Moontower Comedy 2018: More Comics Named

On, Ryan! On, Preacher! On, Colin! On, Ali! On 39 more jokers!

"...Apparently, all you Austin comedy fans have been good this year, because Santa has..."

Dec. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy 2020: The First Wave

Fest taps Middleditch & Schwartz, Nikki Glaser as headliners

"...Austin comedy fans may not be able to concentrate on their..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Comedy 2019: The First Wave

Festival welcomes Jenny Slate and David Spade as headliners

"...Austin comedy fans have just received something they can give thanks..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

Moontower Comedy 2018:
First Headliners Announced

"Weird Al," Birbiglia, and Haddish inked for joke jamboree

"...calendar may say ACL, but the folks at the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival want you to know that..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

What to See When You Aren't Catching Moontower Comedy's Big Shows

"...Anybody attending the 2019 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival could easily obtain their full..."

April 19, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower 6: First Comics Announced

Ali Wong, Patton Oswalt, and Ralphie May lead list of 50 acts

"...dropped the first list of comedians for the 2017 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival. Among the names of the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Review: Blue Moon

No-holds-barred set successfully pushed the comedy envelope

"...for the fifth year in a row at the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, hosting the late-night, no-holds-barred Blue..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Lights Come on for Third Moontower

Aziz Ansari, Kids in the Hall lead the pack of 2014 jokers

"...– plus 100 more comics, all courtesy of the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival...."

Jan. 21, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower 5: First Wave of Comics Announced

Martin Short and Kevin Smith lead the laugh makers for 2016

"...no time in building the anticipation for its fifth Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival. Rather than wait until January..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower 2014, Day 1: Local Laughs

Feeling funny about Austin's Mac Blake and Brendan K. O'Grady

"...Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival features tons of great comedians..."

April 23, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Top Comics Announced for Moontower 4

Patton Oswalt, Ron White, Tim Minchin join the party in 2015

"...gentlemen, and laugh lovers of all ages, meet your Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival headliners for 2015...."

Jan. 20, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower Review: Pete Holmes & TJ Miller

A one-two comedy punch from jokers as different as day and night

"...One can get one's Moontower Comedy fix practically all over Downtown: The Paramount, of..."

April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy Lineup Revealed

Headliners include director John Waters, actor Fred Armisen

"...Tabbed as the comedy hub throughout the expanse of Nov. 7-9’s Fun Fun..."

July 1, 2014 Arts Post by Chase Hoffberger

Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

"...You know the Moontower Comedy Festival's coming up fast...."

April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Devon Walker Brings Lone Star State Laughs to SNL and Moontower Just for Laughs

Walker, Texas Comic

"...comic Devon Walker was a guest on my podcast, Comedy Wham. Seven years later, ahead of his return for..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Moontower 2014, Day 1: Demetri Martin

Good: his set; Bad: when it ended; Interesting: the time

"...Martin and opener Levi MacDougall kicked off the Paramount’s 2014 Moontower shows with two hours of hard-hitting jokes about..."

April 24, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Moontower Review: Blue Moon

Who helped keep this raunchy set fun? Could it be … Satan?!

"...hard to surprise late show audiences; especially at a comedy show called Blue Moon. They know what to expect...."

April 24, 2015 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Local Comedy Gets a New Buzz at the Buzz Mill

New Seventh Street venue wants to make you laugh your nights away

"...Buzz Mill lounge aims to be an epicenter of comedy...."

Jan. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower 2014, Day 4: Fred Armisen

Less comedy show than meet-and-greet, but oh, Armisen charmed

"...the Paramount Theatre on the final night of the 2014 Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival, it was clear that..."

April 28, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Moontower 2014, Day 2: Dennis Miller

Whatever his politics, the man's still a comedy treasure

"...little different from the front line of this week’s Moontower Festival. Dennis Miller, the SNL alum and snarky “Weekend..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Moontower 2014, Day 2: Bobcat Goldthwait

When the 'Cat shrieks, we listen

"...annoyed. A glance to our right proved otherwise; the Moontower folks were as enchanted as we were, and agreed..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Anne Harris

Moontower 2014, Day 4: Sklar Brothers

Sklared for life

"...The duties of host fell to Comedy Central writer Kurt Metzger, who had us at, "Just..."

April 27, 2014 Arts Post by Anne Harris

Tweeter Right

Brian Gaar's monster following on Twitter paved the way for his first comedy album

"...Cubas, on hiatus in Kansas City as a comedy stringer for the Alamo Drafthouse there, may hold court..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Pete Principle

The star of TBS' 'The Pete Holmes Show' is a poster boy for SXSW Comedy's impact on a comic's career

"...It wasn't long ago that the local comedy landscape scraped by without the embarrassment of riches it..."

March 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Hannibal Buress

The effortlessness of Hannibal Buress? That's just 12 years of him working to become a better comic.

"...Today, with two comedy albums and two Comedy Central specials behind him, Buress,..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

'This Is Where I Belong'

How smarts and gumption took Noël Wells from Esther's to 'SNL'

"...in Austin on Sixth Street, where she performed with comedy institution Esther's Follies, so prior to her return for..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Party Country, 'Tis of Thee

Colin Quinn exposes the rowdy Founding Fathers we never knew in 'Unconstitutional'

"...monologue laced with jokes, rather than a compilation of comedy routines. In comedy theatre, a director usually shapes the..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Martin

Same Ballpark, Different Positions

Kevin McDonald explains how the Kids in the Hall have worked together 30 years

"...nowhere and promptly rewrote all the rules of sketch comedy. The Kids' breakout series, produced by Lorne Michaels and..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hit the Heights

Brad Williams will beat you to the punch (line) with jokes about being a dwarf, and his will be funny

"...Once, about six years ago at a comedy club called Joey's in Livonia, Mich., a westside suburb..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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