JJ Barrows

JJ Barrows is a Comedian, Author, and Mixed Media Artist who’s performed in comedy clubs, churches and awkward dinner parties all over America. With a refreshing story-teller style, whether for a crowd of five or 10,000, JJ reveals the freedom a quippy sense of humor can reveal in all of us by giving breath to those gritty moments.

She released a Dry Bar Comedy Special, published her first book “it’s called a spade: a collection of hard-to-tell true stories” and currently has her second book "KINDA FUNNY: stories by a full-time comedian with four part-time jobs" on the way in 2024. In 2021, JJ wrote, produced and starred in her own comedy special filmed on location at home... thanks to COVID clearing her schedule and freeing up all her time. You can still find her quirky DIY Comedy Special on YouTube. You can find her art at craft fairs or Etsy, where she is most famously known for her Christmas crowns and Dolly Cartons (a Dolly Parton cake topper made out of recycled egg cartons). You might have to see it to understand the magic of it!

Whether in books or from the stage, JJ strives to give people a place to go, offering comfort, sanity, and little to no answers about how to live a better life, but certainly a place to feel a little less alone, and a little more entertained.

As a surfer relocated to the hills of Tennessee, when she’s not performing, painting, or trying to find her way back to the ocean, she’s either lost in the magic of Dollywood, or introverting at home with her husband, Josh Newton.