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An only child with OCD, Paul Hooper channels his dysfunction into a cathartic harangue. That's a real flowery and obnoxious way of saying he complains in a funny way. Anyway, this native of Charlotte, North Carolina, now residing in New York City, has been featured on Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV, Red Eye with Tom Shillue, at the HBO Comedy Festival in Vegas, Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon, the Boston Comedy Festival, Michael Moore and Jeff Garlin’s Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival, the Vancouver Comedy Fest and was a finalist in the 30th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition. A seasoned headliner, Paul has performed in forty two states and ten countries, including two armed forces tours. HIs debut solo album, “Tense and Uncomfortable” is available on Stand Up! Records, and iTunes.

Gary Owen has been entertaining America for more than a decade with his side-splitting comedy. Having performed to sold-out audiences in all the major comedy clubs and theaters across the country, Owen is one of America’s most loved comedians.

Gary is one of the stars of the Screen Gems comedy “Think Like A Man Too” and the original film “Think Like A Man,” both opening at #1 at the box office. He was last seen in the Universal comedy “Ride Along” with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. On the small screen, Gary starred last season in TruTV’s funny video/sketch show “Upload” which he hosted with Shaquille O’Neal.

Remarkably, Owen starred in three Showtime specials all in the same year; his one-hour comedy special “True Story” was an instant hit and is now a best-selling DVD; he commanded the stage as host of “Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam – Live from Orlando;” and he was a stand-out performer on “Mike Epps Presents: Live From Club Nokia.” He has a new, highly-anticipated comedy special, “I Agree With Myself,” airing on Showtime in January 2015.

Comedian Mike Speenberg is funny. He got his comedy start right here in Charlotte on the Comedy Zone's stage. Since that time, he's performed on 5 different continents, entertained everyone from Hall of Fame Athletes to US Diplomats, shared the stage with everyone from Robin Williams to Bill Burr, and been featured on everything from CNN, DryBar Comedy, Comedy Central, Pureflix Network, to Armed Forces Radio and the Fox Network.

Rocky Dale Davis is a nationally touring comedian who has appeared on NBC’s “Bring The Funny”, E’s “Dating No Filter” and MTV’s “Greatest Party Stories.”

Once again Comedian J Bliss has his Comedy Birthday Bash jammed packed with non-stop laughs from beginning to end. Come out and celebrate his birthday and see some hilarious comedy. This year's line up has his comedy friends Coco Fresh, Ambrose Jones and Renard Hirsch. It's guaranteed funny!!! All July Birthdays are encouraged to come out to celebrate. See you there.

One of the most popular and highly recognized standup comedians on the road today has also made quite an impression in the television, film and radio arenas. DL can currently be heard nationwide as host of his own afternoon radio show “The DL Hughley Show” which is nationally syndicated in over 60 cities across the country including the #1 radio market – New York. The radio show dives head first into hot topics of the day and dishes on the latest news, entertainment, pop culture and what's trending in social media. This July 2020, Harper Collins will release DL’s fourth book Surrender, White People. His two previous satirical titles Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years and How Not to Get Shot…And Other Advice From White People, became New York Times bestsellers. It was recently announced that Comedy Central will shoot a docu-comedy series of How Not to Get Shot. DL continues to dominate the stand up stage, producing specials for Netflix, Showtime and HBO. His 11th stand up special “DL Hughley: Contrarian” is currently available on Netflix. DL also created and starred in the satirical documentary special for Comedy Central DL Hughley: The Endangered List, which premiered to rave reviews. The special was honored with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards. Known for being astute and politically savvy in true comedian-style, DL served as host of his own late night talk shows on CNN and Comedy Central, and was a series regular on the Aaron Sorkin NBC drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. DL hosted the TBS’s game show Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host. He also tapped into his playful side and participated in the 16th season of the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. As the star and producer of his namesake television show that ran on ABC and UPN The Hughleys, DL is also well known as one of the standout comedians on the ground-breaking tour and docu-film The Original Kings of Comedy. A veteran of numerous talk show appearances, he is a regular on the late night talk show circuit, including always-memorable appearances on Real Time with Bill Maher, CNN and The Tonight Show. He is frequently requested as a guest host for such shows as Good Morning America, The View and Live with Kelly. DL’s first love always has been, and always will be, standup comedy. “From the minute I first walked onstage and picked up a microphone,” he says, “I knew that it was what I was meant to do.”

