Comedy Shows - Events in Madison, United States
Dressed to Kill
Madison
Saturday, October 31, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Get ready for a night of killer looks and deadly punchlines at Dressed to Kill - the stand-up show where the comics slay twice. First, they hit the stage as themselves, then return in costume or drag to serve face, fashion, and a fresh round of jokes.
Follow @Ches ..
The Comedy Bunker
Madison
Saturday, October 24, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Get your weekend hyucks in at one of the most colorful, eclectic venues in town. The Comedy Bunker is a corporate meeting room deep in the halls of a former paint factory-turned hotel that feels like a polyamorous meetup wedged into the stairwell of a parking deck. E ..
The Comedy Bunker - October 24, 2026
Madison
Saturday, October 24, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Get your weekend laughs at one of the most colorful, eclectic venues in Madison. The Comedy Bunker is a corporate meeting room that feels like a party wedged into the stairwell of a parking deck. Each show features fresh lineups of hilarious local favorites and touri ..
The Comedy Roast of Death
Madison
Friday, October 23, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Cheshire Cat Comedy's award-winning costumed roast series returns to the eclectic, flamingo-themed bar space at Breese Stevens Field's Forward Club. Join us for a vicious evening of burns at The Comedy Roast of Death!
Featuring stand-up, roasts, and info-tainment ..
The Comedy Bunker
Madison
Saturday, October 10, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Get your weekend hyucks in at one of the most colorful, eclectic venues in town. The Comedy Bunker is a corporate meeting room deep in the halls of a former paint factory-turned hotel that feels like a polyamorous meetup wedged into the stairwell of a parking deck. E ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up and Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, October 9, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show. Featuring hilarious and saucy acts from across the Midwest!
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With performances by:
Ross Childs
Erin Morris
Dinah Bolical
Special guests!
Hosted by:
Sasha ..
Uncensored: A Comedy Show
Fitchburg
Saturday, September 26, 2026
2000
- 2130
12.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Spirited comedy meets spirited libations at Uncensored, a bold evening of adult-rated humor happening just minutes outside downtown Madison.
With headliner EUNJI KIM:
Eunji Kim is a comedian and writer based in Chicago. She was a Senior Writer for Cards Against H ..
Hot Take: A Comedy Show
Madison
Friday, September 25, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Hot Take is a one-of-a-kind stand-up comedy show where comedians stir the pot with their most controversial opinions -- and slideshows to back them up.
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Friday, September 25, 2026
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
The Forward Club at Breese Stevens Field*
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Uncensored 2026.
Madison
Saturday, September 19, 2026
2000
- 2130
20.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Spirited comedy meets spirited libations at Uncensored, a bold evening of adult-rated humor happening just minutes outside downtown Madison.
Featuring Henry Evans, John Stage, and Amanda Cohen.
Amanda Cohen is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian and improviso ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, September 17, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds, an infotainment event that's like a PowerPoint party mixed with stand-up comedy. Think TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
Prepare to be regaled by presentations on the Federal Duck Stam ..
The Comedy Bunker
Madison
Saturday, September 12, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Get your weekend hyucks in at one of the most colorful, eclectic venues in town. The Comedy Bunker is a corporate meeting room deep in the halls of a former paint factory-turned hotel that feels like a polyamorous meetup wedged into the stairwell of a parking deck. E ..
Funny Bachelors
Madison
Friday, September 11, 2026
1900
- 2030
20.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Funny Bachelors is the perfect blend of romance and hilarity! We arrange pre-planned blind dates for singles, held in front of a live audience. Throughout the date, our panel of talented comedians adds their own humorous commentary.
We encourage boldness, authenti ..
Uncensored.
Madison
Saturday, August 22, 2026
2000
- 2130
20.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Step past the copper stills and into an evening of raw, unfiltered comedy at Yahara Bay Distillery's beautiful showroom just minutes outside downtown Madison. This is a bold night of adult-rated humor where the jokes are as potent as the house-distilled spirits. Grab ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, August 20, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds, a variety infotainment event that's like a PowerPoint party mixed with stand-up comedy. Think TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
This August, come prepared for an extra spicy mix of:
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The Birds and the BS
Madison
Friday, August 14, 2026
1900
- 2030
20.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Crucible presents The Birds and the BS: a show that's part live podcast, part sex ed, and part stand-up comedy. Stand-up comics serve as panelists for this info-tainment spectacle as professional sex therapist Akillah Wali covers the good, the bad, and the kinky side ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, July 16, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds, an infotainment event that's like a PowerPoint party mixed with stand-up comedy. Think TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
Speakers and topics slated for this show include:
Derrick Jo ..
The Monster Comedy Roast
Madison
Friday, July 10, 2026
2100
- 2230
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Cheshire Cat Comedy's popular costumed roast series comes to the vampire sex dungeon known as Crucible Madison for a special monster edition! Featuring stand-up, roasts, and info-tainment by a charismatic cast of characters including Erika Kirk, Bigfoot, Elon Musk sy ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up and Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, July 10, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show. Featuring hilarious and saucy acts from across the Midwest!
