 30th 2008