Earlier this week it was announced that Patton Oswalt would release a new stand-up comedy special on Netflix. The hour-long, titled Annihilation, will hit the streaming service this October. Annihilation […]
Jeff Dunham’s Relative Disaster is among the handful of Netflix comedy specials debuting this month. In advance of its Sept. 12 premiere date, Netflix has just shared a new trailer, […]
Jeff Dunham’s new Netflix stand-up special ‘Relative Disaster’ gets a trailer
Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents, formerly known as The Half Hour, previously announced plans to debut over a dozen new half-hour specials by featured up-and-coming comedians. Premiere dates for the forthcoming […]
‘Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents’ unveils premiere dates for 13 half-hour specials
King of observational comedy Jerry Seinfeld will release his new stand-up special Jerry Before Seinfeld on Netflix later this month. In advance of the sure-to-be hilarious hour-long, the streaming giant […]
Watch Jerry Seinfeld talk childhood in new Netflix special trailer
Tig Notaro is set to return to the American south in season two of her critically-acclaimed Amazon TV series, One Mississippi, which premieres on Sept. 8. In a new trailer, […]
Watch: Tig Notaro finds love in the trailer for ‘One Mississippi’ season two
When Fat Mike, 95.5 KLOS and the touring P.I.D. Craft Beer & Music Festival team-up for a Southern California show you know you are going to experience an epic lineup. […]
NOFX, Bad Religion & Goldfinger top Punk ‘n Brew lineup
Netflix has been having an amazing year when it comes to stand-up comedy with Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, Bill Burr and many more of the funniest people on […]
Jerry Seinfeld to debut new stand-up special on Netflix Sept. 19
VOD giant Netflix has unveiled the trailer for Marc Maron’s new comedy special Too Real. The comedian and actor’s new hour-long premieres on the streaming service Sept. 5. Though clocking […]
Watch the trailer for Marc Maron’s new Netflix special ‘Too Real’
If you are a fan of beer, bands and brats the Wurst Music & Beer Fest may just be your favorite event of the fall. Murder by Death, The Anniversary, […]
Star Events & Riot Fest present Wurst Music & Beer Fest
This fall, Smashing Pumpkins frontman, William Patrick Corgan, is set to release his second solo album, Ogilala, via BMG on Oct. 13. The album, which is produced by Rick Rubin […]
William Patrick Corgan announces new solo album & fall tour
The Cinder Block Comedy Festival is back for another year. The 2017 event, taking place in Brooklyn, NY on Sept. 7-10, boasts an eclectic lineup of comedians topped by veteran […]
Cinder Block Comedy Festival taps Janeane Garofalo & more for 2017 event
Comedian Anthony DeVito is gearing up for the release of his debut album, Dream Occupation, which drops via Comedy Central Records on Aug. 18. Prior to its digital release, the […]
Anthony DeVito’s debut album ‘Dream Occupation’ drops Aug. 18
In exactly one month, Riot Fest ticket-holders will converge onto Chicago’s Douglas Park for the premiere punk rock music festival event of the summer. The music is now scheduled to […]
Riot Fest announces 2017 late night sets from Gogol Bordello, Buzzcocks & more
Improvisational Cellist, Helen Gillet, has gathered an incomparable quartet of musicians to form the group, Tephra Sound – a term that describes the matter that volcanoes emit during an eruption. […]
Cellist Helen Gillet to bring Tephra Sound to Constellation Aug. 19
Comedian-actor-writer Ron Funches was in Chicago last night for a packed show at the historic Thalia Hall. The visit, one of many stops on his Funch-A-Mania Tour, was a trip […]
Live Review: Ron Funches brings Funch-A-Mania to Chicago’s Thalia Hall
Comedian Felipe Esparza is about to debut a new stand-up special on HBO. Esparza’s new hour-long Translate This is slated to premiere on HBO and HBO Latino on Saturday, Sept. […]
Felipe Esparza’s new comedy special ‘Translate This’ debuts on HBO in September
The Chicago area will soon be filled with the syncopated sounds of New Orleans as Jon Cleary (of Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen) is gearing up for a […]
Jon Cleary to play Chicago in support of ‘Live at Chickie Wah Wah’
New York-based comedian, Shane Torres, has been generating lots of laughs on the stand-up circuit for the past 10-years. Soon, fans will be able to enjoy his unique sense of […]
Shane Torres announces debut comedy album ‘Established 1981’
Chicago-area music festival junkies get ready. Riot Fest is just over a month away and, thus, organizers have just unveiled the daily schedule for this year’s event, taking place at […]
Check out the Riot Fest 2017 daily schedule and set times
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim – best known simply as Tim and Eric – recently wrapped-up a hilarious tour in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of their seminal Adult Swim […]
Tim & Eric announce the return of ‘Awesome Show’ & ‘Bedtime Stories’
If you love love as much as you love comedy, Married! is the perfect show to see to celebrate your passions simultaneously. The comedy show – which features many of […]
‘Married!’ is coming to the Hideout on Aug. 17
Beloved Chicago pop-punk band Showoff has given fans a lot to be excited about. Not only have they announced plans to release their new album, Midwest Side Story, on Sept. […]
Showoff to play Reggie’s in advance of new album’s release
Netflix has confirmed David Letterman will make his return to television on the VOD streaming service. The former CBS Late Show host will debut his new talk show sometime in […]
David Letterman to bring new talk show to Netflix
Typically when punk bands come through Chicago they are booked to perform a club show, but when Rancid and Dropkick Murphys stopped by the Windy City on the From Boston […]