Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox. Clever. The Impulse Theater Improv Comedy Clubmixes comedy, theater and audience interaction to hilarious effect. Tickets: DenverZoo.org/Events/Flock-party/ Tickets for the 15th Annual CinemaQ Film Festival go on sale this week "The Battle Royale" sees Denver's best improv teams go head to head in a belly-laugh-inducing contest. Eventbrite - Habitual Roots presents Denver Wellness & Comedy Festival - Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Shyft at Mile High, Denver, CO. Find event and ticket information. Through Saturday, Sept. 18. Can the audience help these childhood friends rekindle their relationships? Their monthly show features both stand-up and sketch comedy. Its not hard to believe, given the sharp booking and masterful planning that the festival has shown in the past. Save 2023 Denver Summer Whiskey Tasting Festival (August 26) to your collection. Save Denver Vibes Festival to your collection. Comedy Festival on September 24, 2022 to provide a space for connection, wellness, food, music, art and laughter. A genuine show about finding the essence of inner-self: heartfelt vulnerability, unapologetically honest,and uniquely comedic! This weekends High Plains Comedy Festival will plant dozens of the best local and national comics onto Mile High City stages, from biggies like Ken Jeong and Joel McHale to curated local luminaries and already-sold-out showcases such as Dyketopia. get your free Visitor Guide. "On The Spot" remains a local favorite, using the audience's unique suggestions to improvise scenes, games and songs to make newcomers or regulars laugh themselves silly! But even when Cayton-Holland was a newbie comic, he tried to subvert the tropes. Its diverse artistic voices in all forms of performing arts, and its accessible to everyone. She's still just a Colorado girl at heart, though, as she can most regularly be seen binge eating at Voodoo Doughnuts after shows. Take a musical journey through the history of vaccines. Register atthephoenix.org. The board members there decided to let Rise which in 2020 took over the former Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, at 1266 22nd St. have a go at it with a renamed, reconfigured event. Lost & Found - Denver Fringe Festival. Farting in Church is a comical storytelling event about a conservative children's church that is disrupted by a prankster. But do they pay for things like lodging for the artists? Grand Rapids. Plus, over 20 U.S.O. This includes, but is not limited to, the following sites: Craigslist, Vivid Seats, Seat Geek, Cheap Tickets, Via Go-Go, Tickets Mate, Score Big, Event Tickets Center, Ticket Network, Ballparks/Ticket Triangle, Click It Ticket, Team ViVi, and any site that is not ComedyWorks.com. Amy Schumer, a lightning rod long before her Oscars co-hosting gig last week, returns to Denver for the first time in four years as part of her Whore Tour. Having recorded her 2017 Netflix debut The Leather Special at Denvers Bellco Theatre, the Emmy-winning writer, author and actor should be right at home for her quartet of sets at the smaller but no-less-prestigious Paramount Theatre. John Crist
Photo courtesy of Ricky Velez on Instagram. The RISE Comedy Festival Founder on What Makes Denver Comics Better Teague Bohlen July 5, 2022 8:45AM Improv is at the core of the new RISE Comedy Festival T.C. And Tom Segura can lay claim to Colorados biggest stand-up show of the year (so far) with his appearance at Ball Arena on July 23. High Plains Comedy Festival 2021 in Denver, CO | Everfest SAN DIEGO Comedy Festival May 25-June 3, 2018. The event, which begins Friday, Sept. 17, also includes performances from a whos-who of fast-rising Colorado acts (The Velveteers, Schama Noel, Neoma, Adiel Mitchell, iZCALLi) at RiNo Art District venues the Larimer Lounge, Tracks, Reelworks, RiNo Beer Garden, Number 38 and more, plus national headliners Young the Giant, Thundercat, Hippo Campus, Duke Dumont and Kaytranada. Cool off this summer with beer and live music while helping a great cause! Hailing from Denver, Justine Marino attended St. Mary's Academy High School before quickly deciding she wanted to tell jokes until the end of time. The Denver Improv which has been more of a complement to Comedy Works than competition since the national chain opened in Northfield in 2007 has upcoming shows from Lynne Koplitz (April. Do you have the guts to venture through the infected dead zone & make it out of the city? A ticket covering indoor and outdoor main-stage shows costs $90. Denver writer and author Josiah Hesse (The Guardian, Politico, the