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Season 3 of ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ will premiere November 7

October 11, 2021

Back in August, we brought you the good news that Joe Pera Talks With You, a heartwarming and hilarious Adult Swim series that’s filmed primarily in Milwaukee by a largely local crew, would officially be coming...

11 (more) notable comedians with Wisconsin roots

Tyler Maas

October 5, 2021

All week long, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival will be treating the city to loads of laughs. The 15th annual festival—which started October 3 and will run through October 10—will feature dozens of comedians perfo...

Here’s the 2021 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

September 21, 2021

Following an abbreviated 2020 edition that featured fewer shows, far smaller audiences, a more localized lineup, and many more protective face coverings than ever before, Milwaukee Comedy Festival is getting ba...

Wow. Doughboys Podcast will return to Turner Hall on January 28

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2021

In January of last year, Doughboys—a popular chain restaurant podcast—came to Milwaukee for a long-awaited live show at Turner Hall and to finally review Culver’s for the first time in the show’s history. Joine...

The sound effects Michael Winslow did at Summerfest, ranked

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2021

With hundreds of bands playing on a dozen stages over the course of nine days (usually 11 days in pre-pandemic times), Summerfest's claim of being "The World’s Largest Music Festival" seems quite accurate. That...

Milwaukee Comedy Festival announces second 2021 headliner

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2021

Following an abbreviated 2020 edition that featured fewer shows, far smaller audiences, a more localized lineup, and many more protective face coverings than ever before, Milwaukee Comedy Festival is looking to...

Milwaukee Improv to open at The Corners of Brookfield on August 20

Tyler Maas

June 8, 2021

After more than a year in which most entertainment options featured the word "virtual" somewhere in their vicinity, live and in-person events are finally able to return in a safe and at least somewhat normal wa...

Chappelle. Summerfest. September 11

Matt Wild

June 7, 2021

Dave Chappelle will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater during Summerfest on Saturday, September 11. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 11, at noon at Summerfest.com and Ticketmaster.com. Ticket...

Let’s talk about The Milwaukee Peaches, a fictional and “less racist” California Raisins mentioned in a ‘Detroiters’ episode

Tyler Maas

May 12, 2021

Have you ever seen Detroiters? Man, that show was unbelievable! Seriously, it might be the best half-hour television comedy of the last 10 years. That’s up for debate, of course, but it was hilarious. How did D...

Interchange Theater Co-op moves into former Ampersand Theater Company space

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2021

Last week, we formally said goodbye to a few of the concert and comedy venues Milwaukee lost in 2020. One of those live entertainment establishments that was unable to sustain amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis w...

Ampersand Theater Company is dissolving

Tyler Maas

December 30, 2020

Late last year, we told you that Ampersand Theater Company would finally be moving into a place of its own following a largely-nomadic existence that found the improv troupe (formerly known as Mojo Dojo) perfor...

A comprehensive guide to the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2020

Milwaukee Comedy Festival is coming off its biggest and best year yet. Following a year that found oodles of touring talent making their way to Milwaukee to perform to jam-packed rooms (and with the opening of ...

Here’s the 2020 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2020

Originating long before the city had anything even resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved in kind with Milwaukee’s humor scene. In fact, the annual comedic un...

Franklin native takes baked comedians to fast food drive-thrus in ‘Munchie Run’

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2020

Have you run out of things to watch? Are you looking for something lighthearted and fun to help take your mind on the modern world? Could you go for something weed-related and with a slight local affiliation? I...

Listen to Ryan Mason and J Tyler Menz’s ‘My Brew Dads’ comedy album

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2020

Need a laugh? Miss stand-up comedy? Not ready to risk your life and/or the lives of strangers and loved ones to see a show at a non-Milwaukee comedy club while a worldwide pandemic is still in full swing? If yo...

The Underground Collaborative has closed

Tyler Maas

June 1, 2020

After eight years in business, The Underground Collaborative has closed. Since opening in 2012, the versatile 110-capacity venue located in the basement of the Shops Of Grand Avenue has hosted an eclectic ra...

Take a break from the nightmare of modern existence with Joe Pera’s quarantine special, ‘Relaxing Old Footage With Joe Pera’

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2020

When we last wrote about Joe Pera Talks With You, the incredible and uplifting Adult Swim program—which was primarily filmed in Milwaukee by a mostly local crew—had just aired an episode in which the show's nam...

Enjoy The Laughing Tap’s “Quaran-Teeny Tiny Comedy” shows (and support Milwaukee Comedy)

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2020

As we've written in countless different ways and as we've said countless times before, COVID-19 has severely impacted Milwaukee venues. They were among the first places to close in March and they're going to be...

Cream City Comedy Festival is postponed until spring 2021

Tyler Maas

May 6, 2020

In its first four years, Cream City Comedy Festival staged a total of approximately 60 shows with close to 300 comedians from Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison, New York, and Los Angeles. Even more impressive than th...

Milwaukee Comedy Festival will move to October

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2020

Add another one to the growing list of local event postponements. Today, Milwaukee Comedy announced its annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival—which was scheduled to take place August 5-9—will be postponing its 15th ...