Vincy Comedy & Culture Fest returns to Brooklyn with Collin Butler headlining
The OverLaugh Organization show on October 3 at St Gabriel Golden Hall will feature comedy, music and dance celebrating Vincentian culture.
NEW YORK, United States. The Vincy Comedy & Culture Fest New York Edition will take place in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 3, promising what organisers call an "unforgettable evening of laughter, music, dance and Vincentian pride".
The event, presented by the Brooklyn-based OverLaugh Organization, will be held at St Gabriel Golden Hall, 331 Hawthorne Street. Doors open at 6pm and the show begins at 7pm.
Headlining is Collin Butler of Skylarking with Collin, the Vincentian comedian, storyteller, author and content creator. Butler told Caribbean Life on Tuesday, September 15, that he would bring his "distinctive brand of Caribbean comedy to the New York audience".
The line-up
The cast also includes Maurice Horne, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) King of Comedy; Dr Koko Spring, a Vincentian cultural figure and author; Fya Empress, a calypsonian, soca artist and cultural ambassador of St Vincent and the Grenadines; and the United Vincie Cultural Group of Brooklyn. Vincentian DJ Hailes Castillo will be master of ceremonies.
"The Vincy Comedy & Culture Fest promises to be more than a comedy show," Butler said. "It will be a powerful celebration of Vincentian identity and Caribbean culture."
From Gorse to Virgin Gorda
Butler was born in the village of Gorse on the eastern coast of mainland St Vincent and raised in nearby Colonarie. He is now based in Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, where he works as villa operations manager at Virgin Gorda Villa Rentals.
He says his storytelling has attracted more than 200,000 followers on social media. He is the author of "Island Adventure: Caribbean Tales", a collection of 29 stories, and is working on several other books, including a memoir, "Back of My Mother: From Depression to Glory".
OverLaugh Organization, founded and led by its president Cathy St Hilaire, aims to give Caribbean comedians, musicians, authors and dancers a platform. "Laugh loud. Laugh proud. Laugh Vincy!" St Hilaire said.
Building on 2025
The festival follows the inaugural Vincy Comedy Fest New York Edition at the same venue on September 13, 2025, when Earl "Ole George" Daniel, Butler, Kevin Rodriguez and the Agape dramatists performed material based heavily on Vincentian culture.
"Vincy people really pushed me a lot. The main thing is to push our culture," Butler told that audience.
