Tween Fest

American TV series or program

John Michael Higgins
Joey King
Drew Tarver
Arden Cho
Lou Wilson

Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes8ProductionExecutive producers

Mike Farah
Joe Farrell
Joe Hardesty
Nick Ciarelli
Brad Evans
Scott Gairdner
Reg Tigerman

Camera setupSingle-cameraRunning time11 minutesProduction companyFunny or DieOriginal releaseNetworkgo90ReleaseAugust 3, 2016 (2016-08-03) –
present

Tween Fest is an American comedy series produced by Funny or Die for the streaming service go90.^[1] The series, created by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans and directed by Scott Gairdner, follows a two-weekend outdoor festival for internet stars that descends into chaos. It stars John Michael Higgins, Joey King, Drew Tarver, Arden Cho, and Lou Wilson, with guest stars including Jane Lynch, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, David Koechner, and more. Tween Fest officially premiered on August 3, 2016.^[2]

Cast

Main

John Michael Higgins as Todd Crawford
Joey King as Maddisyn Crawford
Drew Tarver as Zayden Ostin Storm
Arden Cho as Lexii C.
Lou Wilson as Dusty DelGrosso

Recurring

Jane Lynch as Sophia Sharp
Dave (Gruber) Allen as Twonkmaster Chris
Josie Totah^[a] as Stop the Preston
Mike Mitchell as Rocco
Nick Mundy as Donny
Michael Blaiklock as Riley
Natalie Palamides as Juicetine

Guest stars

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Tween Fest Begins"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)	101
2	"The Tubey Awards"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)	102
3	"Swag Strike"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)	103
4	"Congressman-Ass Bitch"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)	104
5	"The Week Between"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)	105
6	"Vape Battle of the Century"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)	106
7	"Australia's Rowdiest Prank Group"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)	107
8	"#SpurgeExplosion"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)	108

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	Emmy Award	Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	John Michael Higgins	Nominated

Notes

^ Credited as J.J. Totah; the series was released before Totah came out as transgender.

References

^ Holub, Christian (July 25, 2016). "Funny or Die to parody digital influencers with new original series Tween Fest". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
^ Frucci, Adam (July 28, 2016). "Check Out the First Trailer for Funny or Die and go90's 'Tween Fest'". Splitsider. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.