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Hey OC, We’re Coming to You Live with Some “Mandatory Good Times”

November 6, 2017

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The OC’s newest comedy club, The Rec Room in Huntington Beach (7227 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach, CA) is having us here at The Comedy Bureau take over for a night!

So, we’re bringing some of our favorite comedians up from LA for a night where it’s bureau-mandated that you have fun.

Officially joining us will be:
Sara Schaefer (she’s won Emmys)
Chris Fleming (you might have gone and binged watched the web series Gayle)
Catherine Christina Martinez (is successfully bridging the worlds of art and comedy with Aesthetical Relations)

Also, TCB staffer/creator/director Jake Kroeger will be hosting for the evening.

Tickets are $15 with a two-item minimum. Please get them here.

Whether you’re in the Orange County or just somewhat close to the OC or maybe just up here in LA looking for a comedy show from us, you need to go to this and are required to have a good time (we all need a “good time” right now anyway).

October 31, 2017

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Cultural maven Vulture is throwing a really swell looking weekend of events this November for Vulture Festival LA. As far as comedy goes, they have a pretty spectacular line-up as follows:

State of the Union with Sarah Silverman and Frank Rich
Bored to Death Reunion
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: 100th Song Celebration Sing-a-Long
Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner
Clone High Reunion
The Disaster Artist’s James Franco
It’s Always Sunny
American Vandal
Owen Wilson and Ed Helms in Conversation
Schitt’s Creek
Search Party Scavenger Hunt
Funny or Die and IFC’s Thanksgiving House
I, Tonya screening
Comedians You Should & Will Know Hosted by Pete Holmes and the cast of Crashing
Wine Down with Issa Rae
Damon Lindelof and Mike Schur Discuss TV (and the Meaning of Life)
TBS Presents The Detour

Sounds pretty great, right?

Individual tickets are available, but you can get a festival pass to attend as much of this festival as you can handle. ALSO, you can use promo code “COMEDY20″ for 20% ticket prices.

Get more info, schedules, etc. here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 24, 2017

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Jesse Elias is a great stand-up comedian that you might have seen on Kimmel a couple of years ago. He also has a hidden talent for singing and has been known to break out into excerpts from musicals during shows.

Well, that hidden talent will get a light shined on it this Thursday as Jesse will be performing a “musical”.

This will also be one of the last performances to be held at Trepany House at The Steve Allen Theater by the way in case you needed another reason to go.

Tickets are $12 and you can (and really should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

October 22, 2017

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Tickets are STILL available for our 7 Year Anniversary/”Staff” Fundraiser tonight.

Get them while you still can here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-comedy-bureaus-7th-anniversary-show-and-fundraiser-tickets-38546826596

October 19, 2017

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Heather Anne Campbell, one of the funniest people around, carefully assembled team of great improvisers who also happen to enjoy anime for The Anime Show.

They will improvise an episode of anime that they have never seen. Sometimes, they are dead on and act out the episode as it actually plays out in the anime series.

In any case, it’s pretty damn fun and, because it’s at The Pack Theater, admission is pay what you can.

This latest edition of The Anime Show will happen on Saturday, October 21st at 10PM.

Please get more details here.

October 17, 2017

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There are still tickets available for Mike Birbiglia’s two nights at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre next week. Very few are left for Thursday, Oct. 26th and a few more are left for Wednesday, Oct. 25th.

Please get them ASAP while they’re still around here and here respectively.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Win Tickets to A Cold Hour w/Rory Scovel, Andy Kindler’s Particular Show, and Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen

September 14, 2017

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Per usual, we have tickets to some of the best shows in town for you to win.

Enter to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

All TCB listings (comedy shows, mics, events, etc.) are updated for next week (9/11/17) and beyond.

September 10, 2017

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Full listings can be found on embedded calendars at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Brooklyn’s Got Two Weeks of Festivals with 2017 Cinder Block and Final Eugene Mirman Comedy Fests

This weekend and next, Brooklyn will have two big comedy festivals that you might want to check out (there are some great LA comics paying a visit as well!).

The 2017 Cinder Block Comedy Festival will run this week Thursday 9/7-Sunday 9/10 in several venues throughout Brooklyn.

