Variety
YALL Comedy Fest (in NYC)
Asylum NYC 307 West 26th Street, New York, NY, United StatesShowcasing a diverse community of Yes, And…Laughter Lab creators, YALL Comedy Fest spotlights the best comedy writers and performers who take on social justice issues while making us laugh. From pitches to table reads to stand-up, sketches, and more, YALL Comedy Fest is the place to discover some of the most talented creators in the industry for three days of next-level comedy. Comedy can change the world… to see how, come grab a drink and see a show with us at YALL […]
DIVA – A Comedy Benefit for PDA (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJet Eveleth and Brendan Jennings present a comedy that combines traditional theater and improvisation. Actors from stage and screen include Nina Bloomgarden (The Resort), Ryan Harrison (The Joe Schmo Show), Bri Ivey (Regression), and Elliot Kilham and Rebecca Goldstone from The Highland Park Clowns . The play is written but only some of the actors have the script. Featuring Nina Bloomgarden (The Resort), Ryan Harrison (The Joe Schmo Show), Bri Ivey (Regression), and Elliot Kilham and Rebecca Goldstone from The […]
Brain Rot @ The Elysian (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSign-up 5:30PM PT Starts 6PM PT All acts welcome (comedy, music, poetry, etc.) Free to perform Hosted by Sarah Shtern
Seven Minutes in Heaven: A Variety Mic @ Lyric Hyperion (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesStarts 1PM PT All performers welcome 7 min. 1 item min. to perform Hosted by Dana Weddle & Jason Kaye
Fools Circle (in NYC)
Isola Brooklyn 361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWe have curated some of the funniest comedians in NYC and beyond for a night of laughter and trauma bonding. This is taking place at Hannibal Buress' brand new venue in Brooklyn, Isola BK. Featuring comics you've seen on Netflix, Comedy Central, and more. Host: Petey Deabreu Starts 8PM ET
Feel the News (in NYC)
Friends and Lovers 641 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFeel the News is a variety comedy show that also tells you how to feel about the news. Host Marcela Onyango is a radical lefty who will humorously tell you whether you should be mad, glad, or sad about news while very funny comedians keep you laughing. You’ll leave Feel the News smarter and happier; I promise. Featuring: Quin Lamar Aurea Young Winter Riylan Mills Natasha Vaynblat Judah Friedlander Starts 7:30PM ET
Quality Time (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesQuality Time is a variety show hosted by Erin Keif (Hey Riddle Riddle), Olivia Nielsen (Second City), and MaryLeigh Roohan. Every month we bring together musicians, improvisers, storytellers, comics and more, who we would love to introduce to each other and to you. Come for a great show, stay for a fun hang. It’s a show. It’s a party. Make a pal. Have a crush. Featuring: Mary Houlihan, Isabella Kulkarni, and more TBA! ERIN KEIF: Erin is a podcaster, writer, […]
The Magic Fountain (in LA)
The Activist Kitchen 669 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA magical variety show! Featuring: Fumi Abe, Veronica Osorio, Eli Leonard, Emily Maverick, Akela + Ashley, Silent Partners plus music by @jc.wrights.music and hosted by @jacobwencel Starts 7:30PM PT
Grief Party (in NYC)
The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin hosts Mara Wilson and Kyra Sims in a dynamic evening of song, comedy, live art, and stories about one of the most crucial parts of our humanity. Featuring Gastor Almonte, Matt Ray, Concetta Abbate, Iris Explosion, Katie Kuzin, and more to be announced! $30 + 2 drink or 1 food item min. Starts 7PM ET
Linda: A Comedy Show (in LA)
baby battista @ nico's 3111 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn unforgettable evening of wine, wigs and stand up comedy from LA’s funniest, hosted by Bebe Katsenes and Johnny Marx Lineup: Sam Taggart Zavior Phillips Karan Menon Faith Ladzinski Ananya Hedge Starts 9PM PT
Slick Burn: A Comedy Roast of the Oil Industry (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Oil & Gas Industry has impacted so many aspects of our lives that it has deeply embedded itself in our hearts…as microplastics. We want to honor the industry’s unrelenting contribution to our world with a good ol’ fashioned roast. How many jokes will it take to destroy Big Oil? We’re about to find out by hosting a proper, no holds barred, comedic takedown. Come witness some of today’s best and most absurd comics take on the ultimate roastee: a […]
Brain Rot @ The Elysian (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSign-up 5:30PM PT Starts 6PM PT All acts welcome (comedy, music, poetry, etc.) Free to perform Hosted by Sarah Shtern
Seven Minutes in Heaven: A Variety Mic @ Lyric Hyperion (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesStarts 1PM PT All performers welcome 7 min. 1 item min. to perform Hosted by Dana Weddle & Jason Kaye
Fools Circle (in LA)
The WalkGood Yard 4019 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFools Circle is a pop-up comedy show series based in NYC and touring across the country. They feature some of the funniest Black comedians, from up-and-comers to headliners on Netflix and Comedy Central. And on April 11th, you can find Fools Circle at The WalkGood Yard in Los Angeles. This show is part of a comedic storytelling series that features hilarious Los Angeles stories told to you by comedians, storytellers, and more. Starts 8PM PT
