Ryan Conner (Headliner) 
Originally from Washington DC, Ryan Conner was a Top-10 finalist on the most recent season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, where judge Norm MacDonald called his first set “The best 3.5 minutes I’ve seen in five years.” In addition to touring the country doing stand-up, Ryan is a writer/producer for MTV’s Ridiculousness, and was a contributing writer for two seasons of TruTV’s “Billy On The Street.” You can hear his album “Live From An Old Prison” anywhere albums can be heard. 

Wills Maxwell (Opener)
Wills Maxwell, Jr. started doing stand-up comedy when he was in 4th grade. His teacher didn’t appreciate him interrupting the class and his parents didn’t appreciate him getting in trouble. Due to the lack of appreciation, Wills retired from the business and started doing stand-up comedy again after he left high school. He won Port City’s Top Comic in 2019 and was a regional finalist in StandUp NBC 2018. 

 

He can be seen every Thursday morning on WWAY News with his comedy news segment “What Did We Miss?” Wills has performed at the Cola Comedy Convention, the North Carolina Comedy Festival, the Oak City Comedy Festival, and the Cape Fear Comedy Festival. Wills hosted Wilmington’s late-night talk show “Late Fear with Wills Maxwell” for three years. He has also opened for several comedians including Tim Meadows and Jim Gaffigan.