SXSW announces 2021 Online Comedy Festival
SXSW's online edition includes quarantine editions of 'Doug Loves Movies' and 'improv4humans' podcasts, sets taped at comedy clubs around the U.S. and more.
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Colin Quinn filmed a drive-in standup special that hits HBO Max this week
“Anybody can please an audience" says Colin Quinn. “It takes a real comedian to make a bunch of cars laugh.” It was filmed at Brooklyn's Skyline Drive-In back in September.
DL Hughley tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing on-stage at Nashville comedy show
Hughley was just suffering from ”severe exhaustion and dehydration” but then in an instagram post, he said he had tested positive for coronavirus. “They ran a battery of tests, and I also tested positive for COVID-19, which blew me away.”
Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt, Adam Sandler & more playing “Laugh Aid” virtual benefit
Laugh Aid happens Saturday, April 4: ”Today's biggest names in comedy are safely at home and ready to help their fellow comedians who have lost gigs and income due to the coronavirus. It's a great night, for a great cause, under not so great conditions.”
What’s going on Tuesday?
Tuesday show options includes: Fred the Godson, Melody English, and more.
What’s going on Monday?
Monday show options include Wolf Parade, The Black Lips, and more.
NY Comedy Fest adds 100 more shows to 2019 lineup (Hasan Minhaj, Pete Holmes, more)
New additions to the NYCF lineup include Hasan Minhaj, Pete Holmes, Nick Kroll, "No Such Thing As A Fish," Matteo Lane, Murray Hill, and tons more.
What’s going on Wednesday?
Tonight's NYC-area shows include Madonna, Eric Andre, Pop Will Eat Itself, Nitzer Ebb, Malcolm Mooney, Becca Mancari, Andrew Bird, Kimya Dawson, Mannequin Pussy, Lingua Ignota, and more.
tix on sale: blink-182/Lil Wayne, Brian Wilson/Zombies, Nick Cave, Bad Religion, more
Plus: Low, Brian Fallon, Cat Power, Alex Cameron, 21 Savage, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Stiff Little Fingers, IDLES, Bombay Bicycle Club, Flipper, and more NYC-area shows on sale.
New York Comedy Club takes over old Eastville space in Manhattan
After 10 years at 85 E. 4th St, Eastville Comedy Club moved to downtown Brooklyn. The address is staying laugh-filled as New York Comedy Club has already moved in...