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With performances by:
Saku Yanagawa
Amara Sky
Sara Holcomb
Kana Kano
Special guests!
Hosted ..
Comedians of the World Telling Jokes
Madison
Friday, July 3, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
FRIDAY, JULY 3 - Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents Comedians of the World Telling Jokes, a July 4th pregame event celebrating international voices in comedy at downtown Madison's Hotel Indigo, a former paint factory turned historic hotel.
Join us ..
Beers with Queers
Madison
Saturday, June 27, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
SATURDAY, JUNE 27: A riotous evening of stand-up comedy in a colorful, intimate showspace at Hotel Indigo, a historic paint factory-turned hotel. Patrons are encouraged to start their evening with a pre-show dinner at the Palette Bar and Grill adjacent to the hotel l ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds, an infotainment event that's like a PowerPoint party mixed with stand-up comedy. Think TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
Speakers and topics at this show will include:
Katie Ricks - ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up and Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, June 12, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show. Our 2026 Pride edition celebrates queer acts from across the Midwest!
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With performances by:
Michael Kittelson
Lola Mischief
Emily Ogle
Jess Martinez
Host ..
MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN: A Comedy Show
Madison
Thursday, June 4, 2026
1900
- 2030
20.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Kick off Pride with Cheshire Cat Comedy's hit show featuring a scintillating lineup of queer stand-up, burlesque, and drag performers as they unite to MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Crucible Madison on Thursday, June 4.
Hosted by the mega-talented Chicago drag star / s ..
Peter Angelo: The Most Metal Comedian in the World
Madison
Saturday, May 30, 2026
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Peter "Metal Pete" Angelo is a stand-up comedian based in Austin, Texas, and a New England native who traded a career in truck driving for the stage. A former competitive strongman with a background dabbling in pro wrestling, he brings a physical presence and unmista ..
Cardinal Sins: A Comedy Show
Madison
Friday, May 29, 2026
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Forget Sunday school. Join us at the Cardinal Bar for a night of comedy so sharp it's practically illegal. We're bringing together a hilarious ineup of touring stand-ups and musical comics for an evening of satire, songs, and self-deprecation. From dark observations ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, August 21, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds, an infotainment bonanza that's like TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
Speakers and topics slated at this show include:
Ben O'Connell -- "Mayor Bud: The Important History of Animals ..
Comedy F*ck Fest
Madison
Friday, August 8, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us during Madison Comedy Week for a not-so-innocent and very adult night of laughs at Comedy F*ck Fest, a show where comics do their sets and then we ask them incredibly intimate questions about their sex life. No question is too personal!
Hosted by Dan Garci ..
ONE LINER MADNESS
Madison
Saturday, August 2, 2025
1900
- 2330
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
One Liner Madness is a Time Out Critics' Pick comedy show that travels the country to find the nation's best joke writers. On Saturday, August 2, dozens of Wisconsin comedians will go head-to-head in bracketed, March Madness style, single-elimination, one-liner joke ..
THE SH!TSHOW: A Chaotic Stand-Up Comedy Show
Madison
Friday, July 25, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Hot Ones meets stand-up comedy! A ragtag team of brave comedians tell jokes while eating spicy hot peppers in this hilarious show headlined by BECKETT KENNY:
Beckett Kenny is one of Chicago comedy's top comedic performers and producers. Known for successfully crea ..
Words with Nerds: WEIRD SCIENCE EDITION
Madison
Thursday, July 17, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: it's like TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
Speakers and topics at this show include:
Sasha Rosser - "Skankiness Metrics, Fruit Bat Fellatio, and Beyond: A Peek at Weird Science tha ..
Oh, My! A Stand-Up and Burlesque Variety Show
Madison
Friday, July 11, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
On May 9, Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show, featuring hilarious and saucy acts from all across the Midwest.
Followed at 9pm by Video Rewind dance night DJed by Nick Nice.
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With performances by ..
Comedians of the World Telling Jokes
Madison
Saturday, July 5, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
SATURDAY, July 5- Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents Comedians of the World Telling Jokes, a July 4th hangover event celebrating international voices in comedy at downtown Madison's Hotel Indigo, a former paint factory turned historic hotel.
Join ..
Words with Nerds: REALITY TV EDITION
Madison
Thursday, June 19, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds. It's like TED Talks, but way funnier. A great show for information sponges who love to laugh!
For our Pride run of Words with Nerds, three presenters will nerd out about reality TV:
Katie Ricks -- "Bad B!tches Only: A Retrospective ..
Oh, My: It's Pride!
Madison
Friday, June 13, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
On June 13, Crucible Madison and Cheshire Cat Comedy present Oh, My! A Stand-Up + Burlesque Variety Show, featuring hilarious and saucy acts from all across the Midwest.
Followed at 9pm by Video Rewind dance night DJed by Nick Nice.
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With performances ..
