Early evening this Saturday in Los Angeles, should be quite lovely (and explicitly not at all hot), making, perhaps for wonderful conditions to see a free comedy show in a garden at someone’s home.
So, if that’s up your alley, you should definitely go to the latest edition of Garden Party, hosted by Rachele Friedland and Robyn Morrison.
Get more details here.
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Nikki Black and Nina Tarr’s It’s Your Funeral really does feature live eulogies of audience members that have not yet left this mortal coil after a brief interview by featured comedians.
If you wanted a fun preview of what a living funeral might be like, this is absolutely for you, especially for the fact that Black and Tarr play two charming Jersey Girls who love the macabre.
The latest edition of It’s Your Funeral is happening this week at Think Tank Gallery. Get more details here.
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If you’re wondering what people are doing at the edges of comedy in terms of experimenting with the form, challenging methods, etc., you might want to check out The Idiot Hub.
The Idiot Hub is an absurdist comedy collective, started by one John Gilkey, that likes to peel back every convention and trope of comedy that they can in favor of something silly and visceral. Starting off in 2013 as the ensemble known as Wet The Hippo, they have since expanded into other shows that you might have heard or seen around LA such such as The Murge and The Vivian Beckley Performing Arts Players and classes.
Typical performances will have a very sizable cast and aim to be more interactive, very physical, defy expectation, and be absent of a “fourth wall”. For instance, The Murge will have Gilkey pick and guide/heckle players into some sort of crazy bit as if a stand-up was directing a very otherworldly improv scene.
The Murge and The Vivian Beckley Performing Arts Players will be doing their next show at The Think Tank Gallery in Downtown LA as part of Drinkin’ Smokin’ & West Coastin’ on Saturday September 9th starting at 9PM.
Tickets are $17-$23 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
One of the best recurring shows at the marvelous Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe is Dr. Brown’s Incubator.
Internationally renowned and award winning comedian Dr. Brown actually does a whole run of shows with a big cast that starts from scratch and grows and develops night after night into a beautifully interwoven interactive live show of experimental characters, sketches, etc.
Incubator’s latest run will be happening all next week in previews that are pay what you can for admission on:
Tuesday, Sept 5
Wednesday, Sept 6
Thursday, Sept 7
Friday, Sept 8
All of this will lead up to a final showcase night on Saturday, September 9th at 9PM for $10. Get your tickets soon here as they do go pretty fast.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
It’s a great line-up, great cause, and a great name for a show. What more do you want?
Get your tickets here.
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On Sunday nights, there’s a good chance you might find us at Bigfoot Lodge East for our last stop of the evening, Babe Island.
Tonight, there unfortunately will be no Babe Island at said Bigfoot Lodge as ASW, Androsky, Gborie, and Fritz are moving their show one neighborhood over to Bar Angeles (AKA The Elliott Smith Bar at 4330 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA) two weeks from now on Sunday, September 10th.
Per usual, they stacked the line-up with LA favorites: Jon Daly, Alex & Jude, Richard Bain, Billy Bonnell, and Amy Silverberg.
Except for the location change, it should be business as usual with the show starting around 10PM and there being no cover or minimum.
Get more details here.
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The Goddamn Comedy Jam, which you might know in its adapted for television version The Comedy Jam, is doing another round of their half stand-up/storytelling, half rock show at The Roxy in West Hollywood on 9/11.
Probably like us, you’re already wondering what someone like Kevin Nealon might sing or do. You’ll have to go and see for yourself.
Tickets probably won’t be around for much longer. Get them while you can here.
NYC’s Cole Escola, who you should have seen on Difficult People, is returning to LA for a one night only performance of his showcase of his plethora of characters from “the fringes of coherence and social acceptability”. Also, if you need more convincing, the one and only John Early will be a special guest.
Tickets for Cole Escola “Help, I’m Stuck” are $8 and you can (and really should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Chronicles of Witch Taint, the live reenactment of Dave Hill’s legendary trolling of a Norwegian black metal label as some kid from Gary, Indiana is returning to LA.
Whether you’re a metal head or not, it’s still one of the funniest things we’ve ever seen.
So, with that in mind, be sure to go to the latest date at the Echoplex on Wednesday, September 6th at 8:30PM. Tickets are $9.50 in advance and $12 on the day of the show. You can (and really should) purchase advance tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Wild Horses (that’s Erin Whitehead, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allynne, and Lauren Lapkus) are absolutely one of the best improv teams around. So, any chance you get see them “prance” is one you should take.
