The 1st Annual Longest Running New Famous #1 International Open Mic Comedy Festival

2010 Festival

The 1st Annual Longest Running New Famous #1 International Open Mic Comedy Festival

April 1-7, 2010
Nashville, TN
(facebook event)

This amazing, unprecedented mega-event kicks off TONIGHT!

Thursday, April 1, 2010 – 6:30pm
“Laugh like hell” OPEN MIC
The Rusty Nail
4054 Andrew Jackson Parkway
Hermitage, TN 37076-2220
(615) 889-2613
(facebook event)

Sunday, April 4, 2010 – 8pm
OPEN MIC at Joe’s Place
Joe’s Place
(Near the Green Hills YMCA and Whole Foods)
2227 Bandywood Drive
Nashville, TN 37215
(facebook event)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 – 6pm
Hope Lodge Night of Laughs
American Cancer Center
Hope House
2008 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 342-0840
http://www.cancer.org/
(facebook event)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 – 8pm
OPEN MIC @ Spanky’s
Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill
330 Welch Road
Nashville, Tennessee 37211
(behind the WalMart @ Nolensville and Harding Place)
(615) 837-3450
(facebook event)

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 – 9:30pm
Dive Laughing OPEN MIC
Springwater
115 27th Ave N.
Nashville, TN 37203
615-320-0345
(facebook event)

“Be there! ..or SUCK IT!”

TONIGHT: The “I HAVE NO FRIENDS” Stand-Up Comedy Contest

TONIGHT! Brad Edwards headlines the “I HAVE NO FRIENDS” Stand-Up Comedy Contest. Come see 30 minutes from one of the funniest guys to come out of Nashville in the last five years. (Here’s a video of Brad performing at an ULTIMATE COMEDY show that we recently uploaded to Funny Or Die.)

If you think you’re funny, come sign up for the open mic portion of the show. We’re giving away $50 to the winner (as decided by the audience and/or host Chad Riden, America’s Favorite Comedian Of All Time) and the LOSERS each get a can of consolation Fresca. Everybody gets 5 minutes. Go over your time and you are disqualified. Limited number of spots available! Don’t be late.

Be there at 8:30 to sign up, show starts at 9.

Music City Bar & Grill
2416 Music Valley Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
615.883.2367

no cover! 2-for-1 pints! 21+

(facebook event)

This Week In Nashville: The Marijuana Logues, Wild Funny Wednesdays

zanies_marijuana-loguesFire it up, errbody.. The Marijuana Logues are here this week featuring Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell and Dan Gabriel. If you’ve never seen the show, just imagine The Vagina Monologues MINUS all the vaginas PLUS a lot of talk about weed. There’s a video clip after the show listings. Plus, don’t forget, the first “Wild Funny Wednesdays show is this week at The Corner Bar on Elliston Place.. it should be pretty fun.

Tuesday, September 29
8am Get Up, Stand Up (91.1 WRVU-FM)
8:30pm OPEN MIC Contest (Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill)

wild_funny_wednesdaysWednesday, September 30
7:30pm Hypnotist Rich Guzzi (Zanies)
8:00pm Wild Funny Wednesdays (The Corner Bar)

Thursday, October 1
7:30pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)

Friday, October 2
7:30pm, 9:45pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)

Saturday, October 3
7pm, 9pm, 11:15pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)

Sunday, October 4
7:30pm The Marijuana Logues – Tony Camin, Rob Cantrell, Dan Gabriel (Zanies)
8pm Laugh At Joe’s OPEN MIC (Joe’s Place)

TONIGHT! D.L. Hughley, ‘Ultimate Comedy’, ‘The I Have No Friends Comedy Contest’

Tonight there are several fantastic choices for hilarious comedy in Nashville:

20090925_ultimatecomedyULTIMATE COMEDY!

Featuring Stand-up, Sketches, and a LIVE LIVE performance by Heavy Metal Comedy Duo: THE DEAD DEAD! TICKETS ARE ONLY 5 BUCKS!
(link to the facebook event)

20090925_NOfriendsThe I Have No Friends Comedy Contest

Open mic stand-up comedy contest. $50 to the winner (as decided by the audience). Be there at 8:30 to sign up, show starts at 9. Everybody gets 5 minutes. Hosted by America’s Favorite Comedian Of All Time, Chad Riden.
(link to the facebook event)

dl_hughleyZanies presents.. D. L. Hughley

One of the most popular and highly recognized standup comedians on the road today has also made quite an impression in the feature film and television arena, but it was ‘The Original Kings Of Comedy’ that launched D.L. into superstardom. D.L. recently premiered a one-hour comedy special for HBO entitled “Unapologetic.”
(link to the event on Zanies site)

Here is a clip of D.L. from “Def Comedy Jam” –

This Week In Nashville: Mike Birbiglia, Tom Rhodes, Sugar Sammy

This week doesn’t look too bad for stand-up comedy in Nashville. We’re lucky enough to have several heavy hitters in town and one of these great shows is even a breast cancer benefit.. so there’s no guilt in going out and having a good time:

Tuesday, September 15
8am Get Up, Stand Up (91.1 WRVU-FM)
8:30pm OPEN MIC Contest (Spanky’s Sportsbar & Grill)

Wednesday, September 16
7:30pm Jeff Allen / “Best Of Nashville” (Zanies)

Thursday, September 17
7:30pm Mike Birbiglia: I’m In The Future Also (TPAC: James K Polk Theater)
7:30pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)

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Jokes.com
Exclusives – Mike Birbiglia Interview
comedians.comedycentral.com
Joke of the Day Stand-Up Comedy Free Online Games

Friday, September 18
7:30pm Tickled Pink – Comedy For The Cure – Tom Rhodes, Beth Donahue, Brian Bates, Shawn Tidwell, Matt Holt (Belcourt Theater)
7:30pm, 9:45pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)

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Saturday, September 19
7pm, 9pm, 11:15pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)

Sunday, September 20
7:30pm Sugar Sammy (Zanies)
8pm Laugh At Joe’s OPEN MIC (Joe’s Place)