Color Me Funny: Pride Edition
Madison
Saturday, June 7, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
SATURDAY, June 7- Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents Color Me Funny: a stand-up comedy show that brings together a hilarious all-queer lineup of the Midwest's best comics at Hotel Indigo in downtown Madison, a former paint factory-turned historic hot ..
MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN: A Comedy Show
Madison
Thursday, June 5, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy brings back its hit show with a scintillating lineup of queer stand-up and drag performers as they unite to MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Crucible Madison on Thursday, June 5.
Hosted by the mega-talented and utterly outrageou ..
Comic Entanglement
Madison
Friday, May 16, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents a hilarious lineup of stand-up comedians headlined by Washington, DC comedy legend ROBERT MAC:
Robert Mac's cerebral act has been featured at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy festival ..
Words with Nerds: THE SCIENCE OF LAUGHTER EDITION
Madison
Thursday, May 15, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for a special edition of Words with Nerds featuring a special lecture on the history and science of laughter by Washington, DC comedy legend Robert Mac!
Robert Mac's cerebral act has been featured at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Montreal's Just for Laughs C ..
Words with Nerds: THE SUBSTANCE EDITION
Madison
Friday, April 25, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: THE SUBSTANCE EDITION, a great show for information sponges who love to laugh.
Words with Nerds mixes TED Talks with stand-up by bringing together local specialists and comedians to present on a topic of their choice. Come for the la ..
Words with Nerds: FRESH MEAT EDITION
Madison
Thursday, April 17, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds. It's like TED Talks, but way funnier.
Speakers at this show include:
Charlie Kojis (winner of Madison's Funniest Comic Competition) -- "A Comedian Who Just Had a Baby Reviews Children's Literature"
Jared Porter (Comedy on State) ..
Tales of Vicious Mockery: A Live RPG Comedy Show
Madison
Friday, April 4, 2025
2030
- 2200
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Tales of Vicious Mockery: A Live RPG Comedy Show! This special event is a heavily improvised game of Dungeons and Dragons featuring comedians as the players and crowd interactions actively shaping the game. Audience members participate by naming character ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, March 20, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds. It's like TED Talks, but way funnier.
Speakers and topics at this show include:
Will Isenberg (Comedy on State) - "Redesigning LinkedIn So It Doesn't Suck"
David Donnick (Roast Battle Chicago) - "Ghosted and Guarded: The Languag ..
Nevertheless, She Laughed
Madison
Saturday, March 8, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents a hilarious lineup of stand-up comedians on International Women's Day.
With headliner SONAL AGGARWAL:
A former international street performer turned emcee, Sonal Aggarwal has brought her talents to Chicago as ..
The Comedy Roast of Luigi Mangione
Wisconsin
Friday, March 7, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for the comedy roast (or toast?) of alleged assassin and confirmed heartthrob Luigi Mangione.
Featuring stand-up, roasts, and info-tainment by a charismatic cast of characters including Marie Antoinette, New York City mayor Eric Adams, Luigi the Mario Bro ..
Words with Nerds: BLACK HISTORY MONTH EDITION
Madison
Friday, February 28, 2025
2000
- 2130
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: BLACK HISTORY MONTH EDITION, a great show for information sponges who love to laugh.
Words with Nerds mixes TED Talks with stand-up by bringing together local specialists and comedians to present on a topic of their choice. Come for t ..
Change My Mind: A Comedy Debate Show
Madison
Friday, February 21, 2025
2000
- 2130
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Change My Mind, a comedy debate show where nothing makes sense and no one knows what they're talking about. Delectable dinner options available at the venue!
Comedian debaters face off to present their cases, roast battle style to a panel of comedian j ..
Words with Nerds
Madison
Thursday, February 20, 2025
1900
- 2030
10.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Join us for Words with Nerds: it's like TED Talks, but way funnier. Hosted by New Yorker cartoonist and comedian Will Santino!
Speakers at this show include:
Will Santino (The New Yorker) - "The Logical Order of God's Decrees, the Synod of Dort, or Salvation Th ..
The Birds and the BS
Madison
Friday, February 14, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
This Valentine's Day, Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy presents The Birds and the BS: a show that's part live podcast, part sex ed, and part stand-up comedy. Stand-up comics serve as panelists for this info-tainment spectacle as professional sex therapist A ..
Ask an Asshole!
Madison
Friday, February 7, 2025
2000
- 2130
Free
Comedy Shows - Events
Welcome to Ask an Asshole, where comedians "solve" all your problems in 10 minutes or less! Submit your burning questions before the show; then, they'll be projected on a screen for stand-up comics to tackle in front of a live audience.
Use the form below to submi ..
MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN: A Comedy Show
Madison
Thursday, February 6, 2025
1900
- 2030
15.00 USD
Comedy Shows - Events
Best of Madison winner Cheshire Cat Comedy brings back its hit show with a scintillating lineup of queer stand-up and drag performers as they unite to MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN at Crucible Madison on Thursday, February 6.
Hosted by the mega-talented and utterly outra ..