Columbus Comedy Festival

The Hashtag Comedy *BOOKED* Open Mic
2024-08-16 22:00 - 2024-08-17 00:30 (America/New_York) | Hashtag Comedy Club, 1253 North High Street, Columbus, OH, 43201, United States
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Step into the unpredictable world of laughter at our stand-up comedy open mic, where spontaneity reigns supreme! In honor of celebrating the inaugural Columbus Comedy Festival, we are switching up this evening from our typical open mic night.
On Friday 8/16, we will be inviting some of the comedians who are regularly knocking it out of the park at our friday mic, as well as keeping spots open exclusively for touring comedians who are in town for the Columbus Comedy Festival.
Our stage is a dynamic space where quick-witted stand-ups, impromptu improv artists, and sketch comedy maestros converge to deliver a night of laughter and limitless comedic possibilities.
FREE TO ATTEND AND PERFORM
Alcohol available for purchase
Doors 9:45-10 PM depending on when the previous show ends
Show starts shortly after 10 PM
at The Hashtag Comedy Company | 1253 N High Street, Columbus
Want to sign up? Columbus comedians will be contacted in the weeks leading up to the mic.
Are you an out of town comedian performing in the Columbus Comedy Festival? We’d love to give you some stage time! Email us at haha@hashtagcomedy.com to inquire about securing your 5 minute set.

The Sick World of Doctor Show
2024-08-16 22:00 - 23:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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The Sick World of Doctor Show
Weird! Thrilling! Astounding!
The Sick World of Doctor Show unleash their fabulously unhinged horror-comedy production to the stage! Prepare yourself for zany gags, slapstick antics, and outrageous surprises! All concocted into an unholy fusion of stage and video sketch comedy, zapped together into one weird and fantastical existence!
The Sick World of Doctor Show is unlike anything else you’ll experience anywhere on this flat earth!
Joel Savage as Doctor Show, Lindsey Bowes as Trixie the Dancing Skeleton, and David Gigliotti as CREATURE.

Chicago Showcase
2024-08-16 22:00 - 23:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Featuring:
Kristen Toomey
Sarah Perry
Nina Kern
Justin Golak
Host: Chad the Bird
About 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!
About 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.
About 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.
About 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.
About 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.
About 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”.

NYC Showcase
2024-08-16 22:00 - 23:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Featuring:
G DavisPat BurtscherAminah ImaniJoe Briggs
Host: Travis Irvine
About the Show: New York City is well known as a mecca for stand up comedy, and the Columbus Comedy Festival is bringing you some of the best working comics in New York for a special showcase of top talent!
About G Davis: G Davis is a stand up comedian and content creator from Columbus who now resides in New York City. G grew his name in 2018 by becoming the Ohio State 3x open mic night winner, and opener for Saturday Night Live. He also was the winner of the 2018 OSU has talent competition.
About Pat Burtscher: Pat Burtscher is a Canadian comedian who has been touring the globe with a pocket full of ideas, a brain full of questions and a heart full of love. His unique capacity for reducing the universal to the personal has earned him critical acclaim.
About Aminah Imani: Announced as one of Just For Laugh Festival’s New Faces 2023, Aminah Imani is a stand-up comedian, host, and actress from Atlanta, GA who lives and performs regularly in New York City.
About Joe Briggs: Here are some facts about a boy. Joe Briggs is a standup comedian from Parma, Ohio. At 12, he took a free karate lesson, after the which the instructor said he “had potential.” He has never won a fight.
About Travis Irvine:Travis Irvine is a comedian, journalist, filmmaker and unsuccessful politician. His work has been featured by the Guardian, Vice TV, HuffPost and several other outlets. Travis has written and directed two feature films about killer raccoons that are available from cult film distributors Troma Entertainment and Indican Pictures.

Fumi Abe
2024-08-16 22:00 - 23:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Fumi Abe
Feature: Tom Thakkar
Opener: Samson Shete
Host: Dino Tripodis
Fumi 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.
He 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.

Tony Rock
2024-08-16 21:30 - 23:00, 2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Funny Bone Columbus, 145 Easton Town Ctr, Columbus, OH, 43219, United States
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Headliner: Tony Rock
Comedian, Actor, Producer Tony Rock is the hardest working man in show business. Born in the same Brooklyn Hospital where most of his eight brothers and sisters arrived into the world, Tony was born laughing and it was quickly apparent that his big brother wasn’t going to be the only famous comedian in the family. Tony has proven to be one of television’s best hosts having played the role of ringleader on HBO’s weekly stand-up comedy series All Def Comedy, NBA TV’s The Warm Up, along with BET’s Black Card Revoked and Apollo Live, all while co-starring in his first primetime network series – CBS’ Living Biblically.
Performing stand-up comedy continues to be Tony’s first love and this year has proven no different. You can see him on tour in 2018 as one of the featured acts on the Platinum Comedy Tour with Mike Epps, The Festival Of Laughs with Comedienne Sommore, and his own Tony Rock Live club tour!
Outside of the lights-camera-action, Tony works tirelessly as the founder of the MyROCK Diabetes Foundation, a charity organization established in honor of his late father.

Stand-Up & Improv Showcase @ Nest
2024-08-16 21:30 - 23:00 | The Nest, 2643 N High Street, Columbus, OH, 43202, United States
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A showcase of three standups and two improvisational teams for the 4th Nest/CCF show of the week!

Opening set by Ryan Chernick (Washington DC) Aaron Clark (Milwaukee, WI) / Improv set by War Candy (Cincinnati, OH) / Ross Childs (Chicago, IL) / Improv set by Skoora (CBus, OH).

Hot Fuss
2024-08-16 21:00 - 23:00 | MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Lineup:
Leon Brodsky
Ty Moore
Hannah Belmont
Alexis Massey
Deacon Usually Petty
Host: Barack Lesnar
Prepare for an evening of unstoppable laughter and unforgettable memories at the latest edition of Hot Fuss Comedy! This event transcends the ordinary, offering a unique fusion of stand-up comedy, improvisational genius, live artistry, and an enchanting atmosphere perfect for a date night.

Friday Night Laughs: A Stand Up Comedy Show
2024-08-16 20:30 - 21:45 | Hashtag Comedy Club, 1253 North High Street, Columbus, OH, 43201, United States
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Laugh along with some of Columbus’ most seasoned stand up comedians and comedians from Chicago, New York and more at Friday Night Laughs! Featuring:
Headliner: Kieron Harrell
Joe Briggs
Angie Healey
Samson Shete
Zach Harley
Doors open at 8:15, show starts promptly at 8:30. Drinks available for purchase.

Jim Florentine
2024-08-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-08-15 20:00 - 22:00 | The Attic Comedy Club, 892 Oak Street, Columbus, OH, 43205, United States
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Headliner: Jim Florentine
Featuring: Nef Johnson, Bo Stenger & Suprirse Guests
For nearly 25 years Jim Florentine has been making audiences around the world laugh across nearly every type of media. Jim has recorded six stand-up comedy albums and shot four full-length specials. On television Jim hosted 7 seasons of VH1 Classic’s “That Metal Show” as well as lending his voice to the ground breaking “Crank Yankers”. On radio Jim has been a regular on The Howard Stern show, the Opie & Anthony show and currently hosts his own program on Sirius XM. In addition Jim is a best selling author, world-renowned voice over talent and has been featured in the film’s “Beer League” with Artie Lange and “Trainwreck” with Amy Schumer.

Armando CBus with Alex Falcone!
2024-08-16 19:30 - 21:00 | The Nest, 2643 N High Street, Columbus, OH, 43202, United States
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Featuring: Alex Falcone
Opener: Angie Healey
Opener: Jesse Pimpinella
Improv by Booze & The Boys

What is Armando? Armando is a Chicago style improv show where guests will tell off the cuff stories and monologues off of suggestions from the audience. A group of our improvisers will improvise short comedic scenes based on inspiration from the monologues. The Nest gets to run one each season, right in our home!
Always a fun time! Our “Armando” / guest of honor of the night will be the delightful comedian ALEX FALCONE!
Opening for Armando will be:
standup comics Angie Healey, Jesse Pimpinella (CBus)
improv set by Booze & The Boys (Cleveland)

Damon Darling - SOLD OUT!
2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT!
Headliner: Damon Darling
Feature: Carter Dockerty
Opener: Josh Osani
Host: Sista Lu
From Urbana Ohio With Over 21 million page likes on TikTok currently headlining his own tour across the country, Mixing jokes with his true stories and working the crowd off the cuff makes Damon Darling a exciting and very funny comedian to watch!!

Jason Banks
2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Jason Banks
Feature: Bobbie Dodds
Host/Opener: Henry Allen
Jason Banks is a veteran stand-up comedian out of Columbus, Ohio. During the 2020 pandemic, Jason created a TikTok account and started making content, which now has since amassed over nine million followers, over 270 million likes and over 1 BILLION views. Jason’s viral skits detail the misadventures of his fictional son Derek and his friends, all played by Jason.
Jason’s headlining showcase at the Columbus Comedy Festival will also feature Bobbie Dodds and Henry Allen.

LA Showcase
2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Featuring:
Tom Thakkar
Saul Trujillo
Shaena Rabbani
Hormoz Rashidi
Host: Travis Irvine
About the show: The city of angels! Los Angeles is home to some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment, and we’re bringing you a solid lineup of hilarious people straight from LA to Columbus!
About Tom: Tom Thakkar is a comedian you’ve seen on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “Comedy Central’s Stand Up Presents,” “This Week at the Comedy Cellar,” “CONAN,” and as the host of Comedy Central’s “Stand Up with Tom Thakkar.”
About Saul: Saul Trujillo is stand-up comedian with blue collar roots in Stockton, CA. His man-child sensibilities have been featured on Comedy Central and Just For Laughs.
About Shaena: The thing to know about Shaena is that she loves laughing and making new friends. Her comedy journey started in Los Angeles, later taking her to the heart of the Midwest — Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is where she spent a few years developing her standup for the return to Los Angeles in 2022.
About Hormoz: Hormoz is a paid regular at the Comedy Store and Improv. He was born in Iran & grew up in California. He wasted his time obtaining a B.A. in Poli Sci at UC Berkeley and after spending a couple years in Washington DC he quit his job and moved to New York to be a stand up comic.
About Travis: Travis Irvine is a comedian, journalist, filmmaker and unsuccessful politician. His work has been featured by the Guardian, Vice TV, HuffPost and several other outlets. Travis has written and directed two feature films about killer raccoons that are available from cult film distributors Troma Entertainment and Indican Pictures.

Kristen Toomey
2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Kristen Toomey
Feature: Osama Basal
Opener: Alex Dutton
Host: Tom Plute
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.
Kristen’s comedy style is unapologetically truthful and energetic, earning her the title of “Chicago Original” by The A.V. Club. Her debut album, “Mother. Fucker,” hit #1 on iTunes, cementing her status as a force to be reckoned with.
She can be seen regularly at the top clubs in New York and Chicago like The Stand, New York Comedy Club, Zanies and Laugh Factory.
Kristen has performed at numerous festivals such as the prestigious Just For Laughs in Montreal, 312 Comedy Festival, Oddball Festival, Flyover in St. Louis and more.
She has opened for Chris Redd, Janelle James, Kyle Kinane, Natasha Leggero, Kevin Nealon, April Macie.
You can currently see her standup on Kevin Hart’s LOL! Network and Comedy In Color streaming on Peacock.

True Story: An Improv Comedy Show
2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:15 | Hashtag Comedy Club, 1253 North High Street, Columbus, OH, 43201, United States
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The Hashtag Comedy Company house team is back with their story based improv show, only at Columbus’ newest comedy club, in the short north! Laugh along with the cast as they perform with touring comedian Mike Larsen (The Tonight Show).
Doors open at 6:30, show starts promptly at 7. Drinks available for purchase.

Kasaun Wilson
2024-08-16 18:30 - 20:00 | MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Kasaun Wilson
Feature: Chase Harter
Feature: Compton Smith
Opener: Faith Mueller
Host: Xavier Dunson
Columbus, get ready for Kasaun Wilson! He was most recently a staff writer and correspondent on the Emmy-nominated “The Problem with Jon Stewart” on Apple TV+. You’ve also seen him on NBC, ABC, TruTV’s Laff Tracks, the Netflix is a Joke Festival, and on Wanda Sykes “Please and Thank You” World Tour.

Alex Dragicevich
2024-08-16 16:00 - 17:30 | MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Alex Dragicevich
Feature: Lee Kimbrell
Feature: Joe Esch
Opener: Alyx Libby
Host: Johnny Collins
Alex is a Nationally touring stand up comic in New York by way of Chicago. Since starting in Chicago – he’s been a paid regular at the Laugh Factory and clubs around the country for years. You’ve seen him on the Netflix series “Easy” and places that have chimichangas.

Mandee McKelvey
2024-08-15 22:00 - 23:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Mandee McKelvey
Feature: Goodie Hendrixson
Opener: Rochelle Collins
Host: Christine Horvath
Mandee McKelvey was recently named one of the 50 best undiscovered comics in the country by Thrillist, and it’s not hard to see why. As one of the midwest’s most acclaimed stand-up comedians, Mandee is revered for her ability to spin tragedy into comedy.
Mandee recently headlined the first ever MiddleGround Comedy Festival and filmed her first comedy special. She was named a breakout performer at Limestone Comedy Festival. She has recently featured for Whitney Cummings, Michelle Wolf, Hannah Berner, Laurie Kilmartin, Tig Notaro, Todd Barry, and Anthony Jeselnik. Her one-woman show, My Left Boob, received the Underdog Award for it’s sold-out debut at the 2019 IndyFringe and Kansas City’s Best of Fringe award in 2022 and 2023.
Mandee produces the celebrated roast show Character Assassination and the storytelling show We Still Like You.

Alex Falcone
2024-08-15 22:00 - 23:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Alex Falcone
Feature: Yale Reames
Opener: Travis Lincoln
Host: Ryan Chernick
Alex Falcone is the only comedian and writer living in Los Angeles* (*citation needed). He’s appeared in several episodes of Portlandia, performed standup on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and his videos have racked up over 170 million views online. He’s also the author of a best selling young-adult romance novel for some reason. Despite these modest accomplishments, he’s somehow remained down to earth and approachable.

Chad the Bird
2024-08-15 22:00 - 23:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Chad the Bird
Feature: Kieron Harrell
Feature: Brian Harris
Opener: Joel Good
Host: Eric Boso
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”.
In addition to his Birdcast, he has written for the Chicago Reader and has performed in stand-up clubs, bars, theatres and churches all across the country and boy are his arms tired. You can follow his adventures at chadthebird.com and on all the socials.

Chloe Radcliffe
2024-08-15 22:00 - 23:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Chloe Radcliffe
Feature: Mary Santora
Opener: Henry Allen
Host: Terrance ThaGawdshow

Chloe Radcliffe is a NYC-based standup comic, actor, and writer. She starred in COMMAND Z from Steven Soderbergh. She was also a staff writer on the series and has teleplay credit on 3 episodes. Her Comedy Central: Featuring set debuted in 2022. She staffed on the sketch writing team for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from 2019-2020.

She was named a TBS Comic To Watch at the New York Comedy Festival, has been seen on Epix, and was selected for NBC’s 2019 Late Night Writers Workshop. She produces Minneapolis’ 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival.

Originally from Minnesota, she balances annoyance with delight, and draws from her experience of having a huge birthmark on her cheek (she doesn’t talk about it too much. Or, just enough? Whatever’s correct).

With Love From New Orleans
2024-08-15 21:30 - 23:00 | MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Featuring:
Laura Sanders
Geneva Joy
Kamari Stevens
Saya Meads
A showcase of performers based in New Orleans!

Meemaw's House: A Character-based Comedy Show
2024-08-15 20:30 - 22:00 | Hashtag Comedy Club, 1253 North High Street, Columbus, OH, 43201, United States
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Y’all come back now, ya hear? Welcome to Meemaw’s House, the regularly-sold out show that has been described as “More Fun Than A Possum at A Bug Barbecue” – laugh along with hilarious charactors, zany sketches, and incredible improvised scenes in this one-of-a-kind comedy show. From the mind of Hannah Romes, who performs as the gracious show host, Meemaw. And we can’t forget about Lindsey Bowes who brings her sidekick, Kyle The Possum to life.
Free Werthers Original with every ticket. Bingo prizes available during the show.
Doors open at 8:15, show starts at 8:30-10pm. Alcohol available for purchase.

Laugh @ Leisure Club
2024-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Leisure Club, 1610 Oak Street, Columbus, OH, 43205, United States
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Headliner: Luke Capasso
Come join us for a night of laughter at Leisure Club! Event is BYOB so, grab your friends, grab a drink, and get ready to experience stand up comedy like never before. Don’t miss out on the chance to unwind and enjoy some good old-fashioned humor in person. See you there!

With a growing online presence of 700k followers, Luke Capasso headlines clips throughout the US and UK. His videos combine an eclectic mix of comedy, trades work, crafting, history, and gardening. He has been seen on MTV, BBC, and TruTV as well as regular appearances on NPR. Luke has also been signed to produce a series of Comedy DIY remodel books to be available late this year.

Tom Thakkar
2024-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Tom Thakkar
Feature: Chris Alan
Opener: Tommy Dangerfield
Host: Chris Toyloy
Tom Thakkar is a comedian you’ve seen on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “Comedy Central’s Stand Up Presents,” “This Week at the Comedy Cellar,” “CONAN,” and as the host of Comedy Central’s “Stand Up with Tom Thakkar.”
He spent the first half of 2020 writing sketches and jokes for SyFy’s “The Movie Show,” and before that he was the co-host of “You Up with Nikki Glaser” on SiriusXM. Currently, he hosts the podcast “Stand By Your Band,” and when the world isn’t shut down by a pandemic, he does stand up all around country and all around New York as a regular at The Comedy Cellar, Caroline’s on Broadway, New York Comedy Club, Stand Up New York, and more.
Other credits include: Just For Laughs, Doug Loves Movies, This Might Help with Matt Braunger, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, The Stand Up Show with Jon Dore, and First Nations Comedy Experience.

The Buds are Back In Town
2024-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 | MadLab, 227 N 3rd Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Featuring:
Laura Sanders
Brooke Cartus
Kamari Stevens

A reunion show featuring the performers at the 2015 Farewell Album Recording hosted by Michael Meyers and Laura Sanders!

Mary Santora
2024-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 | The Kee, 225 Neilston Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
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Headliner: Mary Santora
Feature: Ty Moore
Opener: Carter Dockerty
Host: Allison McBane
The slightly dark, incredibly quick, observational style of Mary Santora’s comedy is one that is uniquely her own.
Drawing from real life experiences, Mary takes the audience on a storytelling driven ride, while seamlessly weaving in and out of crowd interactions, leaving a lasting impression on anyone who sees her.
Santora’s debut album, “Hillbilly Boujee” hit #1 on both iTunes and Amazon, #5 on Billboard, and can be heard regularly on SiriusXM.
