The Pie and Ear Show: Old-School Austin Improv, Activate!

Bryce yourself for some McGehee-hee-hee on the cutting Egertons

"...You'd think that running a comedy weight-loss competition would be enough for one man, but..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Your 2018 Lineup

March mirth blows in with Bloom, Offerman, Gaffigan, & Cavett

"...and going out like a lamb, but here in Austin there's also a part when March goes full hyena,..."

Feb. 27, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Local Comedy Stories of 2023

New venues, new faces, new experiments

"...1) Austin Faces Are Just for Laughs' New Faces..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest: Local Stars on the Rise

Because nobody knows funny like ATX

"...In the four years since its inception, Moontower Comedy Festival has become a staple in the comedic community...."

April 11, 2016 Events Post by Samantha Johnson

Moontower Star Sophie Buddle on How Comedy Is Becoming More Welcoming to Women

“Austin is such a comedy city”

"...her stand-up debut at age 15. She'd been attending comedy clubs with her mom for a few months and..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Local Married Couple Flaunts Public Comedy Habit

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

"...So, there’s that married comedy duo in town, Chloe and Lane Ingram, who perform..."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Your 2015 Lineup

Schumer, Harmon, Bell, and SNL lead this year's laugh-makers

"...their breaths waiting to hear who'll be at SXSW Comedy this year can exhale. The 2015 lineup is out..."

Feb. 23, 2015 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: A Brief History of Laugh Riots in Austin

As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny

"...funniest. In addition to all the ongoing hilarity in Austin's large and varied comedy scene – Esther's Follies, Master..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...trying to make it as a professional comic in Austin?..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Capitol City Comedy Club's Grab for Bigger Laughs Restarting the Stop

"...Back when I began writing about Austin's comedy scene four years ago, my kid was so..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Spike Gillespie

Third Time’s the Charm for Lysistrata Comedy Festival

The all women and nonbinary comedy festival returns with more venues, more laughs

"...for most anything. (Toddlers, anyone?) For the 2024 Lysistrata Comedy Festival – running April 4-7 with all women and..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Austin’s Longest-Running Stand-Up Showcase Ends After a Decade of Making Stars

Sure Thing is a wrap at 512

"...Two transplants arrive in Austin and meet at a coffee shop open mic. A..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

SXSW Comedy: Completely Official Showcase of Comedy

Even in a lineup of stars, Austin’s Lashonda Lester is the one to watch

"...last May when she was crowned Funniest Person in Austin, the first African-American to win the contest and first..."

March 12, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...David James (Fri., noon) Area man, dapper host of Austin's favorite live comedy game show Laugh, Dammit!..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Five New Things In Austin's Comedy Scene

A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends

"...Comedy and drinking, drinking and comedy: They go together like..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy 2018: Full Lineup, Schedule

Amanda Seales, Dulcé Sloan, Ted Leo late additions to fun

"...go before it cranks up the laughs, the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival has released its ultimate list of..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable. They are improvisers, and Austin is overrun with them...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Comedy Speed Dating

Fred Armisen, W. Kamau Bell, Chris Cubas, Rob Gagnon's One Hour Comedy Festival, Neil Hamburger, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest's 2014 comedy roster offers a respectable, if overly male, sampling of..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Scott Schinder

Ryan Cownie Has Up and Taken Over Avalanche Comedy

And Chris Cubas, on his way to Kansas City, swears this is a good thing

"...comic, this Ryan Cownie, who's taken over hosting Avalanche Comedy at Holy Mountain on Monday nights...."

Nov. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives: in the frequently complex, sometimes substance-enhanced, occasionally..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five More Belly Laughs at Moontower Just for Laughs Austin

Weekend two of the comedy megafest rocks on

"...as a new addition to Saturday Night Live, in Austin we know him as our own. Returning to Moontower..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy: Your 2020 Lineup

Get ready for Buress, Davidson, National Lampoon, and more

"...laughs! Well, no more. SXSW has announced this year's Comedy Festival participants and shows, and they include Judd Apatow,..."

March 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy 2019: Emma Willmann

Opening up the comic behind Secret Keepers Club

"...her their salacious life stories. Ahead of her Moontower Comedy Festival performances, she shared some (slightly less) salacious stories..."

April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

SXSW Comedy: Your 2019 Lineup

Leading the laughs: Griffin, The Daily Show, and Elon Musk?

"...it sets up loads of laughs, ’cause this year’s Comedy Festival includes Kathy Griffin, The Daily Show News Team,..."

Feb. 26, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin’s Fallout Theater Phoenixes up from The New Movement Ashes

New bosses, different from the old bosses, herald a fresh start

"...of what used to be called The New Movement comedy school and theatre.”..."

May 8, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower Comedy 2018: Julio Torres

Here comes the Space Prince, but don't worry about his bangs

"...week, he’ll bring his kindhearted, dreamy, slightly absurdist space comedy to the Moontower Comedy Festival...."

April 17, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Fun Fun Fun Comedy: Your Lineup Is...

For the 10th fest, "FFF" can stand for "familiar funny folk"

"...for fans, at least those who frequent the JASH Comedy Yellow Stage. According to the lineup just released, lots..."

July 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy Fest: Comics to Watch

Because we know funny

"...takeover 11 venues around the city for the Moontower Comedy Festival. In only three years, the festival has featured..."

April 16, 2015 Events Post by Tamar Price

Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival

In Austin's newest festival, stand-up finally gets top billing

"...It isn't that stand-up gets no love from Austin's festival scene. Comedy and the jokers who make it..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest

Because the best comedy always has a story to it

"...sketch, m'kay. Nowhere will you learn this better than Austin Sketch Fest, put on by alt-comedy bastion ColdTowne Theatre..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Column by James Scott

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