Their show on Thursday at UCB Sunset has been sold out for sometime and just happens to feature Matt Besser, one of the UCB 4, as the special guest.
If you still want to go, you might just be in luck as we’ve got tickets that you can win.
Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
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From the Hollywood Hills to Mar Vista, A Comedy Show has given some damn fun stand-up shows in a mansion and a yurt in a backyard.
Now, Michael Monsour and a secret line-up that we’ve been assured is stellar are giving a go at doing a show in DTLA this Saturday night.
We think you ought to not miss out. You can get tickets (and then the secret location) here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
NYC’s Greg Barris is bringing his Heart of Darkness back to the Hollywood Improv stage this Wednesday. Throughout the years we’ve always enjoyed the mix of a comedy show and “spiritual journey” that is Heart of Darkness.
Also, as you can see, you’ll get to enjoy the comedic stylings of Drew Carey, The Lucas Brothers, Barry Rothbart, Anna Seregina, and more!
Tickets are $10 (with a 2 item minimum). You can (and should) get them here.
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Josh Fadem and the worldly truck driving/DJ/mystic Dicker Troy (Johnny Pemberton) return to The Satellite for their otherwordly, yet very rambunctious comedy show this Sunday, August 6th.
Joining them will be a fantastic line-up of Wendy Liebman, Brendon Walsh, Christina Catherine Martinez, and Andy Haynes.
Please get your tickets here.
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Michelle Wolf, who you have probably recently seen on The Daily Show, is headlining the Hollywood Improv this Tuesday. We need not say more.
Tickets are $15 with a 2 item minimum. Please get tickets here.
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Here’s our latest batch of ticket giveaways that include an award winning comedy podcast/fantastic stand-up comedy show, a delicious, all inclusive comedy dinner experience, and an inaugural comedy-music festival.
That’s right you can enter to win tickets to Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, Danger Collective Records’ Concerto Con @ HM 157, and a Pop Up Kitchen comedy show.
Also, we’ve still got our other giveaways going for The Best Friends Show @ The Virgil and Super Tight @ Cinefamily, both coming up this weekend.
Enter here, here, here, here, or here, respectively for your chance to win.
Unless you’re going to do a living funeral, you’re never going to get the opportunity to hear your own eulogy.
This Friday, you’ll have the opportunity to not only get a eulogy, but one from some of LA’s finest comedians in the very first It’s Your Funeral.
Get your tickets here.
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The show that has comedians following the most heart wrenching videos on the Internet is back.
Follow That! really does play a video that is almost perfectly designed to make you cry and has stand-up comedians see what they can do immediately afterwards.
It may sound cruel and unusual, but, as far as we have seen thus far, it has been a hell of a good time.
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at door. Get your advance tickets here.
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Josh Fadem and Brent Weinbach, two comedians that are mastered in the art of being silly, will “lead” a “forum” on art. We’re not sure exactly how that’ll manifest, but we’re excited for whatever that will end up being.
Also, Ron Funches and Dan Mintz from Bob’s Burgers are just a few of their guests.
Tickets will be available at the door.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Arguments and Grievances, the comedy debate podcast, is a great reminder that free speech in America allows for us to have heated discourse over such “essential” topics like “you’re crazy” vs. “no, you’re crazy” or 420 vs. 69.
Their latest show in LA will be free and at one of our favorite venues, The Virgil at the end of this month.
Get more details here and listen to the podcast here.
The inaugural edition of this show was so much damn fun. If you thought that comedians playing very bad video games was a winning formula, you were right on.
Again, Mike Drucker put together another great line-up that will play and riff through some of the worst of the worst in the video game canon.
Tickets are $10, but you can enter to win free tickets via our friends at DoLA.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
The stories between former adult stars Alia Janine and Sovereign Syre are definitely one of a kind and unlike what you get at your average storytelling show.
So, you won’t want to miss an evening with them at Nerdmelt at Meltdown Comics this Sunday that’ll be joined by comedian and podcasting legend Marc Maron and Tamer Kattan.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at door and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Eric Jennifer (one of Hal Rudnick’s most charming characters) is throwing an early 4th of July party/show this weekend, probably because he couldn’t find someone to give him a ride to an actual party happening on the 4th.
So, watch him and some friends(?) do a “good job” at UCB Franklin this Saturday night.
Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
This is a fantastic line-up that’s gathered to raise money for The Center at Blessed Sacrament an organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Hollywood.
FYI, All the proceeds go to The Center.
Please get your tickets here.
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