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High Plains Comedy Festival Returns This Weekend

High Plains Comedy Festival Returns This Weekend

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Mixing the Mic: Dyketopia Brings Queer Comedy to Denver

By Riley Cowing
Aug 25, 2021

Lee Robinson and Kate McLachlan are creating a queer comedy world of their own.
Rise Comedy Club Rises Again After Fifteen-Month Hiatus

By Khaleel Hayes
Jun 18, 2021

Nick Armstrong and Josh Nicols reopen Rise Comedy after pandemic shutdowns.
Trevor Noah's World Tour Is Coming to Colorado

By Kyle Harris
Jun 14, 2021

The Daily Show host plans to bring laughs to town this fall.
Reader: A Show for the Vaccinated? Applause for Dangerous Theatre!

By Westword Staff
May 22, 2021

But some people boo the policy.
Dangerous Theatre Brings Vaccinated-Only Pervy Laughs to Denver

By Kyle Harris
May 18, 2021

"Come see some weird nudity and mayonnaise."
Comedian Sam Adams Is Still Twerking, Despite Butterflies in His Stomach

By Khaleel Hayes
Apr 23, 2021

Comedian Sam Adams discusses a twenty-year comedy career, sports journalism and performing live again.
Despite All, Comedy Works Owner Wende Curtis Clutches to Optimism

By Kyle Harris
Apr 20, 2021

Wende Curtis, the owner of Comedy Works, clutches on to hope.
Doug Benson's 4/20 Show in Denver Was Postponed, but You Can Smoke With Him Online

By Thomas Mitchell
Apr 2, 2021

Doug Benson had planned to perform in Denver on 4/20 in 2020 and 2021, but is now going online.
Enter the Green Room With Comedians Louis Johnson and Lamont Ferguson

By Khaleel Hayes
Feb 1, 2021

Louis Johnson and Lamont Ferguson launched A Good Green Room, documenting conversations between comedians.
Lonely? Share a Virtual Holiday Scare on Christmas Eve

By Susan Froyd
Dec 22, 2020

Find connection through spooky stories.
Punch Line: Denver Comedy Is Taking a Beating

By Kyle Harris
Dec 15, 2020

COVID-19 has hit the comedy scene especially hard.
Sam Tallent on Running the Light, Will Smith, and Being Too Big to Fail

By Byron Graham
Sep 3, 2020

The Denver comic talks about his new book, Running the Light, and how Will Smith played his nipples like a drum.
What It's Like to Return to Live Comedy During a Pandemic

By Byron Graham
Aug 28, 2020

Here's what it's like to take the mic and tell jokes during COVID-19.
Cop Vinnie Montez on Police Protests, Comedy and Courage

By Teague Bohlen
Jul 24, 2020

Colorado-born Police Commander Vinnie Montez talks about being a cop in 2020 and how comedy helps him survive it all.
Andy Juett Slices Through the Smoke of Cannabis Comedy

By Thomas Mitchell
May 22, 2020

All too often, cannabis finds itself forced onto comedy shows.
Westish: Something Funny's Going on Here!

By Patricia Calhoun
May 12, 2020

Who doesn't need a laugh these days?
Voodoo Comedy Performers Launch The Gunkhole State Park Podcast

By Kyle Harris
Apr 16, 2020

Alex Nichols, Bonnie Gager and Chris Gropp do improv without an audience.
Online 4/20 Event Includes Broken Lizard, Disco Biscuits Members and More

By Thomas Mitchell
Apr 13, 2020

Event proceeds will aid Colorado musicians, comedians and restaurant workers.
Christie Buchele on Standup Comedy in the Age of Zoom

By Kyle Harris
Apr 9, 2020

Christie Buchele just starting making a living as a full-time comedian. Then everything shut down.
Forget Tiger King's Joe Exotic. Meet HoExotic, Kalyn Heffernan's Alter-Ego

By Kyle Harris
Apr 3, 2020

Wheelchair Sports Camp MC Kalyn Heffernan parodied Joe Exotic, and it's amazing.