Not only is this a great week to be at The Virgil for both Hot Tub and The Super Serious Show, but we have free tickets for you to win for both shows!
Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Well, if you love schadenfreude and stand-up comedy, it’s doesn’t get more schadenfreude-ish than having comedians watch their earliest sets with other comedians commenting on it and a crowd strangers watching the whole affair.
That’s exactly what Jay Larson’s Burned Material will be when it kicks off at the end of the month at Nerdmelt with fantastic comedians Rory Scovel, Fahim Anwar, Brent Morin.
Tickets are $10 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.
Basically, this is probably somewhere between Comedy Bang! Bang! and Shark Tank that actually awards $1000 grants to one lucky entrepreneur.
More specifically:
The Awesome Foundation is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of awesomeness in the universe. The Foundation distributes a series of monthly $1,000 grants to projects and their creators. The money is pooled together from the coffers of our self-organizing “micro-trustees” and given upfront in cash, check, or gold doubloons (but never actually in gold doubloons).
Matt Walsh, Scot Armstrong, Andy Richter, Brad Morris, Allison Raskin, and Jamie Denbo will make up the special panel for this Awesome Foundation Comedy Show.
Tickets are $25 and you can (and should) get them here. Also, you can get a VIP ticket that includes a meet-and-greet with Matt Walsh and Scot Armstrong before the show and a premium seat for $200.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Yes, We Are Turning 7 Years Old and (Remembered to Put On a Show to, You Know, Celebrate)
Yes, The Comedy Bureau will have officially served the LA comedy scene for 7 years at the end of this month. That’s 56 years in dog years and (probably 70 in “bureau years”?)
This time, we actually took enough of a break to remind ourselves that we should put on a show (and actually try to make some money doing so).
As you can see from this scrawled upon napkin straight from the very desk of TCB itself, it ought to be a really good time. Also, there will be a raffle that includes fancy enamel pins, our album (more on that later), etc.
You can get tickets now for $10 or $15 cash at door. Get tickets, more details (that are more legible) here.
One of the UK’s beloved comedy duos, Max & Ivan, has crossed both the pond and the country to perform their award winning show The Reunion.
As of right now, this is a one-night-only special event, so you best get your tickets soon. They’re going for $7 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.
Toasty is half real cocktail party, half fictional cocktail party with a bunch of characters giving toasts from folks that are, shall we say, not quite well-adjusted. It also happens to be one of our, hands down, favorite things ever.
The line-up would be stellar for a normal comedy show, but, as this is a slightly otherworldly show, it’s even more special.
Please get your tickets as soon as you can because space is limited. They’re $20 (includes free drinks and snacks) and you can get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Second City will be doing two nights of Always Legal to Laugh, featuring all weed based sketches and improv, both from their archives and modern day originals, making for a nice way to remember that recreationally legal cannabis in California is only a few months away from being available.
They’re bringing their best and brightest to Hollywood’s Montalban Theater for the occasion including Frank Caeti, Edgar Blackmon, Jaime Moyer, Holly Laurent, Tawny Newsome, Eddie Mujica, Naomi Snieckus.
Tickets start at $25 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 latest edition of Franky Guttman and Michael Bilow’s Dark Matters, a Coast-to-Coast-AM-ish comedy podcast that’s always recorded live, is going where they’ve never gone before. For the 30th birthday of Bilow will be taking a polygraph test with his parents, sister, and a crystal expert in attendance as special guests.
Not so many folks would be into publicly examining their life and what has led them to this point, but we’re sure this will end up being a birthday that Michael and everyone else in the crowd will never forget.
As with all shows at The Pack Theater, it’s pay what you can. Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for shows, events, mics, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Real life married comedian couple Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman are bringing their couples-of-all-kinds-work-things-out-on-stage-comedy-show to Nerdmelt next week. Joining them on Couples Therapy will be friends Sabrina Jalees & Nikki Glaser, significant others Nick Turner and Lyra Smith, and ex-wife and husband Alice Wetterlund and Andy Haynes.
You can (and should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Alex Hooper has been a fun fixture in the LA scene for quite some time now, working very hard for every single thing he’s gotten or built like his wins on Roast Battle, his secret show Crave, and way more.
