Live Comedy Shows in New York City This Week: September 29 – October 5
Live Comedy in New York City This Week:
New York features some of the best live comedy in the world every single night. Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen curate a list every week of their picks for the shows you should check out each week, live in New York City. You can submit your show for consideration for our listings each week. Just email us at nylistings@theinterrobang.com or fill out the form that follows this week’s picks.
Live Comedy Listings for THURSDAY 9/29
Show: Gilbert Gottfried
Venue: Carolines on Broadway
Location: 1626 Broadway NYC
Time: 7:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Gilbert Gottfried headlines Carolines on Broadway
Ticket Link: http://www.carolines.com/comedian/gilbert-gottfried/
Show: The Stand NYC Showcase
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location: 239 3rd Avenue NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Dan Soder
Annie Lederman
Tim Dillon
Pete Lee
Monroe Martin
& more!
Ticket Link: http://thestand.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=465095&cart
Show: The IV Twenty Comedy Show
Venue: The Twenty
Location: 177 Grand Street Brooklyn
Time: 8PM
Description of Show and Lineup: Wild insane lineup to celebrate our one month anniversary:
Matt Koff (The Daily Show)
Tim Dillon (Just For Laughs)
Rae Sanni
Irene Morales
Presented by:
Sameer Naseem
Chris Laker
Tommy Lucente
Mookie Thompson
Ticket Link: Free show
Show: Runnin’ on Empty Comedy Show
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge
Location: 158 Bleecker Street
Time: 8PM
Description of Show and Lineup: Runnin’ on Empty is a free monthly stand-up show with nothing to lose! The show features a mix of pros and up-and-comers, from people who last performed on Conan to people who last performed to three tumbleweeds. To be fair, those tumbleweeds hadn’t laughed that hard in years. Join us at the show critics are calling “Best comedy in the city, I am so proud” (Lisa’s Mom) and “Wow, this was actually good! Why is it free?” (Yotam’s Mom).
This month’s lineup features Emmy Blotnick, Jordan Carlos, Josh Sharp, Lauren Ireland and Mark Valdez
Ticket Link: http://lpr.com/lpr_events/runnin-on-empty-september-29th-2016/
Live Comedy Listings for FRIDAY 9/30
Show: Donnell Rawlings
Venue: Carolines on Broadway
Location: 1626 Broadway
Time: 7:30pm & 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Ticket Link: http://www.carolines.com/comedian/donnell-rawlings/
*Shows THUR 9/29, SAT 10/1 & SUN 10/2 as well
Show: Nacho Bitches
Venue: New York Comedy Club
Location: 241 E. 24th Street NYC
Time: 11:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
NACHO BITCHES is the wildly popular late night show brought to you by NYC comedy scene favorites CORINNE FISHER (Guys We Fucked podcast) & BLAIR SOCCI (Brooklyn Comedy Festival). These two dainty women (LOL!), er, foul-mouthed, beer-guzzling babes, bring you the city’s best comedians once a month for a rowdy night of laughter. And, because they are really decent human beings, they offer all of their beloved guests free nachos (with a side of unmatched weirdness). NB REGZ INCLUDE: Michael Che, Gary Gulman, Pete Davidson, Ari Shaffir, Chris Gethard & Kevin Meaney
Ticket Link: http://newyorkcomedyclub.com/events/nacho-bitches-it-s-corinne-s-birthday-09-30-2016
Show: Sporadicomedy Presents: Bushwick Open Studios
Venue: Precious Metal
Location: 143 Troutman Street Brooklyn
Time: 9PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
It’s Brooklyn’s answer to Art Basel, and we’ve got a HOT shows for you!
Mike Recine
Kat Burdick
Mark Reiss
Amy Shanker
Josh Johnson
Irene Morales
Ticket Link: Free, tickets at door
Show: Awkward Sex Fest at QED
Venue: QED: A Place to Show and Tell
Location: 27-16 23rd Avenue Astoria
Time: 10:30PM
Description of Show and Lineup: Come join Natalie Wall at Q.E.D. for the first EVER Awk Sex Fest! Just one show a month was not enough, come join us for two days of hilarious comedians divulge their most excruciating, embarrassingly awkward sexual encounters. Kinky, we know. Comedy, booze, giveaways, and maybe even an awkward kissing booth?!?!?! Yasss. Kween.
Will Miles
Katie Haller
Karolena Theresa
Christi Chiello
Ticket Link: https://qedastoria.com/collections/shows/products/awk-sex-fest-4
Live Comedy Listings for SATURDAY 10/1
Show: Dark Spots
Venue: The Creek and The Cave
Location: 10-93 Jackson Avenue LIC
Time: 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Dark Spots is a monthly comedy show where comedians are asked to perform their darkest, saddest, and most traumatic–but funny–bits. Hosted by Shane Torres (Comedy Bang Bang, Just for Laughs), Nate Fridson (Bridgetown Comedy Festival, AST Records), and Alison Zeidman (New York Times “Loose Ends,” Helium Comedy Club – Philadelphia), each month performers are asked to do a set inspired by a different dark theme, such as death, illness, depression, divorce, addiction, and more.
