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Las Vegas Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Night Off the Strip

Las Vegas Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Night Off the Strip

🎤 125 upcoming shows 📅 May 2026

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Nashville Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Break From Broadway

Nashville Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Break From Broadway

🎤 28 shows 📅 May 2026

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Seattle Comedy Shows for People Going Outside Again

Seattle Comedy Shows for People Going Outside Again

🎤 45 shows 📅 May 2026

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Las Vegas Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Night Off the Strip

Las Vegas Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Night Off the Strip

Vegas is in full summer warmup mode with pool parties, residencies, neon chaos, and comedy shows…

Nashville Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Break From Broadway

Nashville Comedy Shows for People Who Need a Break From Broadway

Nashville has music, food festivals, Broadway chaos, and enough group chats pretending to make plans. Here…

Seattle Comedy Shows for People Going Outside Again

Seattle Comedy Shows for People Going Outside Again

Seattle is going outside again, which means everyone needs a plan before the weather changes its…

Austin Comedy Shows for People Who Still Keep It Weird

Austin Comedy Shows for People Who Still Keep It Weird

Austin is in that sweet spot where everyone wants to go out before the heat starts…

Raleigh Comedy Shows Are a Triangle Group Chat

Raleigh Comedy Shows Are a Triangle Group Chat

Raleigh is not just one city plan. It is a Triangle group chat with Cary, Durham,…

DC’s 2026 Comedy Lineup Is More Packed Than the Congressional Schedule (And More Likely to Deliver)

DC’s 2026 Comedy Lineup Is More Packed Than the Congressional Schedule (And More Likely to Deliver)

Home prices are down, politics is always a mess, and Daniel Tosh is doing a 'farewell…

Seattle’s Comedy Season Is Wetter Than Usual, and That Tracks

Seattle’s Comedy Season Is Wetter Than Usual, and That Tracks

Naomi Watanabe flies in from Tokyo, Ali Wong takes over McCaw Hall, and Seattle gets another…

The Bay Has Jokes: SF’s Comedy Calendar Is as Overloaded as Its Startup Scene

The Bay Has Jokes: SF’s Comedy Calendar Is as Overloaded as Its Startup Scene

From Margaret Cho at the Palace of Fine Arts to Nate Bargatze packing SAP Center in…

San Diego’s Comedy Lineup Is Sunnier Than Usual (Yes, Even in May Gray)

San Diego’s Comedy Lineup Is Sunnier Than Usual (Yes, Even in May Gray)

San Diego gets 70 percent of the year in sunshine and approximately zero percent of the…

Portland’s Comedy Lineup Is Finally Weirder Than Portland Itself

Portland’s Comedy Lineup Is Finally Weirder Than Portland Itself

Portland has always had a comedy scene that matches the city. unusual, a little damp, fiercely…

Phoenix Gets Hot Twice: Comedy Season Hits the Valley Just in Time

Phoenix Gets Hot Twice: Comedy Season Hits the Valley Just in Time

It's 112 degrees and the AC is broken. On the bright side, Phoenix just booked some…

Shane Gillis Is Playing the Linc. Yes, That Linc. Philadelphia’s Comedy Year Is Unreal.

Shane Gillis Is Playing the Linc. Yes, That Linc. Philadelphia’s Comedy Year Is Unreal.

A hometown kid selling out a football stadium, James Austin Johnson doing his Trump at Punch…

New York, You’ve Earned This: The City’s Best Comedy Shows Coming This Summer

New York, You’ve Earned This: The City’s Best Comedy Shows Coming This Summer

From Michelle Buteau owning the Beacon Theatre to Therapy Gecko somehow selling out Brooklyn, NYC's comedy…

Minneapolis Comedy Season: Because You Deserve to Laugh Before It Snows Again

Minneapolis Comedy Season: Because You Deserve to Laugh Before It Snows Again

Minneapolis endures seven months of winter with remarkable good cheer, which may be why the city…

L.A.’s Comedy Calendar Is No Joke This Year. From Fluffy’s Dome to the Greek

L.A.’s Comedy Calendar Is No Joke This Year. From Fluffy’s Dome to the Greek

Between Netflix Is A Joke Fest landing back in L.A. and the Greek Theatre stacking a…

Vegas Is the Only City Where You Can See Three World-Class Comedians in One Weekend

Vegas Is the Only City Where You Can See Three World-Class Comedians in One Weekend

Jerry Seinfeld at Caesars. Nikki Glaser and David Spade holding down a multi-night residency. Jimmy Carr.…

Houston Has 61 Comedy Shows Coming. Yes, Sixty-One.

Houston Has 61 Comedy Shows Coming. Yes, Sixty-One.

Hurricane season starts June 1, Jeff Dunham is bringing ventriloquist dummies to the Hobby Center, Bobby…

Detroit’s Comedy Scene Is Running on All Cylinders in 2026

Detroit’s Comedy Scene Is Running on All Cylinders in 2026

The city that invented the assembly line, Motown, and techno is now assembling a comedy lineup…

Mile High, Mile-Wide Lineup: Denver’s 2026 Comedy Season Is No Joke

Mile High, Mile-Wide Lineup: Denver’s 2026 Comedy Season Is No Joke

Denver has the Improv, the Paramount, fresh mountain air (legal), and a comedy calendar that runs…

It’s Already 95 Degrees in Dallas and the Comedy Lineup Is On Fire Too

It’s Already 95 Degrees in Dallas and the Comedy Lineup Is On Fire Too

Dallas just had a 95-degree day in March. The Cowboys went 7-9. Somehow the comedy scene…

John Mulaney at Wrigley Field Is Just the Beginning: Chicago’s Most Stacked Comedy Year

John Mulaney at Wrigley Field Is Just the Beginning: Chicago’s Most Stacked Comedy Year

Chicago's own John Mulaney is making history at the Friendly Confines this July. But that's just…

Boston Needs to Laugh Right Now (The MBTA Will Still Be Broken Either Way)

Boston Needs to Laugh Right Now (The MBTA Will Still Be Broken Either Way)

The Red Line is down, the Celtics blew a 3-1 lead, and summer hasn't even started.…

Keep Austin Funny: The 2026 Comedy Lineup That Earns That Bumper Sticker

Keep Austin Funny: The 2026 Comedy Lineup That Earns That Bumper Sticker

Austin has always claimed to be weird, but in 2026 the Comedy Lineup Is doing the…

Atlanta Is Hosting the World Cup and Bill Burr. Guess Which One Has Better Seats.

Atlanta Is Hosting the World Cup and Bill Burr. Guess Which One Has Better Seats.

FIFA is coming to Atlanta this summer. So is Bill Burr for three nights. I-285 is…

Miami Is Hosting the World Cup and Also All the Funny People. Coincidence?

Miami Is Hosting the World Cup and Also All the Funny People. Coincidence?

The FIFA World Cup is coming to Hard Rock Stadium in June. Bill Burr, Weird Al,…

5 Comedy Clubs To Laugh In New York

5 Comedy Clubs To Laugh In New York

Top 5 Comedy Clubs in Las Vegas

Top 5 Comedy Clubs in Las Vegas

The Comedy Cellar in Rio Brad Garret’s Comedy Club at MGM Terry Fator’s Theatre at Mirage…

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