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

By Teme Ring | December 10, 2025

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 […]

11 Shows: Monday, July 15-Sunday, July 21, 2024

By Teme Ring | July 15, 2024

Allison Goldberg’s “Love Isn’t Blind” is at The Den CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Nate Bargatze, along with Nicole Byer and Jeff Ross, will headline the National Comedy Center’s Lucille Ball Comedy Festival this August in Jamestown, New York. John Mulaney and Olivia Munn were married last week by Sam Waterston at a ceremony attended […]

The Comedy Beach-Read Guide 2024

By Teme Ring | July 2, 2024

Who needs a good comedy-related beach read? Me!! We all need beach reads, whether you’ve got beach plans, travel plans, pool plans, or just plans to cool off in your own bathtub. Our world right now is screaming SCREAMING for laughter. So what could be better therapy than beach reads about comedy? These aren’t bios, […]

Ten Shows: Monday, June 17-Sunday, June 23, 2024

By Teme Ring | June 17, 2024

Ali Clayton’s Midwest tour takes her to Lincoln Lodge this weekend CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Last Friday, the Washington Post wrote about Megan Stalter. The in-depth feature article talks about Megan’s time in Chicago, her standout performance in the Max hit series Hacks and her starring role in Cora Bora, a feature film opening […]

13+ Shows: Monday, June 10-Sunday, June 16, 2024

By Teme Ring | June 10, 2024

Beth Stelling is at The Den Theatre this Thursday. CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS John Mulaney was front and center at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in Los Angeles last Wednesday night. It was an encore showing of the fifth episode of Everybody’s in L.A., the show he created for this year’s Netflix is […]

11 Shows: Monday, June 3-Sunday, June 9, 2024

By Teme Ring | June 3, 2024

CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Lil Rel Howery is one of the stars of Harold and the Purple Crayon, the movie based on the classic children’s book. The Sony Pictures production is in theaters on August 2. Lil Rel plays an illustrated moose who comes to life and accompanies Harold into the real world. You […]

11 Shows This Week: Monday, May 13-Sunday, May 19, 2024

By Teme Ring | May 13, 2024

CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS Paul Farahvar‘s new special Middle Western, Middle Eastern has over 10,000 views just two weeks after its release. Ali Clayton releases her debut comedy album Country Queer on May 31. “Recorded in Milwaukee, this album tells her story as a member of a very Southern family from rural North Carolina, a special ed kid, […]

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