JAMESTOWN, NY – June 14, 2013 – The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival will produce a night of comedy for regional partner the Ellicottville Summer Music Festival, July 5, and a “Comics to Watch” showcase for national partner Pandora Comedy™ August 1. On July 5th, the new “Ellicottville Mountain of Laughs” will be headlined by comedian ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – April 23, 2013 – Chautauqua Striders, the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena, and the Lucy Desi Center for Comedy are proud to announce that legendary comedian Martin Short will be the featured performance for Lucy Town Half Marathon and 5k weekend. Short will take his critically-acclaimed act to the stage of the Reg ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – April 12th, 2013 – The Lucy Desi Center for Comedy has announced that Bill Engvall, Kathleen Madigan, and a “Comics to Watch” showcase of upcoming comedians presented by Pandora will headline the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, August 1st-4th. Additionally, the leads from the touring stage show hit I Love Lucy® Live on Stage, ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – February 7, 2013 – The Jamestown Savings Bank Arena, Chautauqua Striders and the Lucy Desi Center for Comedy are proud to join in partnership to present the Inaugural Lucy Town Half Marathon and 5k. Runners of all abilities will come to the Jamestown area on October 12-13 (Columbus Day Weekend) for a ...

The Lucy Desi Center for Comedy will be offering a Valentine’s evening of comedy and romance at its museum attractions on Saturday, February 16. A cocktail hour in the Desilu Studios among Emmy Awards and vintage memorabilia, a candle-light dinner in Ricky Ricardo’s nightclub, the Tropicana Room, and live comedy by stand-up Nick Siracuse (writer ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – January 16, 2013 – For one day in television history, American viewers truly proved they loved Lucy. January 19th marks the 60th anniversary of the highest Nielsen share achieved in television history, as 98.6% of households watching television tuned in to watch Little Ricky, the fictional son of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – October 15th, 2012 – Community members and a group of 50 museum visitors gathered to be a part of Jamestown history on Monday morning as Gary Peters Jr. and Gary Peters Sr. put their finishing touches on the largest ‘I Love Lucy’ mural in the world. A portion (a heart-shaped coat button) ...

Nationally-televised special features Lucille Ball, Jamestown, Lucy Fest and more. JAMESTOWN, NY – September 19th, 2012 – “I Love Lucy” was named the Best Television Show of All-Time and Best Television Comedy of All-Time on the nationally-televised Barbara Walters special “The Best in TV – The Greatest Shows of Our Time.” “I Love Lucy” was voted as ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – September 14th, 2012 – The city of Jamestown, the Lucy Desi Center for Comedy, and the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival will all be included in a segment of the two-hour Barbara Walters Special, “The Best in TV – The Greatest Shows of Our Time,” airing September 18th on ABC at 9pm ...

JAMESTOWN, NY – August 9th, 2012 – The city of Jamestown, New York and its Lucille Ball Comedy Festival were profiled at length in the NY Times, among the most widely read newspapers in the world, on Monday, August 6th. The article, which featured multiple photos and a map image pinpointing Jamestown, received coverage on ...