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Big names, big crowds coming to Jamestown this week

WBFO-FM 88.7 | By Jay Moran

Published August 7, 2019 at 5:37 AM EDT

John Mulaney appears Friday in Jamestown as part of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.

Based on advance ticket sales, visitors from 45 different states will make their way to Jamestown this week for the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. For Journey Gunderson, Executive Director of the National Comedy Center, the numbers add to the Center's reputation as a driver of economic development. The festival, which begins today, features a number of events and several nationally-known comedians, including John Mulaney, Sebastian Maniscalco and Lewis Black.

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A graduate of St. Mary's of the Lake School, St. Francis High School and Buffalo State College, Jay has worked most of his professional career in Buffalo. Outside of public media, he continues in longstanding roles as the public address announcer for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and as play-by-play voice of Canisius College basketball.

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