Where to catch Nickey during the 2026 Columbus Comedy Festival:
Friday, August 28th – 6:00pm – Female AF at MadLab
Saturday, August 29th – 11:00pm – The OG’s of Columbus Comedy at Seventh Son
Stand Up Comic • Columbus
Nickey Winkelman is a standup comedian based out of Columbus who has been performing nationally for over 20 years. She was a co-producer of the Whiskey Bear Comedy Festival until 2019, house emcee at Up Front Stage until 2020, and co-host of The Quiz Box trivia podcast until 2021.
She is the creator and producer of the Female AF comedy show, which debuted over a decade ago and is now returning for its third year as part of the Columbus Comedy Festival. Nickey regularly performs throughout the year at Ohio comedy clubs such as The Columbus Funny Bone, The Attic Comedy Club, and Go Bananas Comedy Club.