ARTS Fred Armisen and Steve-o join fest lineup

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Janet Smith red Armisen, of warped Saturday Night Live and Portlandia fame, is bringing his Comedy for Musicians but Everyone Is Welcome show to the JFL Northwest comedy fest.

He’ll hit the Vogue Theatre on February 16 as part of several big new additions to the festival’s roster.

As well as putting a bird on it with fellow musician Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-kinney) in the satirical TV show Portlandia, Armisen is the drummer and leader of the house band for Late Night With Seth Meyers, where he’s always eager to judge a book by its cover. On SNL, he’s nailed such eccentric roles as Nuni Schoener, the foreign art dealer,