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The tapings for the New Negroes will be happening with a live studio audience that you can be a part of next week at Sunset Las Palmas in Hollywood. Tickets are FREE, so long as you RSVP, and you really shouldn’t pass up a chance to see and be a part of Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle’s showcase series that will air on Comedy Central.

Acts to be featured include Chris Redd, Candice Thompson, Tone Bell, David Gborie, Ian Edwards, Sam Jay, Yassir Lester, George Wallace, Dulce Sloan, Dwayne Kennedy, and more.

Go get tickets here.

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

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When it comes to the frontiers of comedy being boldly pushed and also still be damn funny while doing so, few accomplish that feat quite like Aussie comedian Sam Simmons.

Naturally, you should take up any chance to see him live, which will be next week as he does a full run of his solo show at the Lyric Hyperion in Silverlake.

Please get tickets here before they sell out.

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

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Though it has always been too long between every Apple Sisters appearance, we do always cherish any time that they’re around.

With that in mind, this coming Saturday, April 21st at 7PM at UCB Sunset, Kimmy Gatewood, Rebekka Johnson, and Sarah Lowe reunite once again in their lovely green, yellow, and red dresses once more to give their dazzling classic musical revue that tends to be relevant to today.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

Win Tickets to See Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen or Tracy Morgan

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We’re doubling up on our ticket giveaways this week as you could win either see another rollicking line-up of Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen featuring Scott Thompson, Sabrina Jalees, Brooks Wheelan, and more OR Tracy Morgan at the Novo in DTLA next Friday, Apr. 27th.

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

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From a show beloved in SF, then expanding to LA and NYC, then all uniting under the show’s home in LA, The Business has gone through and survived more than most indie comedy shows around, not to mention that they’ve kept it going for nine years.

They (that’s the current, rambunctious Business crew of Anna Seregina, Sean Keane, Chris Garcia, Bucky Sinister, and Megan Koester) will be honoring their 9th Anniversary this Monday at Little Joy. Per usual, admission is free (though we suggest you get there early if you want a seat.

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

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Whenever comedian/actor/postmodern prankster Moses Storm is given the reins to anything, you should most certainly try to see what Storm has up his sleeve.

So, when Team Coco is giving him the hosting duties of a comedy and musical show at Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater that will also feature the likes of Pete Holmes, Ron Funches, Laurie Kilmartin, Matt Braunger, and more!

Up & Up is set for Wednesday, April 18th at 8PM. Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

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While Nerdmelt has now been laid to rest, Women Crush Wednesdays with Marcella Arguello will live on over at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab on the same day (Wednesdays), at pretty much the same time (7:45PM), and at the same price ($10).

Also, it’s pretty much a 5 minute drive from Nerdmelt/Meltdown and will continue have stellar line-ups. Get your tickets for the first Improv Lab show here.

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

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Tinder extraordinaire Lane Moore (Lane has indeed figured out a way to be good at Tinder) is returning to LA for another round, this time at The Regent in DTLA on Tuesday, May 1st at 7PM.

She’ll be going through Tinder swiping, messaging, and causing a bunch of fun chaos on the dating app for the show, which is pretty damn entertaining.

Tickets are $17.50-$22.50 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

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Not only will you be benefitting animals that need a good home, you’ll be catching one hell of a stacked comedy show at the 3rd Annual Punchlines for Paws next weekend.

Tickets are going for $75-$150. Get them and 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.

Win Tickets to See Jonah Ray, Kate Berlant, Nina Conti at Next Week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen

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From the heights of being the host of the new MST3K to expert puppetry from across the pond to the several dimensions that Kate Berlant occupies, next week’s Hot Tub, per usual, ought to be a doozy.

As you also should know by now, we’ve got a pair of tickets for you to win to catch this magic. Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

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Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s Jon Stewart, will be doing his solo show over at the Comedy Central Stage on Thursday, April 12th and Monday, April 16th. It’s something you shouldn’t miss as one of the Middle East’s top satirists gives their perspective on the insanity of these times.

Best of all, tickets are FREE w/RSVP here and here, respectively.

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

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Not only are you going to get see a comedy equivalent of the phenomenon known as “cuckolding” from the fun bunch that is Jason Saenz, Grant Gordon, and Eddie Della Siepe, but this is your chance to see Reggie Watts, Rory Scovel, and Garfunkel & Oates on the same bill.

We have no doubt that this will sell out. Get tickets here quick.

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

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Next week, the opening night of LA’s newest comedy venue The Ruby LA will be a 12 hour feminist and inclusive comedy and arts festival featuring wondrous stand-up, sketch, improv, and music from some of LA’s best.

Admission is free until 7PM, after which tickets are $10. You can buy said tickets and 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.

Wanna see a co-host of Who Charted?, a Moth winner, and the mind behind one of the best Guy Fieri jokes out there for FREE?

Well, per usual, we got tickets for you to win to see just that at next week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen!

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

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One of the more renowned and stacked teams in improv comedy is Theme Park with Ian Brennan (co-creator of “Glee”), John Michael Higgins (“Pitch Perfect”), Jessica Makinson (“South Park”), Oscar Nunez (“The Office”), Vanessa Ragland (“Pop My Culture” Podcast), Cole Stratton (“Pop My Culture” Podcast), Janet Varney (“The Legend of Korra”).

