The 2nd annual MaxFunCon took place this weekend, in a far off kingdom known as The Inland Empire. This gathering is a production of MaximumFun.org and is described as a convocation of awesome people who seek to become more awesome. It is instigated, conducted, and cleaned up afterward by Jesse Thorn (aka “America’s Radio Sweetheart”) who also hosts the podcasts The Sound of Young America and Jordan, Jesse, Go!.
Jesse & Jordan in that order
The event is dedicated to living up to its name and deriving optimal enjoyment for its 200+ attendees. This entails onsite experts practicing their respective art forms including sketch comedy (Elephant Larry, Kasper Hauser), podcasting (You Look Nice Today, Never Not Funny), mixology (Dr. Cocktail), stand-up comedy (Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Al Madrigal), and being Andrew W.K. (Andrew W.K.). There are also classes for the folks who attend to learn from these and other awesome folks.
As a first time attendee, I was blown away by the whirlwind of fun and funny activity; it was a truly permagrin kind of experience (as you can tell from this selection of photos). The images shown here are all by the official MaxFunCon photographer Noe Montes and there are a lot more; you can also check out at Scott’s images from last year.
Jad Abumrad from Radiolab
Tweed and other sophisticated flavors
It was not as cold at the S’mores party as I was led to believe it would be
Yoga for Comedy Nerds class led by Neal Pollack
John Hodgman drinks Malört.
MaxFunCon interns, everybody’s heroes.
photos by Noe Montes
