Funny Or Die Presents The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival Announces Brand Partnerships With Redd's Apple Ale, Holiday Inn Express® And TWIX

LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Funny Or Die Presents The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival announced today that they have partnered with three top brands to present the world's biggest comedy tour.  Sponsors named today include two returning brands – Redd's Apple Ale and TWIX, who were involved in last year's inaugural Oddball Festival – and the Holiday Inn Express® brand, who has joined for this summer's 20-city tour which kicks off August 8 at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, FL and wraps up at the Austin360 Amphitheater in Austin, TX on September 21. 

Redd's Apple Ale has been working with Funny Or Die's Road to Oddball through the spring and early summer staging a competition for up and coming stand-up comedians, giving one lucky winner the opportunity to perform on-stage at Oddball's Comedy & Curiosity Tour.  The 15 finalists, chosen by a panel of judges, created plea videos for Funny Or Die viewers to vote for their favorite. 

Redd's is proud to announce that, Grant Cotter, a comedian from San Francisco, has been named the Grand Prize Winner, earning a spot on the entire tour!  Grant will share the stage with such comedians as Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr and many others.

"Redd's is about Picking Different," says Anup Shah, Redd's director of marketing. "The Oddball tour is one of the very first traveling amphitheater-style comedy shows, and Redd's is helping give people a way to enjoy comedy in a different way."  Redd's will bring its crisp apple ale taste to Oddball, with giveaways and other surprises. 

The Holiday Inn Express brand is on board as the official 'Stay Smart' Partner of the Oddball Comedy Festival. At all 21 Oddball Festival shows, the Holiday Inn Express brand will provide festival attendees special VIP treatments deemed: "Express Check-In" and "Room With a View." As courtesy from the Holiday Inn Express brand, these unique experiences invite consumers to be part of the Stay Smart campaign. "Express Check-In" permits attendees to cut the long check-in lines, relax in a Holiday Inn Express branded lobby pre-show and have a chance to upgrade their ticket via "Express Instant Seat Upgrade." Attendees can find specific gate details in local markets by following Oddball on Twitter. "Room With a View" provides four lucky fans in each market to experience the laughs up close, with front-row viewing area with plush Holiday Inn Express branded seats, free food and drinks and VIP access. Fans can enter for a chance to win "Room With a View" tickets by visiting OddballFest.com.

"The Holiday Inn Express® brand is synonymous with comedy which is why we are thrilled to be partnering with Funny Or Die's annual Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival as part of our on-going Stay Smart campaign," said Jennifer Gribble, vice president, Americas Holiday Inn Express brand, IHG. "When you Stay Smart it's not just about choosing the right hotel destination, but staying with a brand that provides the savvy, value-conscious traveler everything they need to get them on their way."

Finally, TWIX is back for a second summer with the Oddball Festival and while the comedy this year is bigger than ever, the innovative candy maker has made their popular candy bar just the opposite.  The biggest innovation in TWIX® Brand history is something that delivers big taste in small, bite-sized pieces – TWIX® Bites. Offering the same rich caramel, crunchy cookie and smooth milk chocolate as a full-size TWIX® Bar, TWIX® Bites come unwrapped and are now available nationwide at convenience store, drug, mass, grocery, specialty, value and vending machine locations. Offered in two convenient sizes – a 2.83-ounce sharing size and a 7.0-ounce re-sealable stand-up pouch – TWIX® Bites are ideal for a wide range of occasions and activities.

About the Holiday Inn Express® brand

Holiday Inn Express® hotels are modern hotels for value-oriented travelers. Fresh, clean and uncomplicated, Holiday Inn Express hotels offer competitive rates for both business and leisure travelers. Guests Stay Smart® at Holiday Inn Express hotels where they enjoy a free hot Express Start™ Breakfast Bar, free high-speed Internet access and free local phone calls (US and Canada only). There are currently more than 2,200 Holiday Inn Express hotel locations around the globe. For more information about Holiday Inn Express hotels or to book reservations, visit www.hiexpress.com. Find us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/hiexpress or Facebook www.Facebook.com/holidayinnexpress.

About MillerCoors

Through its diverse collection of storied breweries, MillerCoors brings American beer drinkers an unmatched selection of the highest quality beers steeped in centuries of brewing heritage. Miller Brewing Company and Coors Brewing Company offer domestic favorites such as Coors Light, Miller Lite, Miller High Life and Coors Banquet, as well as innovative new products such as Miller Fortune. Tenth and Blake Beer Company, our craft and import division, offers beers such as Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy from sixth-generation Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company and Blue Moon Belgian White from modern craft pioneer Blue Moon Brewing Company. Tenth and Blake also operates Crispin Cidery, an artisanal maker of pear and apple ciders using 100 percent fresh-pressed American juice. The company imports world-renowned beers such as Italy's Peroni, the Czech Republic's Pilsner Urquell and the Netherlands' Grolsch. MillerCoors also offers pioneering new brands such as Redd's Apple Ale, Batch 19 Pre-Prohibition Lager, Third Shift Amber Ale and Smith & Forge Hard Cider. MillerCoors seeks to become America's best beer company through an uncompromising promise of quality, a keen focus on innovation and a deep commitment to sustainability. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company. Learn more at MillerCoors.com, at facebook.com/MillerCoors or on Twitter through @MillerCoors.

For more information about Redd's, visit www.ReddsAppleAle.com or the social media pages at www.Facebook.com/ReddsAppleAle and www.Twitter.com/ReddsAppleAle.

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