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 […]

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, […]

10 Shows This Week: Monday, April 15-Sunday, April 21, 2024

By Teme Ring | April 15, 2024

Sammy Obeid is at The Den this week. CHICAGO COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS A new Paul Farahvar special is always reason to celebrate. On April 26, Helium Comedy Studio’s will release Paul’s latest, Middle Western, Middle Eastern. Paul is a lawyer-turned-comedian and popular nationally touring headliner. He is the creator of original hit productions like […]

When Dave Stone Packs A Lunch, It’s a Comedy Feast

By Teme Ring | April 9, 2024

By Teme Ring and Ben Feldman Dave Stone lived many lives before comedy, experiencing things most of us can’t imagine. His newest special Pack A Lunch takes you behind the scenes from an explosive rural Georgia boyhood to an adulthood filled with unplanned twists and turns. For instance, there was the time he worked security […]

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