Comedy

Milwaukee comedy clubs, comedians, stand-up comics, jokes, roasts, comedy specials, more.

Please Don’t Destroy talk tour, Milwaukee plans, Bucks Summer League before Turner Hall show

July 12, 2023

Over the past two years, Please Don’t Destroy have been making must-watch digital shorts that have become a staple of Saturday Night Live. Now the trio—Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy—are about t...

Bill Burr will be checking in on Fiserv Forum October 8

June 5, 2023

Veteran comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, hockey fan, helicopter pilot, amateur drummer, husband to the lovely Nia, and consummate Milwaukee fan Bill Burr will perform at Fiserv Forum on Sunday, October 8. Ge...

A character in new ‘Jury Duty’ series shares name with Milwaukee music legend

May 8, 2023

Have you seen Jury Duty yet? If you haven't watched the hybrid documentary series/reality show about a real guy who unknowingly finds himself on a fake jury in a courtroom full of actors, you should probably ch...

Milwaukee Comedy Festival announces two headliners

May 1, 2023

As we try our best to stay on top of Milwaukee’s massive and ever-growing list of summer happenings, it’s also worth mentioning the “City Of Festivals” also plays host to a wide range of fall fests. Included in...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Lucas Zelnick

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 5, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every Saturday night on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Apple Podcasts. ...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Ryan Hamilton

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 26, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every Saturday night on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Apple Podcasts. ...

Milwaukee comedians come together for Carol-Aid fundraiser event

February 23, 2023

Dana Ehrmann is one of the most accomplished and all-around funny comedians in Milwaukee right now. She's performed with Bobcat Goldthwait, Joe Pera, Todd Barry, Hari Kondabolu, Steve Byrne, Dan Soder, and coun...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Charlie Berens

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 19, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every Saturday night on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Apple Podcasts. ...

AJ Grill talks about his 10 years in comedy, his upcoming standup special, what’s next

November 14, 2022

When we spoke to AJ Grill in late 2016, the Iowa native had recently relocated to Milwaukee and was trying to find some footing in the city's comedy scene. Roughly six years later, it safe to say he's done just...

We asked Chris Gethard a bunch of questions about Wisconsin-made sodas

September 28, 2022

Chris Gethard has a lot of different identities. He’s a cult comedy legend, the namesake and former figurehead of The Chris Gethard Show, an actor (who you might know from films like Don’t Think Twice and TV sh...

Our “Roast Of Milwaukee” returns October 5

September 14, 2022

After a couple of years away, Milwaukee Record's long-running Roast Of Milwaukee event is back! Like previous years, the event—which is done in association with the Milwaukee Comedy Festival—will feature a stac...

Listen to The Dollop discuss the Milwaukee Police Station Bombing of 1917 in live Turner Hall episode

August 24, 2022

Back in early June, The Dollop—a popular American history podcast—came to Wisconsin. More specifically, hosts/comedians Dave Anthony and Brown Deer native/diehard Packers fan Gareth Reynolds came to Turner Hall...

Here’s the 2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

August 19, 2022

Originating long before the city had anything resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved along with Milwaukee’s stand-up scene. In fact, the annual comedic undert...

Hear Doughboys discuss Kopp’s, Sprecher, Cream Puffs and Lakefront in Milwaukee episode

August 18, 2022

On August 5, Doughboys—a popular chain restaurant podcast—came to Milwaukee for a long-awaited live show at Turner Hall and to review Kopp's Frozen Custard for the first time in the show's history. Joined by wr...

Chris Gethard to bring live podcast, stand-up to X-Ray Arcade October 7

July 13, 2022

Chris Gethard is a lot of things. He's a cult comedy legend, the namesake and former figurehead of The Chris Gethard Show, an actor (who you might know from films like Don't Think Twice and TV shows like Broad ...

Doughboys Podcast announces restaurant for Milwaukee show

July 12, 2022

In case you missed the exciting chews, er, the exciting news, Doughboys—a popular chain restaurant podcast—is coming back to Turner Hall next month. That long-awaited live show, originally scheduled to take pla...

Take me back to Summerfest 1992: Bobcat Goldthwait at the Comedy Stage

July 7, 2022

With hundreds of bands playing on 10 stages (plus a bunch of small side stages) over the course of nine days, Summerfest's claim of being "The World’s Largest Music Festival" seems to be accurate. That’s no sec...

‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ has been canceled “for now”

July 7, 2022

And the hits just keep on coming. Today, Joe Pera—the star and namesake of Joe Pera Talks With You—announced via his mailing list that his Adult Swim series "is over for now." According to the incomparable c...

Milwaukee Comedy Festival announces 2022 headliner

June 29, 2022

As we all try to stay on top of Milwaukee's massive list of summer happenings, it's also worth mentioning the "City Of Festivals" also plays host to a wide range of fall fests. Included in that array of autumn ...

John Oliver praised the Famous Racing Sausages on yesterday’s episode of ‘Last Week Tonight’

May 16, 2022

The headline pretty much says it all on this one. Last night, comedian and living, breathing takedown machine John Oliver referenced the Kleme...no wait, the Johnsonville Famous Racing Sausages on an episode of...