Only so every often does the team assemble for a show, which means you shouldn’t miss out when that happens. Their latest show just happens to be next week, Wednesday, April 4th at 8PM at Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater. Alison Rosen (“Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend” Podcast) will be joining them as a guest monologist too.

Tickets are $15 and you can (and really should) get them here.

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

The Ruby LA Will Be LA’s Newest Comedy Venue (and Taking Over the Nerdist School)

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While Meltdown Comics and the Nerdmelt Showroom are indeed closing, the space that was known as Nerdist School at 7518 W. Sunset Blvd. (right next door to Meltdown Comics) will be reopened as The Ruby LA, a comedy venue focused on inclusivity, specifically intersectional feminism. They’ll be “…bringing in women, people of color, and queer voices to round out leadership and faculty positions, while also creating and producing shows by underrepresented voices,” as stated in their press release this morning.

Led by Nerdist School’s heads Jen Curran, Lindsay Barrow, and Randy Thompson, The Ruby LA will have a launch event that will go from noon to midnight on April 7th with comedians of all sorts from all over LA.

The dust has been settling from all the LA comedy closures, but we can now thankfully chalk one point on the side of comedy venues opening.

Follow The Ruby LA on Twitter @the_ruby_la.

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The irresistibly charming Mary Mack is back in town for a month and will be putting on a show every week in April at Molly Malone’s.

The first show, on April 3rd at 8PM, has a wondrous line-up of Jackie Kashian, Laurie Kilmartin, Ron Runches, Naomi Ekperigin, Tim Harmston, and Tommy Ryman.

Pretty swell, huh?

Well, tickets are $5. 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.

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Baby Wants Candy’s Hamilton-style improvised musical is back yet again and something you shouldn’t miss, kind of like the actual Hamilton musical.

The latest edition is this Sunday, April 1st at 9PM at UCB Sunset and tickets are $7. Go get them real quick here (they will sell out).

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

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The magnificent Chris Fairbanks will be playing Paul Ryan and holding a town hall meeting “like he’s supposed to”. This will all be going down at our favorite new venue, Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth Theater on Tuesday, May 8th at 8PM.

We’re not sure exactly what Fairbanks has up his sleeve with this, but it ought to be pretty damn great. Special guests TBA.

Tickets are $20 and you really ought to get them right here right now.

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

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Dan Gill, David Venhuizen, and Colin McCormick have been putting together real slick line-ups for 3 years now at The Clubhouse for their show Idiots. It may be a theater housed in a storefront next to a Jons, but making it three years as a monthly show as a rambunctious comedy trio deserves respect.

So, come Wednesday, April 4th at 8PM, head to The Clubhouse (1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA) for FREE (they do accept donations) for the 3 Year Anniversary of Idiots and also catch the likes of Nicole Byer, Howard Kremer, Nick Rutherford, Jenny Yang, and more!

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

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Since there is a nationwide #MarchForOurLives today, we thought it’d be nice to highlight the 3rd Annual Fun Lovers Unite : an Evening of Comedy, Music and Gun Sense! at The Regent Theater.

Proceeds will be going to Women Against Gun Violence and feature the talents of Jonathan Ames, Kurt Braunohler, Jeanne Darst, Josh Gondelman, Open Mike Eagle, Dengue Fever, Frangela, Greg Johnson, and more!

So, there’s a stellar line-up, a crucial cause, and almost no reason for you to not go.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $32.50 at the door. Go get them here now.

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

Win Tickets to See Adam Cayton-Holland, Jake Weisman, Noah Gardenswartz, and Chris Locke at Next Week’s Hot Tub

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One just dropped an album on Comedy Central Records and did Corden, another is the co-creator of Corporate, another is a writer for the award winning Marvelous Ms. Maisel, and yet another still is a lovely visitor for Canada!

Those are only a handful of reasons that you should try to win some tickets to next week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen. Enter via DoLA here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

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You might have heard yesterday that the Nerdmelt Showroom @ Meltdown Comics is closing its doors.

While that is sad, you do still have a week to catch shows there, which is absolutely something you do. That includes Nominees, I Think We’re Alone Now, Comedians Cinema Club, Let’s Go Atsuko!, Women Crush Wednesdays, Two Dykes and a Mic, my big show 🙂, and more.

Please get more details and tickets for all of this here.

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

Adult Swim Will Be Thowing an LA Music and Comedy Festival This Fall

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Adult Swim Will Be Thowing an LA Music and Comedy Festival This Fall

For awhile, we had Riot LA. Every now and again, we have Festival Supreme.

However, big time festivals featuring comedy in Los Angeles are had to come by. Adult Swim, fortunately, will be giving it a go by throwing a music and comedy festival at the Row DTLA this fall.

So far, a line-up has yet to be announced, but you can count on Run The Jewels being there. So, maybe, just maybe, you can forgive the delay on a new season of Rick and Morty if you’re in and around LA?

Get more details here.

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Well, any chance you get to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail in a fancy theatre with a live appearance by John Cleese is one that you take.

So, maybe you should get some tickets for when that happens at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Saturday, March 31st for $59-$70 on Ticketmaster?

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