July 2013

This just in from our friends at broadminded Comedy: “Grab a copy of the August 2013 issue of Milwaukee Magazine at your local bookstore or grocery store because broadminded is featured in this month’s Events section!  The article shares how we got started and what makes us keep going as ‘veterans of Milwaukee’s humor scene.’ […]

Never in its eight years, has the Milwaukee Comedy Festival had such a buildup. The final official kick off event is the Milwaukee Comedy Showcase at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 31 (aka Comedy Fest Eve). It’s happening at the Next Act Theatre space, the same venue for the fest, 255 S. Water St. The show is

You know that the 8th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival starts Thursday, Aug. 1 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 4. That is the largest comedy event in Wisconsin – all year, if not ever. But, hey, Milwaukee is a big and busy enough comedy community that plenty of other funny stuff is happening at the same

We’re all looking for deals. So consider this: You get discounts if you pay in advance (rather than at the door) for admission to one of the kick off events for the 8th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival. Plus, the kick off shows include giveaways, which include a chance to win tickets to the Comedy Fest

Milwaukee’s comedy scene has been trending toward variety in the last year or so. Instead of going somewhere and seeing just an improv group or just some standups, you’ll see an improv group and some standups or a standup and some sketch comedy or, in the case of the Cactus Club Comedy & Music Night, standups and

One measure of the progress the Milwaukee comedy scene has made since the first Milwaukee Comedy Festival in 2006 is how vast and varied the kickoff has become. Even a couple of years ago, the kick off was little more than an improv jam the night before the fest started. This year entails four full

When’s The Fest? It’s Aug. 1-4. Every egghead knows that. (That’s a Thursday through Sunday. Look it up.) Again, Wisconsin’s largest comedy event is at the Next Act Theatre space, 255 S. Water St., in Milwaukee’s historic Walker’s Point. Click this for all the info. And thanks for asking.  

From those comically busy folks at Caste of Killers Comedy Collective comes another Milwaukee Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. That’s just what it sounds like: The collective displaying some of the funniest talent they can assemble. Specifically, this show – at 8:30 p.m., Friday July 19, includes: Christopher E Barnes Josh Ballew Mark Placek Greg Willett Krains

Milwaukee’s four-man improv team known as Homegrown Electric Circus has announced a special half-off show. Because Saturday, July 20, they’re performing a two-man show, that’s why. It’ll be a first for Scott Heaton and Josh Barto, to do a whole comedy show with just the two of them. But it’s improv. Every performance is a