On the line-up:
Janeane Garofalo
Jeffrey Joseph
Judy Gold
Nikki Carr
Aida Rodriguez
Amy Miller
Carole Montgomery
Jo Firestone
Shalewa Sharpe
Aaron Chasteen
Alex Fleming
Alison Klemp
Alvin Irby
Amanda McQueen
American Express (improv)
Amy Shanker
Arish Singh
Astronomy Club (sketch & improv)
Barbara Bush (sketch)
Bill Larkin
Brian Mitchell
Brian Parise
Caitlin Durante
Caitlin Peluffo
Cameran Hebb
Camille Theobald
Cara Connors
Carolyn Castiglia
Carter Deems
Cassandra Dee
Catherine Zini
Cathy Humes
Chloe McGovern
Christina Catherine Martinez
Christina Galston
Christopher Crespo
Coree Spencer
Danielle Thralow
Derrick Lemos
Drew Anderson
Ed Galvez
Elsa Waithe
Emily Winter
Emmett Montgomery
Erin Lynn O’Connor
Erin Spencer
Fantasy Grandma
Gastor Almonte
Gianmarco Soresi
Hana Michels
Harris Alterman
Irene Merrow
J Smitty
Ja-Ron Young
Jacky Beren
James Huessy
Jenn Wehrung
Jenn Welch
Jes Tom
Joanna Briley
Kara Buller
Kat Herskovic
Kate Willett
Katherine Jessup
Katie Barbaro
Katie Boyle
Kelli Dunham
Khalid Rahmaan
Kristee Ono
L Michelle
Laura Merli
Lauren Faber
Lauren Hope Krass
Lynn Bixenspan
Maddy Smith
Mamoudou N’Diaye
Marie Faustin
Marisa Douenias
Mark James Heath
Mark Pagán
Marlon Jean-Baptiste
Maurice Licorish
Molly Kornfeld
Mostly Sara(h) (improv)
My Dark Little Corner
Nanie Mendez
Nasser Khan
Nick Chambers
Nicki Wright
Nina Manni
Patrick Holbert
Pedro Gonzalez
Rae Sanni
Raghav Mehta
Raj Sivaraman
Rhonda Hansome
Riley Silverman
Rosa Escandón
Sam & Bill
Sammie James
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Sherman
Sharron Paul
Shelly Colman
Sonya Vai
Steven DeSiena
Steven Castillo
Stine An
Subhah Agarwal
Sydnee Washington
The Gay Trauma Archives (sketch)
The Unconventional Lesbians
Took Edalow
Tyler Snodgrass
Whitney Chitwood
Will Winner
Yogi Paliwal
Zack Hammond

More specifically, there will be an “Educated Guess Science Fair” and another round of “What a Joke!”, a comedy showcase that raises funds for the ACLU.

Get more details, schedule, etc. here.

The 10th and final Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival will run from Friday 9/15-Tuesday 9/19 at The Bell House, Union Hall, and King’s Theater.

On the line-up:
Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ian Black, Reggie Watts, Todd Barry, TJ Miller, Ira Glass, Michelle Wolf, Scott Adsit, Michael Showalter, Bobcat Goldthwait, Caroline Rhea, Jon Glaser, Mike Birbiglia, Janeane Garofalo, Robyn Hitchcock, Wyatt Cenac, Sarah Vowell, Ophira Eisenberg, Aparna Nancherla, Maeve Higgins, Derrick Brown, Joel Kim Booster, Kyle Ayers plus StarTalk Live with Neil deGrasse Tyson, career advice from a unicyclist, a Mike Pence look-a-like afterparty, and more.

Also, part of Eugene’s signature hijinks, he’ll be doing a “A Day of Cardboard” where companies can choose to sponsor a box for hundreds or thousands of dollars where Eugene will write about that company on said box.

Get more details and tickets here.

September 4, 2017

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ATTN: All of our listings for shows, events, screenings, mics, etc. are all updated for next week and beyond (that includes mics on Labor Day for comics that still need a place to go up).

FYI, All TCB Listings for Next Week (8/28/17) and Beyond Are Updated!

August 28, 2017

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If you dig are constantly updated listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, etc. at The Comedy Bureau, we’d greatly appreciate your support on Patreon.

August 25, 2017

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Harmontown and Hot Tub are two shows that you should never miss.

As that’s the case, we have another round of tickets to giveaway just in case you wanted to see these shows for free!

Enter to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

August 20, 2017

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ATTN: all of our listings for all of LA comedy have been updated for next week (8/21/17) and beyond.

If you dig those listings, please consider pledging $ on our Patreon as it is only one guy doing all of this.

August 16, 2017

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The 7th Annual Echo Park Rising, the big neighborhood festival that’s mostly free, starts tomorrow.

As there’s plenty of comedy in Echo Park, there will of course be comedy featured at EPR.

That includes:
Super Tight @ Echoplex Thursday, Aug. 17th 7PM (comedy/music/art)
Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery Thursday, Aug. 17th 9PM (stand-up)
Comedy Runway @ Spacedust Saturday, Aug. 19th 1:30PM (half stand-up show, half fashion competition)
Good Heroin @ Stories Saturday, Aug. 19th 8PM (stand-up)
BUSted! Storytelling @ Stories Sunday, Aug. 20th 5PM (stories from taking the bus)

Admission for all these shows are free and the line-ups are solid. So, make sure you get to Echo Park early if you’re going to any of these.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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If you want to see Zach Woods and Neil Casey do improv/see them again because you were so dazzled by watching them the first time, they’ve got a night coming up at Largo this Tuesday.

Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

We’ve Got a Doozy of a Batch of New Ticket Giveaways

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We’ve Got a Doozy of a Batch of New Ticket Giveaways

We’re talking Harmontown live, Wild Horses presents The Perspective (which is sold out by the way), The Adventures of Danny & Mike Presents (attention to Pete & Pete fans), Comedy Sucks 1 Year Anniversary, and more.

If you like any or all of that, we’ve got tickets that you could win right here.

All of our listings for comedy shows, events, mics, etc. in Greater LA Area are now updated

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From 7/31/17 onwards!
Full listings at embedded calendars on www.thecomedybureau.com

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Wanna win tickets to some great comedy shows (i.e. Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen, Pop Up Kitchen (that’s dinner and a comedy show), and/or Harmontown)?

Well, we have those exact ticket giveaways running right now and more and you can enter right here.

We’d like to make a living off of doing The Comedy Bureau, so that’s why we post about this Patreon campaign everyday. Once enough people pledge to where we’re not living at our folks’ house and commuting across LA county, maybe we’ll stop bugging everybody about it.

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We’d like to make a living off of doing The Comedy Bureau, so that’s why we post about this Patreon campaign everyday. Once enough people pledge to where we’re not living at our folks’ house and commuting across LA county, maybe we’ll stop bugging everybody about it.

Please pledge $, if you can, here.

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Beware.

July 26th isn’t that far off.

RSVP for free to see our very first Most Wanted List live.

Boy oh boy, we’ve (yes, we, The Comedy Bureau, are putting on a show) got a showcase of some of our “most wanted” (favorite) stand-up comedians in town that you need to be on the look out for.

Wednesday, July 26th at 8PM at The Comedy Central Stage.

Don’t be late.

Again, it’s free, but you have to RSVP here or at 323 960 5519.

Flyer by The Brain Trust’s Ed Weseloh with logo by Chris Fairbanks.

Win Free Tickets to Super Serious Show 7 Yr., Hebecky Drysbell, Harmontown, Atlantic City, and More!

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Yep, we get plenty of ticket giveaways running right now that include, but are not limited to the sold out Super Serious Show 7 Year Anniversary, Cook County Social Club/Hebecky Drysbell at UCB Franklin (one of the best nights of improv around), Atlantic City, Risk! True Tales Boldly Told, The Hard Times Comedy Hour, and Andy Kindler’s Particular Show.

Enter and win here.

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Two of the most critically acclaimed absurdist comedians in the world, Dr. Brown and Sam Simmons, join up together again to do one of their most absurd shows, Ceremony at Silverlake’s Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe.

Rather than try to explain how the show might be a postmodern dissection of the Western notion of what ‘ceremony’ is, means, and enacted, we’ll just tell you that Ceremony is damn funny and has a advisory warning of containing nudity.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Get your advance tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

We’ve Got 9 Ticket Giveaways Going Right Now in Case You Wanted to Free Tickets to Some of LA Comedy’s Best Shows

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We’ve Got 9 Ticket Giveaways Going Right Now in Case You Wanted to Free Tickets to Some of LA Comedy’s Best Shows

Through DoLA, we’ve got ticket giveaways for:

Harmontown podcast taping (both 7/9 & 7/16)
The Super Serious Show 7 Year Anniversary (which is sold out by the way)
Cook County Social Club/Hebecky Drysbell (one of the best nights of improv anywhere)
Risk! LA (part of the Risk! storytelling podcast series)
Atlantic City @ UCB Franklin
Hard Times Comedy Hour (from satirical punk news outlet The Hard Times)
Andy Kindler’s Particular Show

If you want to win, enter to win any of them here.

To have The Comedy Bureau keep supporting LA and comedy at large, it needs your support on Patreon.

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To have The Comedy Bureau keep supporting LA and comedy at large, it needs your support on Patreon.

Please pledge $ if you can.