Featuring:
Alex Grubard (mtvU)
Leah Bonnema (IFC’s Comedy Drop)
Myq Kaplan (Comedy Central)
Dina Hashem (Bridgetown Comedy Festival)
Julia Johns (Web series: Girls Are Roommates)
Bryan Yang (Bridgetown Comedy Festival)\
Jake Head (Sports Balls)
Ian Fidance (Above Average)
Ticket Link: http://creeklic.com/events/dark-spots-2-2016-10-01/
Show: Jen Kirkman Headline
Venue: Bowery Ballroom
Location: 6 Delancey Street NYC
Time: 7:30pm & 10:15pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Jen Kirkman is a comedian and New York TImes Best Selling Author who cut her teeth in the NYC alt comedy scene. This Fall, Jen returns to the city with brand new material for her two shows at Bowery Ballroom on Oct 1. Both shows will be filmed for release as Jen’s second comedy special so NY audiences will get a sneak peek of her new show now before it airs on TV. Jen will be talking about getting her first tattoo at 41, a newfound hypochondria, the stupidity of long distance relationships, road rage, talking to strangers, and more.
Ticket Link: http://www.boweryballroom.com/event/1283269-jen-kirkman-new-york
Show: Saturday Night Stand Up
Venue: The Standing Room
Location: 4738 Vernon Blvd
Time: 8:00PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
Saturday Night StandUp!
Jordan Carlos
Matteo Lane
Justin Silver
Gibran Saleem
Evan Williams
Shane Torres
and More!
Ticket link: http://standingroomlic.com/event.cfm?cart&id=465332
Show: Midnight Comedy Showcase
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location: 239 3rd Avenue
Time: Midnight
Description of Show and Lineup:
Dan Soder
Subhah Agarwal
Annie Lederman
Giulio Gallarotti
Jourdain Fisher
and More!
Ticket Link: http://thestand.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=465098&cart
Live Comedy Listings for SUNDAY 10/2
Show: First Set hosted by Giulia Rozzi
Venue: Union Hall
Location: 702 Union Street Brooklyn
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Comedian Giulia Rozzi has another great show coming up soon with guests
Jena Friedman (The Daily Show, Late Show)
Christian Polanco (Metro Section, Offstage w/Christian Polanco)
Rebecca Vigil (Broadway’s Next Hit Musical, Your Love, Our Musical)
Victor Varnado (Conan, Realm of LARP, The Awkward Comedy Show).
First Set is unlike any other stand-up comedy show because each comic shares old, embarrassing footage of their first set. It’s nostalgic, it’s hilarious and it’s at Union Hall, October 2 at 8:00pm.
Giulia Rozzi also has a relationship podcast with her IRL boyfriend, comedian Will Miles, called Hopefully We Don’t Break Up, where they talk to other couples openly about dating and love and making it work.
Ticket Link: http://www.unionhallny.com/event/1312445-first-set-hosted-by-giulia-brooklyn/
Show: If You Build It
Venue: UCBEast
Location: 153 East 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hosted by JO FIRESTONE
DAN SODER
Comedy Central, Showtime
http://www.dansoder.com/
STEVE FORREST
Time Out NY, Carolina’s Funniest
https://twitter.com/QueenCityCobra
EMILY HELLER
Conan, Inside Amy Schumer
http://emilyheller.tumblr.com/
TURNER SPARKS
Skeptic Tank, Akumal Comedy Festival
http://www.turnersparks.com/
SETH HERZOG
The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon, IFC
https://twitter.com/Thezog
TANAEL JOACHIM
Gotham Comedy Club, Night Train
http://www.tanaeljoachim.com
Ticket Link: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/show/2835
Show: Venue: No Name and a Bag of Chips
Location: QED Astoria
Time: 8:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
NYC’s Best Damn Comedy/Variety Show!
The performers are encouraged to play. The audience is invited to hang out afterwards with the performers to share feedback/shoot the breeze. And the show always concludes with a Cheap Door Prize giveaway.
Music by Binder Size
Featuring:
Leighann Lord
Frank Conniff
Liz Miele
Subhah Agarwal
Menuhin Hart
Ticket Link: https://qedastoria.com/collections/shows/products/no-name-and-a-bag-o-chips-3
Show: Comedy at the Knitting Factory
Venue: Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Location: 361 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn
Time: 9PM
Description of Show and Lineup: Hosted by Will Miles, Kenny DeForest and Clark Jones with Chris Gethard, Mookie Thompson, Emily Heller, Khalid Rahmaan and special guests!
Ticket Link: http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event/6843765
Live Comedy Listings for MONDAY 10/3
Show: Broken Comedy 5 Year Anniversary Party
Venue: Bar Matchless
Location: 557 Manhattan Avenue. Brooklyn, NY
Time: 9pm
Description of Show and Lineup: Broken Comedy celebrates 5 years with Michelle Wolf, Liza Treyger, Dan Soder, Greer Barnes, Mike Denny and many special guests
Ticket Link: Free show, doors at 8:30
Show: Frantic Mondays
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location: 239 3rd Avenue NYC
Time: 10:00pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
The best FREE show in all of Manhattan! Featuring club regulars, up & coming talent, and surprise special guests…this Is Frantic!
