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Pick of the Day 5/5/25: The Frogtown Show 9th Anniversary 5/10

May 5, 2025

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Nothing quite like an anniversary for a wondrous monthly show to remind you of the illusory passage of time, right?

The Frogtown Show has been going strong for 9 years as monthly comedy institution, which means surviving the pandemic and the aftermath of it as well as those historic fires in January. Emily Maya Mills, Erin Lennox, and Jared Goldstein are still at the helm of this fixture at one of LA’s treasured watering holes/gastropubs/bike shops/coffee shops, the pretty much magical gem that is Spoke Bicycle Cafe.

To mark the occasion, The Frogtown Show’s 9 Year Anniversary show will have a truly marvelous line-up of LA comedy stalwarts across many generations including Andy Kindler, Rachel Kaly, Curtis Cook, Brooks Wheelan, and Lorena Russi.

All they ask for is a $10 suggested donation! Have a lovely Saturday night by the beautiful part of the LA River and catch the 9th Anniversary of The Frogtown Show (and keep coming back every 2nd Saturday).

Pick of the Day: (2024 Return of) The Frogtown Show (in LA) 3/9

March 6, 2024

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These early months of 2024 are decidedly feeling not LA-ish, at least by LA standards (as we type this out and see several giant puddles on a WeHo street intersection). That said, there is still to be plenty sunshine and warmth to be had, especially coming up, which is why we’re thankful that The Frogtown Show @ Spoke Bicycle Cafe is finally returning.

Hosts Emily Maya Mills, Erin Lennox, and Jared Goldstein took all of this past winter off (as it is an outdoor show that can only provide so many heaters) and are aiming to roar back with their beautiful curated and arranged monthly stand-up show starting this Sat. Mar. 9th at 7:30PM for only a $10 suggested donation. Per usual, their line-up is stacked with Chris Estrada, Brandie Posey, Chad Damiani, Chris Garcia, and Savannah DesOrmeaux.

Weather forecast says it’ll be back to more than LA-ish this weekend, so make it out to Spoke this Saturday night. (FYI, it is easiest to get to Spoke Bicycle Cafe by bike). Keep up with all things Frogtown Show here.

Pick of the Day: A Scream Queens Comedy & Drag Show (in NYC) 12/30

December 22, 2022

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If your holiday of choice is, far and away, Halloween or really isn’t one that December offers, we feel your pain. The incessant holiday music and forced cheer can be tough, but thankfully there are outlets for an alternative experience for the holidays.

Case in point, A Scream Queens Comedy & Drag Show at Club Cumming. That really doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s, Boxing Day, etc. etc.

Indeed, a devilishly themed comedy and drag show is coming to Club Cumming on Fri. Dec. 30th with the likes of Jared Goldstein, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Shitzprobe, X-Emma, Vicky Deville, and, of course, host Sarah Rachel Lazarus. It’s a hell of a line-up that will fill in that dead week between Christmas and NYE perfectly

Tickets are only $12 and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Big Rox (in LA) Tuesdays Starting 5/31

May 19, 2022

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Comedy in LA has gotten to a point now where there’s a bevy of weekly comedy shows for you to catch every night of the week. Well, almost every night of the week has that, save for Tuesday. If Roast Battle isn’t your speed (and you don’t want to pay for cover, parking, and 2 drink min.), you might want something else.

Well, cue in Big Rox, a brand spanking new weekly FREE stand-up show from an amazing LA based trio of Addie Weyrich, Dana Donnelly, and Christine Medrano on the Eastside at the lovely restaurant aptly named, Jewel.

They’ll be taking on the mantle of the free weekly stand-up show you should be catching on Tuesdays and will be kicking off their run on May 31st at 7:30PM PT (doors 7PM PT). Their inaugural line-up including Cameron Esposito, Sydnee Washington, Jared Goldstein, and Milan Patel is a pretty perfect for a first show.

So, set a weekly reminder to go to Jewel, a jewel in the hidden jewel of a neighborhood, Rampart Village.

Pick of the Day: The Frogtown Show (in LA) 1/22

January 14, 2022

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Inch by inch, show by show, there are things in live comedy that are indeed happening after the bummer of the holiday break and the quiet nightmare that Omicron has been. Despite more cancelations and postponements happening and more inevitably coming (Largo has continued to stay dark beyond just their initial two weeks of postponements), you might be delighted to know that the beloved outdoor stand-up show Frogtown Show @ Spoke Bicycle Cafe is returning back to it’s bi-weekly (2nd & 4th Saturdays) schedule this month.

On Sat. Jan. 22nd at 7:30PM PT, the magical patio of Spoke Bicycle Cafe will host hosts Erin Dewey Lennox, Emily Maya Mills, and Jared Goldstein as well as their very first 2022 line-up, which is stacked per usual. They’ve got Jermaine Fowler, Mitra Jouhari, Johnny Pemberton, Michael Joyce, and Noah Gardenswartz.

Tickets start at $5 (plus 2 item min.) and you really ought to snag them up before they sell out here.

Pick of the Day: Space Babes (in LA) 9/24

September 16, 2021

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Live comedy on the Eastside in LA grows stronger day by day. More venues and shows are either coming back or popping up (and this was the case pre-lockdown as well). The latest addition to the comedy boom on the eastside of town is a brand spanking new, outdoor stand-up show called Space Babes.

Taking the outdoor space at Highland Park’s long standing neighborhood bar, The Offbeat, the ever cleverly rambunctious Randy Liedtke will host this new stand-up endeavor and kick it off with a real barnburner of an inaugural line-up. That’ll include Rory Scovel, Lizzy Cooperman, Sara Schaefer, and Jared Goldstein (and there’s more to come!).

Best of all, it’s free to attend (so long as you have proof of vaccination).

Don’t miss the very first Space Babes on Fri. Sept. 24th at 8PM PT.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 72: Jared Goldstein & LA in NYC

August 11, 2021

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LA comedy scene favorite, Jared Goldstein, is having a splendid whirlwind of a time in NYC, doing all the shows, taping a Comedy Central Featuring set, and even running into comics he used to be intimidated by (when starting in LA) that now live and grind in NYC. Don’t worry, there are no LA vs. NYC jokes here (that’s so very early 2000s).

That said, Jared and TCB’s Jake Kroeger speed through this ep. on “New York minutes” and run through Jared’s extended stay in NYC and lots of comedy headlines including Nicole Byer’s first hour Netflix special, The White Lotus getting renewed for season 2, and more.

Follow Jared on Twitter and IG @heyjaredhey

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Pick of the Day: The Frogtown Show 6/12

June 8, 2021

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Way before the pandemic was even a shadow of a worry of a thought, there was a magical outdoor venue in LA, Spoke Bicycle Cafe, that had a magical comedy show, The Frogtown Show.

It was a bi-weekly stand-up show that happened in the open spaces within this part-cafe-part-bar-part-bicycle-repair-shop-part-playground that is flanked by the more scenic parts of the LA River. They always got fantastic line-ups and this Jun. 12th edition is no different. The amazing trio of Jared Goldstein, Emily Maya Mills, and Erin Lennox will lead off Chris Garcia, Naomi Ekperigin, Danielle Perez, Daniel Webb, and Lindsay Ames.

In case you forgot, that’s some of LA comedy’s best and brightest.

Tickets are going for $10 per table (tables are for 2) and upwards with a 2 drink min. Go get them here before they sell out fast.

July 29, 2018

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One of our favorites in town John-Michael Bond (he made one of our two Most Wanted Lists) is starting a new stand-up show in DTLA at the lovely Prufrock Pizzeria, 448 S Main St., Los Angeles, CA, (if you went to see comedy at Broke LA, this is where the comedy portion of the fest happened) next week, Wednesday, August 8th at 8PM.

Called Thrash, it’s FREE and has a pretty bangin’ inaugural line-up as you can see above.

Get more details here.

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

May 28, 2018

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With everything that’s going on in the world right now, one of your biggest concerns, as you well know, should be how to up your STARmeter on IMDBPro.

Lucky for you, there’s a show this coming Saturday that will help you with that conveniently called, STARmeter: The IMDBPro Show with hosts/IMDBProAmbassadors Joshua Turek, Megan Koester, and Alison Stevenson as well as a carefully curated selection of rising stars.

Get more details on this exciting opportunity/what ought to be a damn fun show here.

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

May 15, 2018

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If you’re hunting for one of those great LA comedy shows that happens in a backyard this weekend, look no further than Brunch this Sunday, May 20th at 1PM.

Zach Noe Towers and Peggy Sinnott will host a beautiful line-up of:
Debra DiGiovanni (Showtime, Netflix)
Ahmed Bharoocha (Comedy Central)
Lizzy Cooperman (Comedy Central)
Jared Goldstein (Modern Family)
Katrina Davis (Broke LA)

This Brunch (like so many in LA) will be in Silverlake and take a $5 donation for the comedians.

Get more details here.

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