Body Count hosted by Tessa Belle and Jo Sunday (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWhat, are you scared of a little double entendre? Body Count is a comedy and variety show hosted by Tessa Belle and Jo Sunday. They talk about what really matters in this town: sex and murder, lovers and enemies, broken hearts and broken bones. Come kiss or kill them — your choice! With special guests TBA Starts 7:30PM ET
John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic (in LA)
Largo at The Coronet Theatre 366 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease join John C. Reilly for an evening of love, longing and song accompanied by the sweet sounds of a crackerjack band including Davíd Garza, Sebastian Steinberg and Charles De Castro. Come alone, with a love or with a love to be but please do come and share some magic with ole Mister Cellophane himself. You might just feel a little less alone… What the world needs now is Love, sweet Love… Starts 8PM PT
Oral: Los Angeles
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMonthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim. @BenteIngrid @PeterKZ Starts 8:30PM PT
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 20th year of lauded late night lunacy. A rotating roster of top comedians, clowns (the new kind), specialty acts, musicians, and performance artists. Not to be missed! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) Featuring: TBA plus Michael Mortilla w/Davey Johnson & Mitch Kamaiopili Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
Steve Martin Presents (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesOkay, Steve Martin doesn’t present, but Andrew Dismukes and Michael Good do, and their jokes and funny friends are just as good as Steve Martin’s. Andrew’s a stand-up comedian known for Saturday Night Live and the New Faces Showcase at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2017 and has performed at several other festivals, including Moontower Comedy Festival, Comedy Central’s Colossal ClusterFest, and the New York Comedy Festival. Michael’s a stand-up comedian who writes for Who Wants $2.69 with Martin Urbano, has performed at […]
That Show hosted by Chris Gethard (in LA)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSeasoned vets from all corners of the comedy scene experimenting. Newcomers you haven’t met before staking their claim. A live band. All uniting to put on a show that’s not about gathering three minute videos for TikTok, it’s about putting on a live show that knocks you, the audience, right on your fucking ass. Thank you for spending your hard earned money and precious time with us. Featuring: Chris Gethard & more TBA! Starts 9PM PT
Fun Time Comedy Hour (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Fun Time Comedy Hour is jam packed variety comedy show featuring the best stand up, improv and music LA has to offer! This show brings the best and the brightest together for one night to create an amazing comedy experience for you, the audience! Featuring: Paige Gallagher (Garthwaite, PBC) Alyssa Sabo (Gaslit, Don't Say No) Shag Improv (Cameron Kelly, Stephanie Burchinow, Anna Bezahler, Alex Bigelow, Isabella Escalante, Meredith Dillon, and May Darmon) Hosted by Meredith Paul (UCB, MNN, Lopez […]
Reductress Presents: Haha…Wow! (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin the editors of Reductress and our favorite comics in a show that will make you say haha...wow!! Hosted by Freddie Shanel and Julie Lim With special guests Salma Zaky, Allie Lawrence, Max Higgins, Tina Sieben, and Sophie Wilson Pelton Starts 7:30PM ET
Summah Summit (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGet certified for Summah 2025! Enjoy Summah stand up, music and characters while helping protect the show from attacking Winter Operatives. Have a Summah! Line-up TBA Starts 9:30PM PT
Brain Rot @ The Elysian (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSign-up 5:30PM PT Starts 6PM PT All acts welcome (comedy, music, poetry, etc.) Free to perform Hosted by Sarah Shtern
Weirdo Night hosted by Dynasty Handbag (in NYC)
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesAnti-hinged variety show by Dynasty Handbag. W/ OHYUNG!, Miguel Alejandro Castillo, Joy Guidry, & Francesa D'Uva. Lineup subject to change. Starts 7:30PM ET
Seven Minutes in Heaven: A Variety Mic @ Lyric Hyperion (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesStarts 1PM PT All performers welcome 7 min. 1 item min. to perform Hosted by Dana Weddle & Jason Kaye
Ticklemuff & Friends (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin Ticklemuff and all of their friends for a WILD Variety Show! Puppets, Live Medium, Tap Dancers, Clowns, oh my!!! Featuring some incredibly special people...this is a show you do not want to miss! Curated by Ticklemuff, each act is vastly different to create a show you have never seen. Enter a gateway to your inner child. Sit back, relax and let yourself be immersed into Ticklemuff's universe. A lineup of queer, straight, hilarious comedians and clowns awaits. Audience Show […]
