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Marc Maron returned to Nashville Saturday November 19th to do a show at TPAC’s James K. Polk theater and it was a lot of fun. Marc had a good time himself and talked about that show on his WTF Podcast, praising our own Josh Wagner, who opened the show.
“It was fucking spectacular. Great audience.”
“Performing in Nashville was just great. I did about an hour and a half. Josh Wagner did great..”
Give it a listen: WTF Episode 761
https://youtu.be/mxjz5aCRXGY?t=8m4s
Chad Riden, DJ Astro Brooke & Michael Buhl play stand-up from DJ Buckley, Marc Maron, Nate Bargatze, Bobby Brooks, Bryce Damuth, Matt Maragno, Laura Peek, Max Fine, Keith Alberstadt, Brian Bates, Brad Edwards, Josh Wagner while trying to fund raise for WXNA’s first Pledge Week. WXNA is an all-volunteer, freeform, listener-supported community radio station. If you enjoy radio made right here in Nashville by Nashvillians, please donate right now at www.wxnafm.org. You can set up a Monthly Pledge or make a One-Time Donation. As our thank you, we’ll keep doing what we do, AND we’ll send you an exclusive pledge-drive-only sticker that you can display so everyone knows whose team you’re on! Thank you for joining #TeamWXNA!
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Our calendar has had “TBA” for May 15-18 for a few months now.. here you go kids:
The first annual Wild West Comedy Festival, featuring some of the funniest comedians in the world and unique special events you won’t find anywhere else, will take place in the city of Nashville on May 15 to 18, 2014. The historic Ryman Auditorium, the performance arts theaters at the Tennessee Performng Arts Center, Jack White’s Third Man Records, and Zanies Nashville will host the festival performances. Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Productions is producing the festival in partnership with Nashville’s premiere concert promoter Outback Concerts. The festival is presented by Bud Light, with Netflix as the associate sponsor.
So far the A-list lineup includes: Aziz Ansari, Owen Benjamin, Steve Byrne, Bill Burr, Rodney Carrington, Billy Gardell, Dick Gregory, Chris Hardwick (w/ live performance of his @Midnight show), the cast of Impractical Jokers, Marc Maron, Demetri Martin, Ralphie May, Dennis Miller, B.J. Novak, Nick Swardson, Aisha Tyler and Vince Vaughn.
VIP Packages will go on sale March 14th at 10 a.m.
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Once again, The Belcourt Theatre reminds us why we love them by showing Mike Birbiglia‘s “Sleepwalk With Me”:
“I’m going to tell you a story, and it’s true….I always have to tell people that.” So asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer at the outset of his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut. Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore. The kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art, SLEEPWALK WITH ME also delights as a revolving door of today’s stand-up scene. Also starring Marc Maron, Wyatt Cenac and others.
“A funny and insightful film. I could have watched it for 10 hours.” —Judd Apatow
Look at this trailer.. it’s got Henry Phillips (who is hilarious and was just at Zanies) and Marc Maron (who is fantastically funny and was just here at Zanies in July) and of course dang ole Birbigs (who is awesome and was last at Zanies on September 9, 2008, when he was refining his “Sleepwalk With Me” material in preparation for the off-Broadway theatrical run that preceded his book of the same name and now this movie). Check it out:
The Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Avenue
Nashville TN 37212
Movie Line: (615) 383-9140
Main Office: (615) 846-3150
Friday, Sep 21 – Thursday, Sep 27
For showtimes, please visit Belcourt.org
Do yourself a favor and just buy your tickets now:
