Where to catch Mike during the 2025 Columbus Comedy Festival:
Saturday, September 6 – 6:00pm – Let’s Get Weird at MadLab
Stand-Up Comic • Western New York
Mike Shanks is a rising comedian with sharp wit, deadpan delivery, and absurdly clever observations, drawing inspiration from Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg. A 2024 Riot Comedy Festival finalist and Rochester’s 2023 New Comedian of the Year, he’s performed on Don’t Tell Comedy and opened for Dustin Ybarra (The Tonight Show), with an upcoming show alongside Steve Hofstetter (Dry Bar Comedy). With quick punchlines and offbeat humor, he’s making his mark in comedy.