Hosted by Aaron Berg
Ticket Link: http://thestand.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=465048&cart
Show: Night Train
Venue: Littlefield
Location: 622 Degraw Street
Time: 7:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hosted by Joel Kim Booster
Emily Heller
Kenny DeForest
Rell Battle
Marina Franklin
+ more!
Ticket Link: http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/1329087-night-train-guest-host-joel-brooklyn/
Show: Comedy at Snowdonia
Venue: Snowdonia
Location: 34-55 32nd Street Queens
Time: 10PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
This Monday it’s another edition of Comedy Night at Snowdonia!
Featuring:
Ashley Brooke Roberts
Lawrence DeLoach
Brandon Scott Wolf
Brian Grossi
Ariel Elias
Brian Jian
Ben Bergman
Free comedy and $4 pints of Two Roads Brewing Beer!
Ticket Link: Free show
Live Comedy Listings for TUESDAY 10/4
Show: Kurt Metzger: You’re Making It Worse
Venue: The Village Underground
Location: 130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8:00pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Kurt Metzger’s new hour “You’re Making It Worse” live at The Village Underground featuring Barry Crimmins and Annie Lederman
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com/
Show: Comics to Watch presented by Comedy Central and The New York Comedy Festival
Venue: Carolines on Broadway
Location: 1626 Broadway NYC
Time: 7pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
COMEDY CENTRAL AND THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL TEAM UP TO LAUNCH A SHOWCASE OF THE HOTTEST UP-AND-COMING COMEDIANS
THE FINAL ‘COMICS TO WATCH’ TO TAKE PLACE AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY AS PART OF THE 2016 NYCF, WHICH RUNS NOVEMBER 1 – 6, 2016 ‘
“Comics to Watch” is a live stand-up showcase featuring the very best new talent from across the country, hand selected by Comedy Central and the festival producers. This show was created to launch the careers of the next generation of comedians by putting them in front of industry executives and comedy fans.
Ticket Link: http://www.carolines.com/comedian/comics-to-watch/
Show: Creek Bros
Venue: The Creek and The Cave
Location: 10-93 Jackson Avenue LIC
Time: 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Carmen Lagala, Billy ‘The Prince’ Prinsell, and Samantha ‘My Dad Owns A Dealership’ Ruddy bring you New York City’s favorite free frat party-themed standup show. The first Tuesday of every month at 10pm, they bring their favorite comics up to the stage to tell jokes, funnel beers, and bro out. Check it out before the college dean has it shut down. CB for life!
Ticket Link: http://creeklic.com/events/creek-bros-2-2016-10-04/
Show: The 2016 Roastmasters NYC Championship Tournament Hosted by Luis J. Gomez
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location: 239 3rd Avenue NYC
Time: 10:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Round 1 of the first ever NYC Roastmasters NYC Championship Tournament
Ticket Link: http://thestand.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=467722&cart
Live Comedy Listings for WEDNESDAY 10/5
Show: Rory Albanese
Venue: Carolines on Broadway
Location: 1626 Broadway NYC
Time: 7:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Rory Albanese is a performer, writer and showrunner for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Rory has won 9 Primetime Emmy Awards as the Executive Producer and Writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He was also as a correspondent on The Sundance Channel’s “Approval Matrix.” Outside his on-camera and behind the scenes television career Rory is an accomplished stand-up comedian; beyond touring the country as a headliner he has been a featured performer on John Oliver’s New York Comedy Show on Comedy Central, entertained American troops in Afghanistan with the USO and starred in his own Comedy Central half hour special.
Ticket Link: http://www.carolines.com/comedian/rory-albanese/
Show: Axs TV Presents Gotham Comedy Live
Venue: Gotham Comedy Club
Location: 208 W. 23rd Street NYC
Time: 9pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of a Live Comedy TV taping that will be airing on AXS TV on Thursday’s at 10PM
Ticket Link: http://gothamcomedyclub.com/event.cfm?id=461964&cart
Show: Smut Presents: Greer Barnes Live
Venue: The Creek and The Cave
Location: 10-93 Jackson Avenue LIC
Time: 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
The team behind “The SMUT Show” is bringing a new, monthly headliner series to The Creek & The Cave in Long Island City. The show features a headliner doing a full length, 40 minute set plus 3 guests. This month’s headliner is the hilarious Greer Barnes!
Ticket Link: http://creeklic.com/events/smut-presents-headliner-series-10/
Show: Wrong Door: A Comedy Show
Venue: The Glove BK
Location: 885 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn
Time: 9PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hosted by David Spector and Lucas Connolly
Samantha Ruddy
Rosebud Baker
Ariel Elias
Jake Head
Drew Morgan
Michael Svetich
Ticket Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/186688278426688/
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