Born in Plainfield, New Jersey to a single mom with a history of addiction

and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she learned how to navigate life as a joke, Brandi takes all that she has experienced and transforms her trauma into

relatable stories that will have you laughing and reevaluating life. 

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Now, Brandi Augustus is a not only a staple entertainer on the East Tennessee arts scenes but she is also a mother, advocate, activist, community leader, all around bad ass and radical truth teller.

Currently, she is the Radical Hospitality Coordinator at Highlander Research & Education Center, interim Co-Executive Director of the Appalachian Community Fund and is the President of the Advisory Board of Directors of The Bottom, a Black-woman led bookstore and community center that is located in the heart of East Knoxville. 

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Brandi has recently opened for amazing comedians Holly Lynnea, Katherine Blanford, and Shelly Belly from Season 3 of Netflix's The Circle. During Brandi's second year of performing at the Second Bell festival she opened for Big Boi aka Daddy Fat Stakks. Needless to say, her price is going up!