Find your comedy show tickets here! Here are all of the announcements and links for comedy show tickets in Chicago in 2026! Please confirm all details before leaving home in case something’s changed! Comedy show ticket alerts to add? Please email me at temewring@gmail.com. Wishing you laughter every day! This list’s goal is to help […]
CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS: Matt Braunger released his new album Doug on October 6. Subhah Agarwal’s released her new album Dog Show on October 7. There’s a new theater in town! Scott Whitehair opened the Jekot Theater upstairs at Mrs. Murphy’s & Sons (3905 N. Lincoln). Up next on October 16: Jimmy Carrane’s hit […]
I don’t know how we got home from Elgin. It was a long drive, but all I remember is my husband and me, immersed in an altered state discussing Jimmy Carrane’s World’s Greatest Dad(?). We were returning from this year’s Elgin Fringe Festival where we’d seen Jimmy’s reboot of the show he first launched in […]
Never mind Covid, there’s an epidemic of pessimism these days. If you could inoculate yourself against pessimism, would you do it? Well, you can! This Saturday, Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Save Democracy Tour arrives at the Harris Theater in downtown Chicago. The tour is the brainchild of Hal Sparks who makes a persuasive case that […]
CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Mariann Aalda’s film Gumbo is now streaming on Xfinity. The Murray Brothers Caddyshack Restaurant, originally scheduled to open in Wilmette last March, has been delayed without explanation, as reported on August 4 by The Record. The Murray Brothers have until September 8 to act on their special use permit. Neighbors […]
UPCOMING TICKET ALERTS: August 9: Bored Teachers Summer Break Comedy Tour at Riddles August 18-21: Kellye Howard in Crazy or Nah?! at Steppenwolf August 18: Ben Hollis at the Orland Park Library August 21: Steven Springer presents Bill Gorgo, JT Newton, Michelle Krajecki, Vince Maranto, Matt Kissane, Rachel Labont at Laugh Factory September 1 and […]
CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS: There’s a great interview with Ray Chao in the July 11 edition of Shout Out L.A. Ray talks about how he went from courtroom to comedy, and Chicago to Los Angeles where he is a comedian and actor, and creator and director of two film festivals. Second City alum Quinta […]
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