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  • June 2026

  • Sat 20

    The Sacred and the Profane Show (in NYC)

    June 20 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
    Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Join Alvaro Chavez and Cameron Burger in welcoming New York City’s brightest literary minds and comedic voices to transcend the natural world and take to the most sacred stage in Brooklyn. With special guest Rachel Coster and more! Starts 5PM ET

    $13.61
  • Mon 22

    Danny McBride: Thrilling Tales of Modern Men (in NYC)

    June 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Strand Book Store 828 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for a release event with actor, writer and producer Danny McBride, discussing his new story collection THRILLING TALES OF MODERN MEN This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. Starts 7PM ET

    $36.83
  • Mon 22

    Comics Reading Comics (in LA)

    June 22 @ 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm Comics Reading Comics (in LA)
    Three Clubs 1123 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    A live show where your favorite funny people perform spectacular staged readings of the strangest, weirdest, and most unintentionally hilarious comic book stories ever! You’ve never seen Superman and Batman like this! Who doesn’t love old superhero comic books from the 50’s and 60’s? You know, the kind with ads for X-Ray Specs and Sea Monkeys? Well, if you haven’t flipped through one in a while, it turns out they’re wildly inappropriate— full of off-color humor, double entendres, strange sci-fi, […]

    $10
  • Wed 24

    Comedy Bang! Bang! Ground Beefing Tour 2026 (in NYC)

    June 24 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
    The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY, United States

    Scott Aukerman returns with Comedy Bang! Bang! to NYC Starts 8PM ET

    $51
  • Thu 25

    Danny McBride: Thrilling Tales of Modern Men (near LA)

    June 25 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
    New Roads School 3131 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA, United States

    Join us for a release event with actor, writer and producer Danny McBride, discussing his new story collection THRILLING TALES OF MODERN MEN Starts 8PM PT

    $56.05
  • Fri 26

    The Very Definition of Love/Sophia Benoit (in LA)

    June 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    The Ripped Bodice 3806 Main Street, Culver City, CA, United States

    To celebrate The Very Definition of Love, we're hosting an LA book event with author Sophia Benoit. She'll discuss her debut historical romance with Joss Richard. A book signing will follow with the authors. This ticketed event includes the paperback copy of the book. Can't attend the event? Signed copies from Sophia will be available here for LA in-store pick-up and shipping. Must order by June 19th. Starts 7PM PT

    $21.97
  • Tue 30

    Author Talk & Reading: Jibz Cameron and Svetlana Kitto (in NYC)

    June 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Hive Mind Books 219 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Jibz Cameron, the iconoclast performance artist behind Dynasty Handbag, reads from her debut memoir! Hell in a Handbag, a wild, unflinching journey from Northern California commune kid to East Bay punk zine maker to New York avant-garde provocateur, is Cameron's candid and darkly funny reckoning with queerness, misogyny, capitalism, and the absurd tragedy of contemporary life. If you've encountered Dynasty Handbag's multimedia chaos, you know Cameron doesn't do safe or polite — expect the same unhinged genius on the page. Jibz […]

    Free
  • July 2026

  • Sun 12

    Dead Pilots Society (in LA)

    July 12 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story) and Ben Blacker (Thrilling Adventure Hour; The Writers Panel). This Month's Pilot and Cast TBA! Starts 3PM PT

    $15
  • Fri 17

    Chuck Tingle’s BURY YOUR GAYS Book Launch Event! (in LA)

    July 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater 2511 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    From Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Bury Your Gays, comes Fabulous Bodies, a supernatural joyride where Drive meets Beetlejuice. Poppy Stringer was born to be a star. An aspiring fashion influencer by day, Poppy moonlights as a grave robber to make ends meet, wheeling and dealing dead bodies across Palm Springs. When her hero, the flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar Eddie Michaels, unexpectedly dies, Poppy gets a call to retrieve his body from the medical examiner’s office for a lucrative sum. It could be the last job she’ll ever […]

    $23.69
  • August 2026

  • Fri 14

    Dumpster Fire (in LA)

    August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
    Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    John D. Beck & Ron Hart met Joey Bragg when they cast him in the Disney Channel show they created, "Liv And Maddie." After his era of being a Disney Prince, Joey continued to work as an actor ("Call Your Mother", "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later") but he focused on his stand up career. Onstage, Joey speaks openly about the struggles of being a young adult who went to school in a trailer on a movie lot. Beck […]

    $23.38
  • September 2026

  • Sat 19

    Comedy Bang! Bang! Ground Beefing Tour 2026 (in LA)

    September 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    The Orpheum Theatre 842 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Scott Aukerman returns with Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE Starts 7PM ET

    $53
  • October 2026

  • Tue 6

    Showbiz! Book Launch with Murray Hill (in NYC)

    October 6 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United States

    One Night Only! Join comedian Murray Hill for an intimate in-conversation event celebrating the release of his debut memoir Showbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man (Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books). The self-proclaimed “hardest working middle-aged man in show business” sits down for a candid, unscripted evening of stories, laughs, revelations, and behind-the-curtain moments — sharing the real-life highs, lows, and everything in between that shaped his showbiz career. His dear friends and castmates on HBO’s Somebody Somewhere — legendary Bridget Everett and Emmy-winner […]

    $30
  • November 2026

  • Fri 20

    David Sedaris (in NYC)

    November 20 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm David Sedaris (in NYC)
    Kings Theatre 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    A special evening with celebrated humorist and author David Sedaris Starts 8PM ET

    $70
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