Now, with so much under his belt, he’s ready to record an album a week from now. You can attend free of charge just by RSVP’ing here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
This is the LA stop of Eddie Izzard’s latest tour. You better get your tickets quick because they will sell out sooner rather than later.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
People being nice to each other is such a novel concept these days that having people competitively complimenting each other would indeed be a basis for a show worth going out to see.
That’s why we keep telling you to go to Kyle Ayers Boast Rattle, which has its latest edition this Thursday with a “joy-filled, rosy eyed” line-up.
Tickets are $7 and you can (and really should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
It’s Carol Burnett live. We don’t think we need to do any more selling you on that.
Tickets range from $70-$180. Get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Win Tickets to Hot Tub, Rory Scovel, Kindler’s Particular Show
After taking a week off for Labor Day, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen is thankfully back.
That also means that we’ve got another pair of tickets to give away (on top of tickets for A Cold Hour with Rory Scovel and Andy Kindler’s Particular Show).
Enter to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Sure, you’ve seen psychics. You’ve probably even seen funny psychics.
However, have you seen a funny psychic that derives their clairvoyance and sight into the future through three random songs from your personal music library?
Well, if you’re acquainted, either through national radio or podcast, with Dr. Lars Dingman, the “iTunes Psychic” then you know that a live edition of the iTunes Psychic is something you shouldn’t miss out on.
That’s right, Dr. Lars is doing his latest LA live show at Nerdmelt Showroom at the beginning of next month and you can (and should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
For 2 years, The Pack Theater has been home to our favorite inter-dimensional character/bit show, SPEEDFACE.
To mark this anniversary this Sunday, they’re starting earlier than normal at 9PM so they can put on an extra special, big Speedface chock full of the best bits of comedy that only last 100 seconds.
As with all shows at The Pack Theater, admission is ‘pay what you can’. Get more details here.
It’s a great line-up, great cause, and a great name for a show. What more do you want?
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Really, if you haven’t seen Follow That! where comedians do indeed try to attempt comedy after watching the saddest videos that hosts Matt Lieb and Jason Webb can find, please treat yourself to this roller coaster of an emotional evening coming up at the end of this month.
The line-up for this edition is stacked with the more than capable comedic talents of Mike Lawrence, Andre Hyland, Matt Kirshen, Sofiya Alexandra, Brodie Reed, and Taylor Tomlinson.
You can (and should) get 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
Lindsay Ames’ My Diary is back for its August 2017 edition this week and has a line-up whose diaries will be undoubtedly something special including a cast member of People of Earth, the founder of Feral Audio, a host of Lady to Lady podcast, a trans comedian, and a comedian that created an entire complimenting contest.
Tickets are $7 and you really ought to get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The 2017 LA Indie Improv Festival Is Happening This Weekend (Don’t Miss It)
We don’t have DCM in LA, but we’ve got improv festivals-a-plenty.
One of the ones that you should absolutely catch is the LA Indie Improv Festival that happens with almost 200 teams between two venues (The Clubhouse and Lyric Hyperion) this weekend (8/12 & 8/13).
Slated to perform are many of LA’s best improvisers including such teams as:
Private Street, Boss Jr., The Faculty, Some Kinda Monster, Arts & Athletics, Rococo, Jacob Wysocki Makes Improvisers Do Short Form, Three Princes, Crashbar, The Colin Kaepernicks, Convoy, Outside Dog, Big Grande, and Dopetown 3000 (on a bus).
Oh, we should mention that it’s free to attend.
Get more details and a complete schedule here.
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.
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
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.
Ithamar Enriquez’s stellar show Ithamar Has Nothing to Say is returning to Second City Hollywood this Saturday. As the show’s name suggests, Enriquez does a whole dazzling solo show without saying a single word.
Tickets are $10 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.
One of the hands-down, best sketch groups in town, The Midnight Show, for several years now, will be celebrating their 9th Anniversary this Saturday, August 5th at UCB Franklin at, of course, Midnight.
Get tickets for $5 as soon as you can before they sell out.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.