Comedy Pug Hugs is a monthly variety show at Cafe Coco in Nashville, TN hosted by Paulina Combow and Mary Jay Berger.

Wed., May 22, 2013
showtime: 7:30pm

Lineup:
Rob Haynes
Heather Le Roy
Johnny Q. Amish
Mark Anundson
And even more surprises and special guests!

Cafe Coco
210 Louise Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37203

Tickets:
$5 at the door or available online at BrownPaperTickets.
FREE standing room tickets with college ID.

(Facebook event)

More info:
Facebook.com/ComedyPugHugs/
Twitter/ComedyPugHugs

To get on the Comedy Pug Hugs mailing list, get booked for an upcoming show, or ask a question, e-mail comedypughugs [at] gmail [dot] com

ULTIMATE COMEDY is a brand spankin’ new OPEN MIC hosted by you’re favorite grump BRAD EDWARDS!

Brad will be backed up by the Ultimate Comedy house band “The Grey Grays” featuring SEAN PARROT on guitar/vocals and
GARY FLETCHER on drums/vocals!

Each comic gets 4-5 minutes.

Sign up is at 8PM. Show starts at 8:30.

Let’s have a party-time!

The East Room
2412 Gallatin Ave., Nashville, TN 37206

(Facebook event)

KAMIKAZE KITTEN comedy show
w/ Chad Riden and friends

2nd Wednesday of every month!

UPCOMING SHOWS:
5/8/2013 8:30pm
6/12/2013 8:30pm
7/10/2013 8:30pm

NO COVER!
* FREE catnip for all kittens *

A stand-up comedy showcase produced and hosted by nationally-touring East Nashville-based comic Chad Riden, featuring 10-minute sets from various comedians traveling around the country and shorter sets from some of his favorite comedy buddies from Nashville. Comics are booked in advance but there are always several shorter “bucket” spots available for anybody in the audience. The show is always loose, weird as shit, and also pretty hilarious. If you don’t go, you’re dumb and nobody will ever love you.

Dino’s
411 Gallatin Ave
Nashville, TN 37206

(Facebook event)

Open mic stand-up comedy show hosted by Sean Parrott the first Wednesday of every month. Sign-up at 9p, show starts at 9:30. All are welcome. No cover.

There’s always an element of danger with comedy shows at Springwater. Several things can be rough: the crowds, the language, and finding a seat in the packed house. You never know what’s going to happen, but you can bet it’ll be funny and exciting.

1st Wednesday of Every month
9:30pm show; 9pm sign-up
no cover

Springwater Supper Club & Lounge
115 27th Ave N.
Nashville, TN 37203
615-320-0345
SpringwaterSupperClub.com
Twitter.com/SpringwaterNash

(Facebook Event)

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase @ Zanies is a showcase of the funniest professional comedians based in the Nashville area, plus guest sets from traveling comics, and a few up-and-coming young comics from the local Nashville scene. The show is produced by NashvilleStandUp.com’s Chad Riden.

The 5/9/2013 lineup includes:
Chad Riden
Ron Ron Moseley
Brad Hinderliter
Rob Haynes
Ron Placone
Denver Little
Mary Jay Berger
Drew Shannon
Heather LeRoy
Mark Anundson
..and MORE!

Several “bucket” spots will be available to any comics in the audience who want to throw their names in the hat.. and those comedians will be in the running for a booked spot in the future.

(Facebook event)

The NashvilleStandUp.com Showcase
Thurs., May 9, 2013
doors open: 6:30pm
showtime: 7:30pm

Zanies Comedy Showplace
2025 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37204
615-269-0221

tickets:
$10, $5 with student ID (use coupon code “STUDENT”). available at the door, online, or at the Zanies box office at: 615-269-0221

More info about the N’Sup Showcase @ Zanies is available at: http://NashvilleStandUp.com/showcase/

Knoxville, TN – Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield has agreed to debate Comedian/Radio Host J. LaLonde. The debate takes place at The Square Room in downtown Knoxville, TN on April 20th, 2013. The doors open at 2:30, the debate begins at 3:00 pm. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will moderate the debate. The event is free to the public.

You probably remember hearing about Stacey Campfield and his “Don’t Say Gay” legislation (or perhaps some of his more recent misguided nonsense) from the numerous times The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have made him (and all of Tennessee by association) a laughing stock. Senator Campfield has previously been a guest on LaLonde’s radio show that aired on 94.3 The X (WNFZ-FM) in East TN. They plan to debate past and current bills proposed by the Senator. The two have been openly negotiating many of the terms via social networks and LaLonde’s blog WORD THUG.

Senator Campfield has held elected office since 2004 when he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. J. LaLonde
released his debut comedy DVD “J. LaLonde Live from The Historic Tennessee Theatre” in 2011.

Here’s a video LaLonde made for kickstarter (note: the event date is incorrect in the video – the correct date is April 20, 2013):

(Facebook Event)

More info:
http://jlalondecomedy.com/
https://twitter.com/jlalondecomedy
https://www.facebook.com/jlalondecomedy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Campfield

CORPORATE JUGGERNAUT PRESENTS: JOE DEROSA
-Mon Apr 15, 2013 at 8:30pm
-The High Watt (1 Cannery Row)
-$10

http://mercylounge.com/calendar/venue/highwatt/2013/04/15/joe-derosa/

We’re thrilled to bring Joe DeRosa to town from NYC. He’s an Opie and Anthony regular, and has appeared on both “Louie” and “Bored to Death.” He’s also had his own Comedy Central special, and just recorded his second live album.

DeRosa’s jokes are those of an everyman struggling under an ever-present raincloud. He just wants to be happy; he just wants “to sell for a higher price at the people store.”

The opening comics: Jane Borden, Gary Fletcher, Heather LeRoy, and host Sean Parrott.

KEG-STAND(up) COMEDY SHOW @ That’s Cool

open mic singer-songwriter stuff happens earlier,
stand-up comedy show at 9

$5 = cover

Co-hosts Mary Jay Berger & Paulina Combow bring you rotating lineups of various hilarious comedians on (most) Thursday nights..
AND several bucket spots available for any comics in the audience.

That’s Cool
2309 Franklin Pike
Nashville, TN 37204
(just down the road from Zanies)

(Facebook event)

While I appreciate him for writing this and for including me, even one mention of random idiots like this Lynn person is probably too many in a piece that doesn’t mention Keith Alberstadt or Tim Northern. It’s like Last Comic Standing putting the guy in the chicken suit on screen and letting him speak while touring comics were only visible for a second as the camera panned across the room. Thanks to Mr. Maloney for plugging NashvilleStandUp.com though.

This line sums the piece up pretty well: “Nashville comics are great, but socially inept for the most part. They’re lovely people but – ” says [Kendra] Corrie. “They just can’t get it together to be supportive in the way that I think that they would if they just weren’t afraid of human touch.”

Read the entire thing here: Looking for Comedy in Nashville

Friend Sean Maloney on the Facebooks:
https://www.facebook.com/s.l.maloney

Nate last appeared on CONAN on August 10, 2011 and had previously made two appearances on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

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