Comedy Central to stream Bonnaroo comedy acts

[May 27, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- Comedy Central says it will stream comedy acts from the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival next month.

The network announced Thursday that it will webcast a three-hour show June 12 featuring performances from Bonnaroo's Comedy Tent.

The 10-year-old festival held in Manchester, Tenn., centers on music but has long offered top comedy acts as counter-programming.

This year's performers include Lewis Black, Donald Glover, Eugene Mirman, Cheech Marin and John Waters. Jon Benjamin will host. His Comedy Central show "Jon Benjamin Has a Van" makes its debut in June.

The show will package the acts from the four-day festival. It will stream on ComedyCentral.com and be available on mobile and tablet devices.

Music acts from the festival will be streamed by Vevo.

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http://www.comedycentral.com/bonnaroo/

[Associated Press]

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