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SUMMARY:Chad the Bird
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nHeadliner: Chad the Bird\nFeature: Zach Wycuff\nOpener:  Tyson Colson\nOpener:  Rochelle Collins\nHost: Jesse Pimpinella\n\nChad the Bird is a comedic essayist and deep divist who has been reporting on the news\, science\, and human-isms every week for the past 15 years. He’s also just a bird in your world\, loving what you humans do but he does have some notes.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/chad-the-bird-2025/
LOCATION:MadLab\, 227 N 3rd Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup,Variety
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SUMMARY:Freak Show at Shadowbox Live
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\n(USE CODE “CU30” FOR 30% OFF!)\n\n\nShadowbox Live’s Freak Show\, is a Halloween-themed carnival of comedy sketches and haunting musical performances that will tickle your funny bone and send shivers down your spine.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/freak-show-at-shadowbox-live-friday-2025/
LOCATION:ShadowboxLive\, 503 S Front Street\, OH\, 43215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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SUMMARY:Stand-Up & Improv Showcase @ Nest
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\n\nStand Up:\nKieron Harrell\nCurtis Cook\nWhitney Rayner\nImprov: Armando CBUS\n\n\nThe Nest Theatre + Comedy Arts Center is proud to present their guests for Columbus Comedy Festival 2025! This space celebrates features and headlining comics and one of our most popular improvisational shows\, with standups as the guests! \nCome enjoy standup from our three featured touring standups Kieron Harrell (Chicago)\, Curtis Cook (NYC)\, and Whitney Rayner (Los Angeles). \nThen\, the second half features the popular Armando CBus show (Chicago\, CBus) running exclusively at The Nest – this hilarious show features stories and chats from special guests (the standups)\, and an all-star improvisational cast makes up scenes on the spot\, loosely inspired by details or nuggets from their stories.\n \n[Armando Cbus 9/5 730pm cast with: Tara DeFrancisco\, Rance Rizzutto\, Michael Tonovitz\, Katie O’Leary\, Carolyn Pierre-Louis\, Grace Woodman\, Alexx Stanton\, LT Thornton] \n$18 earlybird advance tickets | $20 week of show
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/stand-up-improv-showcase-nest-2025-friday-01/
LOCATION:The Nest\, 2643 N High Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Improv,Standup
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SUMMARY:Friday Night Showcase
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nFriday Showcase at The Maroon Culture Lab\nJoin us for two unique nights of comedy at The Maroon Culture Lab\, located on the Near East Side of Columbus! These events feature a hilarious lineup of comedians from Los Angeles\, New York City\, Chicago and of course\, hometown talent right here in Columbus.\n\nDon’t miss out on our Friday and Saturday showcases!\n\nFeaturing:\nKasaun Wilson\nG. Davis\nNef Johnson\nJerrel Beamon\nFreddie Simone\nHost: Terrance ThaGawdshow
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/friday-night-showcase-2025/
LOCATION:Maroon Culture Lab\, 867 Mt Vernon Ave\, Columbus\, OH\, 43203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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ORGANIZER;CN="Columbus Underground":MAILTO:laughs@columbuscomedyfest.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T203000
DTSTAMP:20250630T190532Z
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SUMMARY:Ric Diez & Friends
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nHeadliner: Ric Diez\nFeaturing:\nElijah Nevels\nLeyla Ingalls\nBarack Lesnar\nJR Junior\nHe took the mic\, won the crowd\, and walked away with the Kill Tony Golden Ticket. Now Ric Diez is bringing the heat to The Attic for a stacked festival showcase you don’t want to miss. \nThis show features Ric and a hand-picked lineup of his favorite comics — sharp voices\, bold sets\, and the kind of energy that reminds you why live comedy hits different. \nYou’ve seen him on Kill Tony. Now see him up close\, live\, and unfiltered right here in Columbus.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/ric-diez-friends/
LOCATION:The Attic Comedy Club\, 892 Oak Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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SUMMARY:Jeremiah Watkins at Columbus Funny Bone
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\n\n\nKansas-born comedian Jeremiah Watkins has established himself as one of the most physical stand-up comedians in Los Angeles with his high energy and off-the-cuff style. His first one-hour special FAMILY REUNION (2020) showcases his off-the-cuff\, physical style. Jeremiah is a paid regular at the Comedy Store\, which hosts his popular live show Stand-Up On The Spot\, named by GQ Magazine as one of the “5 Funniest Nights in America.” Jeremiah placed 2nd in the 2015 Big Sky Comedy Festival\, and has performed at Just for Laughs\, Bonnaroo\, Outside Lands\, TBS’s New York Comedy Festival\, South by Southwest\, Riot LA\, Moontower\, and many other festivals throughout the country. Jeremiah is graduate of the Second City\, has trained at The Groundlings\, and has performed improv all over Los Angeles. Jeremiah hosts the weekly podcast Jeremiah Wonders\, where he showcases his spot-on impressions. He’s also a regular on the podcast Kill Tony.\n\n \n\nJeremiah Watkins is a paid regular at the Comedy Store\, which hosts his popular live show Stand-Up On The Spot\, named by GQ Magazine as one of the “5 Funniest Nights in America.” His first one-hour special FAMILY REUNION (2020) showcases his off-the-cuff\, physical style. Jeremiah has also appeared on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC)\, HISTORICAL ROASTS (NETFLIX)\, LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE (COMEDY CENTRAL)\, CRASHING (HBO)\, and starred in the 2015 indie thriller i-LIVED. He also hosts the wildly hilarious podcasts JEREMIAH WONDERS and SCISSOR BROS.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/jeremiah-watkins-at-columbus-funny-bone-show1/
LOCATION:Funny Bone Columbus\, 145 Easton Town Ctr\, Columbus\, OH\, 43219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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SUMMARY:TBD The Improvised Musical
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome join the cast of TBD: The Improvised Musical! for a night of comedic\, musical improv. Featuring musical improvisers from all over Central Ohio\, you’re sure to see big ensemble numbers\, heart-wrenching solos and showstoppers\, and of course\, moving love songs. Add in brilliantly talented local musicians (who become characters in their own right!)\, and you have a show that fans are calling “pure magic.”\n\nDoors at 6:50 PM. Show promptly at 7 pm // Snacks and drinks available // Reservations recommended to guarantee seating
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/tbd-the-improvised-musical-2025/
LOCATION:Hashtag Comedy Club\, 1253 North High Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Improv
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SUMMARY:Asian Comedy Showcase
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nHeadliner: Aiko Tanaka\nFeature: Kyle Lucero\nFeature: Yang\nOpener:  John Datoy\nOpener:  Ian Miller\nHost: Johnny Mocny\n\nThe Columbus Comedy Festival is excited to present its first Asian Comedy Showcase\, featuring a hilarious lineup of Asian and Asian-American standup comedy performers from Los Angeles\, New York\, Nashville and of course… right here in Columbus! Don’t miss this killer lineup of comedians during this year’s festival!
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/asian-comedy-showcase/
LOCATION:Up Front Performance Space\, 503 S. Front Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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SUMMARY:Gwen Rose at MadLab
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nHeadliner: Gwen Rose\nFeature: Joel Good\nFeature: Brian Harris\nOpener:  Jules Wagner\nHost: Jessi Sisson\n\nGwen Rose was named by Time Out in association with Hulu as a comedian to watch in 2025. She is a mainstay in the Chicago scene\, she has headlined her home club the Laugh Factory where she is a regular. She plays all the major clubs like the Den Theatre where she has opened for Julio Torres\, Bobcat Goldthwait and River Butcher. She just recorded her first special “Gwen Rose’s Emotional Cutting” also at the Den Theatre.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/gwen-rose-at-madlab/
LOCATION:MadLab\, 227 N 3rd Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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SUMMARY:Chicago Showcase
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nFeaturing:\nKristen Toomey\nSarah Perry\nNina Kern\nJustin Golak\nHost: Chad the Bird\nAbout the show: Chicago is the capital of comedy in the Midwest\, and we’re bringing some of the best talent from the Windy City right here to Columbus! \nAbout Kristen: Kristen Toomey’s standup career began in 2008. Since then she has headlined comedy clubs all over North America and the UK. Her recent Micro Special\, produced by Zanies Chicago\, was well received with over 300K views. Currently\, with back to back viral reels amassing 20M+ views\, her follower count continues to skyrocket. \nAbout Sarah: Sarah Perry is a Chicago-based national touring comedian and writer whose fearless delivery and subject matter is highly relatable and resoundingly funny. Sarah graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2016 with a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance and has also completed The Comedy Studies program and graduated from The Conservatory at The Second City\, as well as the improv program at iO Theatre. \nAbout Nina: Nina Kern is a stand-up comedian\, actor\, and podcast host in Chicago\, Illinois. Ever since escaping the clutches of her conservative hometown\, Nina has made it her life’s passion to make people laugh using her life experiences. \nAbout Justin: Justin Golak’s comedy offers a brutal but thoughtful take on all the things your mom told you not to talk about in polite conversation. Delivered with just the right amount of infamous Golak charm\, he’ll only leave you with a small urge to punch him in the face and a more pressing one to hear what he said again. \nAbout Chad the Bird: Chad the Bird has been Chicago’s only Avian Op Ed columnist for 12 years at Chicago’s Live Magazine: The Paper Machete a weekly showcase hosted at The Green Mill that TimeOut Chicago has called “a cavalcade of culture\, politics and wit”.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/chicago-showcase/
LOCATION:The Kee\, 225 Neilston Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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SUMMARY:Fumi Abe
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS\nHeadliner: Fumi Abe\nFeature: Tom Thakkar\nOpener: Samson Shete\nHost: Dino Tripodis\nFumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in Los Angeles who was recently named Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Just For Laughs New Faces. \nHe has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon\, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\, and has written for The Late Late Show with James Corden\, NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”\, the ESPYs\, and “Wavelength”\, a Comedy Central pilot.
URL:https://columbuscomedyfest.com/event/fumi-abe/
LOCATION:The Kee\, 225 Neilston Street\, Columbus\, OH\, 43215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fri,Standup
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