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June 28-30, 2024

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Two of the greatest of all time!

This year, two of the greatest of all time—Ronn Lucas and Willie Tyler—will lead another great line-up. We invite you to read all about the performers who will grace the stage at the Historic Tivoli Theatre in Spencer, Indiana, on June 28–30, 2024.

Fun Fact

VentFest is currently the ONLY ventriloquist festival in the world.

In 2020, VentFest was all set to launch

but, of course, performances and public gatherings were put on hold that year, and those restrictions stretched into 2021. But we and our performers believed in our vision, and in 2022 the first International Ventriloquism & Arts Festival was held, and the international ventriloquist world took notice.

To date, the great and internationally renowned performers who have performed under the VentFest banner are TONY Award-winning ventriloquist Jay Johnson; comedic juggler Niels Duinker (three-time European Juggling Champion) from the Netherlands; magician and illusionist Dashnor Bushi, and ventriloquists Lynn Trefzger, Don Bryan, David Crone, Kellie Haines, Todd Oliver, Nikolas Bushi, and more.

This years artists

Emcee

David Pendleton

As one of the nation's premier ventriloquists, David Pendleton will make you believe that anything can talk! David is a seasoned professional, an in-demand comedian, and expert ventriloquist whose unique and clean brand of humor has won audiences over throughout the world - keeping them laughing from start to finish.

Willie Tyler

Willie Tyler toured with the A-List talent of Motown Records in the late sixties and early seventies. Only performing with one ventriloquist figure, Lester, during his entire six plus decades career, Willie’s appearances range from the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969 to the feature length documentary about Willie, Hello Dummy (2022). Willie Tyler is a legendary.

Lee Cornell

Lee Cornell has been performing amazingly funny magic and ventriloquism for over 35 years. He also teaches ventriloquism with his highly acclaimed instructional video course, "Ventriloquism 101", and his ventriloquism course site is one of the top ten ventriloquism Internet sites in the world.

Jeff Goltz

Jeff Goltz hails from Indianapolis, Indiana and specializes in Night Club ventriloquism. Jeff is also a very experienced puppet maker, and his ventriloquist figures are his original works of art. Jeff also designed and created numerous technical pieces for Indianapolis’ original production of Angels in America.

Randall Munson

Ventriloquist Randall Munson is a Certified Speaking Professional and has been inducted into 3 speaker halls of fame. A professional entertainer for over 35 years, Randall has performed many times on TV in the US and Europe, MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Ringling Brothers Circus, Disneyland, Disney World and The White House.

Kellie Haines

Vancouver, B.C. ventriloquist Kellie Haines started talking to her stuffed animals at an early age, and when she was 8 years old, they started talking back! A multi-talented entertainer with a background in theatre, clowning, and singing, Kellie’s shows are hilarious in a unique and magical way. Even adults wonder who is pulling the strings.

Ronn Lucas

Ronn Lucas began touring the country at age 21 as a spokesperson/performer for Billy the Kid Clothing Company. He holds the distinction of being the first ventriloquist to headline his own Las Vegas Casino Show. Ronn has performed for six U.S Presidents from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush. He also gave a command performance at the London Palladium for Queen Elizabeth.