Milwaukee Comedy

One of the nation’s longest-running annual comedy festivals, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival presents top national and regional stand-up comedy acts this week through Sunday.

Paula Poundstone, frequent panelist for NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and host of the comedy podcast Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, returns to Milwaukee for a show on October 13th.

Marina Franklin has been a comedian since 1997, but says it wasn’t until The Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee reached out this year to be a keynote speaker that she realized she’s also a feminist. Franklin and The Women's Fund executive director Lisa Attonito discuss what being a feminist means today, and how to change and reclaim the concept to be more inclusive.

Hari Kondabolu will be doing several performances at The Laughing Tap in Milwaukee from March 24 through 26. And for the first time, he’ll be bringing something new to the stage — his own vulnerability about being a new dad during the time of COVID-19. Ahead of his shows, he shares more about being a new parent and what audience members can expect from his show.

For more than 20 years, one of the funny staples of weekend public radio listening has been the comedy quiz show Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me! The show…

Summer is, of course, festival season in Cream City, and its funniest fest is just around the corner: the Milwaukee Comedy Festival. Now in its 13th year,…

If you love comedy, it’s a great weekend to be in Brew City, for this weekend marks the 12th anniversary of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival. And it gets…