2025 Chicago Comedy Ticket Alerts: 365 days of laughter (a list in progress)

Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Shows to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Happy laughing! And infinite thanks to the Chicago comedy community for making this site possible. JANUARY January 1: Ladylike at Lincoln Lodge January 1: Comics That Kill at Laugh Factory January 1: The Devil is in […]

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Laughs Are the Love Language: Your Chicagoland Valentine’s Day Comedy Guide (2026)

Looking for Chicago Valentine’s Day comedy shows? Whether you’re planning the perfect date, gathering favorite friends, or going solo, the city’s comedy scene will deliver the laughs this Valentine’s Day — and we’ve rounded up 75 shows to help you find your sweet spot. PLEASE confirm all details before leaving home! AFTERNOON Beth Stelling Workshop

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Twelve Shows in Chicago: Monday, January 19-Sunday, January 25, 2026

The Doughboys are at The Den Theatre this week CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Joel Kim Booster and his husband, John Michael Sudsina were featured in the New York Times Vows section yesterday, where they shared how they met and fell in love—along with some romantic behind-the-scenes details from Joel’s many hit comedy projects. Jimmy

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Paul Chowdhry On Selling Out Arenas – and Starting Fresh in America

Sitting across from British comedian Paul Chowdhry on a Zoom, it is hard to believe that he was once banned from a U.K. dating app. With his steely gaze, elegant authority, and leading-man presence, he radiates a distinctly James Bond–like charisma. But unlike James Bond, Paul is profoundly funny—and willing to be both provocative and

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Need NYE Plans? 33 Comedy Shows in Chicago

Please confirm all details – and laugh as much as possible this New Year’s Eve. Thank you for all your support in 2025! I never take it for granted! Wishing everyone happiness, health and a much funnier year in 2026. On that note, CDG also has a post of 2026 shows here. I love finding

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QUICK! Before They’re Cancelled! Go see the Practical Theatre Company’s 2025 Year-End Revue … Before Someone Decides You Can’t.

INT. DANA OLSEN’S HOUSE – LATE AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER Three friends gather in the living room. Victoria, Paul and Dana met at Northwestern University in the late 1970s. They have been close ever since. As they settle in for a Zoom interview about their new 2025 year-end revue “Quick! Before We’re Cancelled!”, simply getting their mics,

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2026 Chicago Comedy Ticket Alerts: 365 Days of Laughter (A Work in Progress)

Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Shows to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Wishing you laughter every day! This list’s goal is to help make that happen with events for every day of the year. I add frequently, so check back. Infinite thanks always to the Chicago comedy community

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Eat the Cake!!! Bill Young’s Sweetest Lessons

If you could give a new comedian one piece of advice, what would it be? Andrew Brynildson doesn’t hesitate. “Anytime a new comic’s willing to listen, I tell them, ‘Let me tell you about a guy named Bill Young.’” Bill Young was a rarity. He was known in Minneapolis as a transcendent presence in comedy

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From Mic to Memoir: 2025’s Best & Boldest Comedy Books to Read and Gift

The actual homeowner reveals what it was like to live in this gorgeous Winnetka home during the filming of Home Alone and its aftermath. An archaeological expedition into a fabulously successful life in comedy. He wasn’t just a Loooooocy-shouting dreamboat. His revolutionized television and the way we watch comedy. A book for the Lucy fan

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There is hope for the world even when it seems there isn’t: Talking with Orly K.G. & Simona Bogode

Orly K.G. will be at City Winery with Shahar Cohen this Wednesday night. As we slog through bleak, dystopian times, what we need most is light. What are the odds that a single comedy show—coming up on Wednesday—features both an opener and a headliner whose names literally mean ‘light’? “You’re just making that up,” I

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Generations Collide, Comics Compete: Todd Glover’s “Standup Throw Down”

Who’s the funniest generation? Are sarcastic Gen X’ers, the latchkey veterans who battled AOL dial-up and stern parents, the comedy champs? Or are mellow Millennials, breezing in with the speed of Tik Tok and the earnestness of avocado toast, the clear heroes of humor? Generational conflict has plagued humanity since the Garden of Eden. But

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Valentine’s Day 2025: Fifty-five Shows!

I haven’t done one of these in a while. Doesn’t it seem harder to laugh lately? ALL THE MORE reason to celebrate Valentine’s Day at one of Chicago’s signature comedy venues. If laughter is the shortest distance between two people (Victor Borge), then prioritize punchlines over pick-up lines, and let go and let laugh. You

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The Maybe Exhaustive Guide to the Most Noteworthy Comedy Bios & Memoirs of 2024

The Mee-Ow Show put Evanston’s Northwestern University on the comedy map. And someone finally wrote about it! Mee-Ow alums include Paul Barrosse, Dana Olsen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Seth Meyers, Ana Gasteyer, Dermot Mulroney, Craig Bierko and Kristin Schaal. Joseph Radding was the Mee-Ow Show’s first Surrealist in Residence. Paul W. Warshauer was one of the show’s

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It’s “Weird” and It’s Going to Get Weirder: A Q&A with the Practical Theatre Company

December 17, 2024 I got this text today: Dear Comedians Defying Gravity, Do you know what comedy is happening this weekend … wow, do I need it! ~Signed: This Year Was Too Much Dear TYWTM, Perfect timing! I just caught up with Victoria Zielinski, Paul Barrosse and Dana Olsen a/k/a The Practical Theatre Company. Their

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