Likeminds! Comedy + Trivia (in LA w/Livestream)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLikeminds! is a trivia game show that takes the fact-filled fun of a pub quiz and combines it with the quick-witted comedy of an improv show. Host Joey Bland (Improvised Shakespeare, Jeopardy!) takes two hilarious comedian competitors and faces them off in a head-to-head battle of the wits along with lots of help from the audience! It's like if Jeopardy & Taskmaster had a really smart baby! Featuring: TBA Starts/streams 7PM PT/10PM ET
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 20th year of lauded late night lunacy. A rotating roster of top comedians, clowns (the new kind), specialty acts, musicians, and performance artists. Not to be missed! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) Featuring: TBA plus Michael Mortilla w/Davey Johnson & Mitch Kamaiopili Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
Stamptown (in NYC)
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesA raunchy, chaotic and full-on fringe experience, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene. This show has sold out shows packed out rooms at Netflix Is A Joke, Just For Laughs, Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Soho Theatre, and Off-Broadway at the NY Comedy Festival. Featuring: TBA Starts 8PM ET
Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship (in NYC)
Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesFollowing a successful run at London’s Soho Theatre in the spring, Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship combines stand-up, storytelling, sweet guitar solos, ill-advised feats of strength, and at least one BMX stunt into a face-melting show that explores life, death, love, religion, and his ever-growing discomfort in an often confusing, futuristic world. Decked out in a jumpsuit and backed by his band, Dave brings the energy of an arena rock show to LPR! Directed by Tom Papa Starts 7PM ET
ApoHA-HAcalypse: Make Polluters Pay on Earth Day (in LA)
littlefield 635 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSee comedians of all kinds tackle the greatest challenge of our time and call out the bad guys burning down the livable climate so they can buy a 5th house. From standup to sketch, impressionists to fake TED-talkers, each show features a completely different lineup of outstanding comic talents from New York and beyond, all finding the ha-has in the existential threat of climate crisis. Featuring Headliner: Roy Wood Jr (The Daily Show, White House Correspondents) with Eeland Stribling, Alise Morales, Hey […]
Stamptown (in NYC)
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesA raunchy, chaotic and full-on fringe experience, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene. This show has sold out shows packed out rooms at Netflix Is A Joke, Just For Laughs, Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Soho Theatre, and Off-Broadway at the NY Comedy Festival. Featuring: TBA Starts 8PM ET
MEDICINE WOMAN (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesVeronica Osorio is Cherry, a Medicine Woman. Once in a lifetime, a magical traveler swings by your town with hir suitcase full of wonders and changes the vibe forever. Is this stranger a healer who holds the secrets of the universe or is she a swindler tryna steal kisses from gorgeous strangers. Is she cleaning your aura or your wallet? And, if in the end she heals you, does the answer even matter? Part characters, part circus, part healing ritual, […]
Brain Rot @ The Elysian (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSign-up 5:30PM PT Starts 6PM PT All acts welcome (comedy, music, poetry, etc.) Free to perform Hosted by Sarah Shtern
Visions of Love: A Comedy Fundraiser for RAPP (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin hosts Jo Sunday and Damien Kronfeld for a night of comedy fundraising for Releasing Aging People in Prison (RAPP). RAPP is a local organization led by formerly incarcerated people that aims to end mass incarceration through the release of aging people in prison and those serving long sentences. Check out their work here! Starts 10PM ET
Seven Minutes in Heaven: A Variety Mic @ Lyric Hyperion (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesStarts 1PM PT All performers welcome 7 min. 1 item min. to perform Hosted by Dana Weddle & Jason Kaye
Me & My Hat w/ Sandy Honig (in LA)
The Echo 1822 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin Sandy Honig and her Hat for an evening of hat-forward comedy. She's joined by a gorgeous lineup and house band Total Heat. **Hats not required, but strongly encouraged. Featuring: Chris Fleming, Dekunle, Total Heat, and more! Starts 8PM PT
Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship (in NYC)
Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesFollowing a successful run at London’s Soho Theatre in the spring, Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship combines stand-up, storytelling, sweet guitar solos, ill-advised feats of strength, and at least one BMX stunt into a face-melting show that explores life, death, love, religion, and his ever-growing discomfort in an often confusing, futuristic world. Decked out in a jumpsuit and backed by his band, Dave brings the energy of an arena rock show to LPR! Directed by Tom Papa Starts 7PM ET
Ziwe’s America (in LA)
Belasco Theater 1050 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn evening of comedy and important issues with the one and only Ziwe Starts 7:30PM PT