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LA comedy calendar: Upcoming stand-up and comedy shows in LA

Explore our LA comedy calendar to find out which of your favorite stand-up comedians as well as sketch and improv groups have upcoming shows in Los Angeles

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There's no shortage of cutting-edge comedy throughout LA's famous clubs, from live podcasts at Largo to improv teams at UCB. Keep tabs on your favorite stand-ups or up-and-coming comedians to watch with our up-to-date LA comedy calendar.

LA comedy calendar

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  • Cypress Park

Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler host their variety show, Hot Tub, every Wednesday night at Permanent Records Roadhouse (after years spent on Mondays at the Virgil). Expect a fresh, oddball lineup each week of stand-up comics, sketch performances and new music.

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  • Stand-up
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  • Cypress Park

Rory Scovel, Beth Stelling, Adam Conover, Dylan Adler, Nick Turner, Logan Guntzelman and Reem Edan top this outdoor comedy show in Glassell Park.

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  • La Cienega

Kate Berlant, who grew up in Los Angeles, started doing stand-up at 17 at Archer School for Girls—or at least, she told one-liners while wearing a kimono and sitting in a wheelchair. She no longer brings props on stage, but her definition of comedy is still expansive. Berlant doesn’t tell jokes so much as she riffs on the metaphysical, turning a set into a strange stream of consciousness that leads nowhere, and is simultaneously disarming and satisfying.

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  • Silver Lake

Prepare to witness a comedic clash like no other… is how ChatGPT wanted me to start this write-up about comedian Allison Goldberg’s latest show. But yes, as the title implies, writers and stand-ups will attempt (and hopefully succeed, for the sake of all of our jobs) to outcompete AI in crafting pickup lines and fake bible verses. Shantira Jackson, Alan Linic and Claire Einstein guest on this show at the Lyric Hyperion, while past participant and current collaborator Brad Einstein will man the AI; tickets cost $15 for humans (ChatGPT tells me that’s a “thoughtful” and “affordable” price, for what it’s worth).

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  • Stand-up
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  • Playa Vista

Take your pup with you to this dog-friendly comedy show at the Annenberg PetSpace, with sets from Greg FItzsimmons, Craig Conant, Ahmed Al-kadri, Andrea Vicunia, Martin Morrow and Ashwin Jacob. Caitlin Benson hosts, with support from DJ VFRESH. Tickets include two drinks, and a portion benefits the PetSpace Extraordinary Care Fund.

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  • Koreatown

Devilish Pittsburgh-born comic Anthony Jeselnik is a dark, deranged stand-up, telling smartly constructed near-the-knuckle jokes. He’s had his own Comedy Central series, The Jeselnik Offensive (geddit?) which has landed him in trouble a bunch of times. You’ll find yourself laughing at his so-wrong-they’re-right jokes before you even get a chance to wince. Shockingly funny.

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  • Silver Lake

Brilliant comedy mastermind Brad Einstein invites a diverse crew of comedians to help him quiz you on… all the knowledge in human history. It sounds like a daunting task, but we believe in this buckwild gonzo. This former New York show—which has added audience trivia and prizes to its repertoire—now has a monthly slot at the Lyric Hyperion, where he pores over the annals with cohosts Claire Einstein and Jesse Cramer, plus guests Rashawn Scott and Eric Lewis-Baker.

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  • Stand-up
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Netflix’s stand-up specials keep us cackling at home, but the streaming service’s ambitious comedy festival is nothing to laugh at. Initially announced for 2020, Netflix is a Joke: The Festival made its delayed debut in 2022 with a staggering 295 shows over the span of a week in L.A. Now, it’s headed back here May 2 to 12, 2024 and upping the ante: More than 300 shows at 35 venues with sets from Ali Wong, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Taylor Tomlinson and literally hundreds of others.

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