Carnality series), has made a career of studying evolving subcultures and his latest is still very much evolving. April 29 at the Paramount Theatre, $37.50-$75. Crist's act comes highly touted as a Denver finalist of the 2013 Comedy Central Up Next Comedy Competition and, in addition to several appearances on "The Bob and Tom Show," Crist completed a USO Comedy Tour for the Troops in Kuwait. Most of these other gatherings Denvers High Plains Comedy Festival, Trinidads Chief Comedy Festival, and upstarts such as the Vail and Boulder comedy fests are curated, not submission-based. He speaks at the Tattered Cover to promote the book at 7 p.m. on Sept. 17 at an event hosted by former Denver Post A&E and Cannabist editor Ricardo Baca (now of the Grasslands PR agency). At theBovine Metropolis Theater, you have several options, all of them side-splittingly funny. Hippieman has toured extensively over the years and continues to do so. Find shows, buy tickets, check seating charts, plan where to eat and how to get there. Check out one of his bits fromComedy Works. With a background that ranges from being a bouncer for The Rolling Stones and The Who, working in veterinary medicine for 25 years, and performing for more than 20 years as a professional stand-up comedian, Kevin Fitzgerald is a true renaissance man. You also can view a running list of local shows at 5280comedy.com, and visit denverpost.com/calendar for more. Discover your favorite new jokester. But forging your own career path when your older brother is one of the most . @owskifaith Experienceimprov, stand-up and sketch comedyin its finest form at RISE Comedy in Lower Downtown (LoDo). March 8th 2023. Organized by the same team that has poured love into the Vail Comedy Show for going on 4 years. Colorado's comedy scene is back in 2022 with big shows and festivals. His comedy special Heres Everything, produced by Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow, was released on HBO in 2021. with boba tea, espresso, parking Sunday 5:00 PM + 11 more RIVER Free Beer! This weekend's High Plains Comedy Festival will plant dozens of the best local and national comics onto Mile High City stages, from biggies like Ken Jeong and Joel McHale to curated local. Vail Comedy Festival 2022 SOLD-OUT and had 30+ comedians fly in Memorial Day Weekend for three days of laughs. Our goal is a weeks-long annual performing arts festival so inclusive and expansive that we cant imagine summer in Denver without it! Check out one of his bits fromComedy Works. . The Lowdown: Denver comedian and member of the infamous Grawlix trio, Ben Roy has been featured on HBOs Funny as Helland Comedy CentralsAdam Devines House Party. Book now at a location near you! True tales of Gen-X online dating. Check out his performance from"The Late Late Show. Find more information here. 5 Outfit Ideas For Your Festivities. Sunday, May 10 Comedy Works Downtown After cruising through town on 4/20 for a headlining gig, many Denver comedy fans may not have expected to see Doug Benson again so soon, yet he returns. In this Black Comedy, a disabled teenager struggles to overcome his friend's death, and attempts suicide. . Tap, Irish, Flatfooting, Ballet, and Contemporary dance, 5 pairs of shoes and a bit of storytelling reveal one dancers queer dance journey. He has worked with brands such as Spotify, BET, Footaction, and Fashion Nova. Devon Walker is a New York based comic, actor and writer who can be seen regularly as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. The latest example is A Meazy, whose new album PYE (Protect Your Energy) is another marvel of thoughtful, hard-hitting, independent hip-hop. He's presently headlining comedy clubs, major cruise lines, colleges and corporate events. Destiny the Fairy and Darcy the Pirate need your help to save a magic tree in this all-ages interactive audio adventure. Join Darcy the Pirate and Destiny the Fairy as they try to discover why a witch has arrived in Stardust Kingdom. Rise Comedy is launching its first stand-up, improv and sketch festival this month at its Ballpark neighborhood theater, bulking up a Colorado comedy circuit already bursting with events. 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It needs to be a net positive for the comedy community.. He's also done more than 20 USO comedy tours for military troops. Green Spaces Market Free Comedy Show! Through Saturday. Rise says yes, and heres why. Things to Do Denver: Standup Comedy February 2020 | Westword Get tickets here. Check out one of his bits fromComedy Works. @artofapril Link in bio to read more about unique things to do in Denver this week! Where:Improper City, 3201 Walnut St, Denver. Cool off this summer with beer and live music while helping a great cause! Here are some of the best and worst jokes about Denver - The Denver Post Flock together for an evening of live music, craft cocktails, artisan eats, animal experiences + more. Comedian Steve "Mudflap" McGrew (the hell-bent southern gent) has been featured on Comedy Central in his own half-hour special. Featuring stand-up comedy and a chance for you to ask your Garbage questions! Sep 30, 2023. Currently headlining comedy clubs, major cruise lines, colleges, Pete Holmes is the creator and star of HBO's Crashing (produced by Judd Apatow) and TBS' The Pete Holmes Show (produced by Conan O'Brien). ". This classic game is drawing players from all over the world to the arcades of the Mile High City. The programming mix is unusual for most events, but its familiar to patrons of the Denver Improv Festival, which ran for more than a dozen years before dissolving during the pandemic. A dark and soulful experience. In 2001, he stepped in front of a microphone to perform stand-up comedy for the first time at age 41. Classes, workshops and parties are all on deck. 20-TIME BEST-OF-FEST AWARD WINNER presents her international hit comedy-drama exploring the unexpected twists & turns of life, love & being on the road A Sybil-esque multiple-personalitied solo performance virtuoso. Denver Westword. Vail Comedy Festival is BACK May 26-28, 2023. High Plains Comedy Festival September 21 - 23, 2023. Furthermore, there are no Colorado comedy fests that feature stand-up, improv and sketch comedy all on the same bill. Now living in Los Angeles, Marino has been seen on NBC's "Last Call With Carson Daly," Jenny McCarthy's "Dirty Sexy Funny," MTV, and E!, and was selected in 2014 as a "New Face" at Montreal's prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. A one-woman show of sex & singlehood. Cost: $12. Comic Marks Masters first-year, sold-out Vail Comedy Festival, which ran May 27-29, welcomed dozens of national and local stand-up headliners along with industry types from HBO, Netflix and New Yorks famed Comedy Cellar. Comedy Works also has a locationat the Landmark in Greenwood Village. Kids will go bananas for BenAnna Band! He's also the star of CBS' How We Roll as well as two HBO stand-up comedy Mohammed "Mo" Amer is a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer from Houston, Texas. Can the greatest love of your life can be the one that ends? Hes a winner of the HBO & NYLFF Latino Stand-Up Comedy Competition, crowned the 2019 Funniest Haitian Canadian comedian Che Durena was born and raised in British Columbia and is based in Toronto after spending time performing stand-up in Mexico. (Note: longer bits, of which there are many, were excluded in favor of short quotes. Two individuals embrace their queer identity in the modern world. The Lowdown: Recently featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,Peluffo is a regular at New Yorks infamous comedy clubs, including Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club and Gotham Comedy Club. (A tragicomedy from the creators of YESTERDAY/TODAY). 2526 E. Colfax Ave. josiahhesse.com or tatteredcover.com. Comedy Wham Comedy Works Presents, the clubs booking arm, has several big shows from touring comics that you can find on their websites theyre just not at the Comedy Works clubs. Dare I say it, but this March may be Denvers best month of comedy yet. Walker has quickly become one of Denver's most sought-after comedians, a designation he'd dismiss with a modest scoff, despite its accuracy. A solo comedy show about all the ways Kayla needs rescuing rescuing from grief, dating, family, friends, anxiety, and more. McCracken The art of. Your face is a prime first impression wherever you go, so treat yourself and refresh your brows at European Wax Center. Since then, he has been selected to perform at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and all the other major laugh fests. This month is kicking off with comedian and Comedy Works regular Nancy Norton. High Plains Comedy Festival PLEASE NOTE these important rules BEFORE purchasing tickets. The crossover allows for a variety of guests, said Armstrong, who brings his Los Angeles connections as a writer and performer to the festival, along with Bucheles booking prowess. Weirdly comic vignettes. aurorafoxartscenter.org, Tig Notaro lived in Denver for a time, but didnt begin performing stand-up until she decamped to L.A. where she quickly met Kristen Schaal (Bobs Burgers), who happens to be from Longmont.