FunnyMaine is a lifetime class clown and a professional comedian since 2005.

He exited to a standing ovation after his first ever performance at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

His talent has taken him from small stages, to large arenas, television and radio.

He's featured for Kevin Hart, Steve Harvey, Rickey Smiley, Tony Rock, Tommy Davidson and many others.

Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s “Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo” and his new standup special on Amazon Prime “Ginger Beard Man” or his new standup album “Ginger Pain” released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon’s hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central.

Jon is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.

On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country.

Monster Energy Outbreak Tour is pleased to announce the 10-city, 33-date Young, Black, and Funny Comedy Jam tour in partnership with 28-year-old Montreal Just For Laughs Festival “New Face” Leonard Ouzts, who also headlines the dates. The tour starts on Sunday, July 9, in Cleveland, OH, and ends on Saturday, September 11, and Jacksonville, FL.

Ouzts, who hails from Chesapeake, VA, has enjoyed success with “Unprotected Sets” his on Epix comedy special offers a sarcastic off-the-cuff and versatile style of comedy that gives his audience non-stop entertainment.

Other comedians gracing the stage include Chicago by way of St. Louis’ Vincent Bryant, who made his television debut on Comedy Central “Kevin Hart Presents: Hart Of The City,” Taneshia “Just Nesh” Rice, who was given her own special called “The Next Level” on Comedy Central, performed on Russell Simmons’ HBO standup showcase “All Def Comedy Jam,” “Monique & Friends Comedy Special” and TruTVs “LaffMob Lafftracks,” former Worldstar TV host Detroit’s Chris “CP” Powell, and hailing from Kankakee, IL T Murph, the comic that Entertainment Weekly calls “scene-stealing and hilarious” and said to have been “the most consistently funny aspect of the show” in the New York Times for his work on Hulu’s Woke.

“I handpicked every comic for this tour, and they are the funniest in the business. Monster Energy Outbreak Tour believed in my vision, and I am happy to partner with them to bring these live shows to fruition. COVID has taken a toll on everyone, and we are ready to bring people out to knock the cobwebs off and watch us go to war on the stage,” states Leonard Ouzts.

Taking revenge on the year that was 2020, Andrew Schulz created and stars in SCHULZ SAVES AMERICA on Netflix. Premiering December 17, this four-part special tackles the year’s most divisive topics. And Schulz remains 2020’s most viewed comedian in the world, keeping the title from 2018 and 2019. Schulz has taken stand up comedy by storm. A native New Yorker, Schulz is known for his hilariously unapologetic takes and wild off-the-cuff interactions with the crowd. His stand up clips posted on YouTube have amassed over 252 million views, and his latest comedy special THE CROWD WORK SPECIAL has been viewed over 4 million times. His other specials 441 and VIEWS FROM THE CIS have been viewed over 18 million times. Schulz’s debut comedy album 551 was #1 on Billboard, Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon Music. Andrew has been a guest on THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE three times this past year, with episodes lasting over three hours.

His two podcasts – THE BRILLIANT IDIOTS and FLAGRANT 2 – receive over 2 million listens per week.

Have you ever wanted to attend a comedy show that could be enjoyed by the whole family? Well, now is your chance. We invite you and your loved ones to join us for an afternoon of clean comedy. Doors will open at 2:30pm, and this will be an opportunity for you to mix and mingle with old friends, and meet some new ones.

Then at 3:30pm, host Tara Brown and guest comedians will entertain you with a fun-filled family-friendly comedy show that will be appropriate for all audiences.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Tickets $10 in advance/$15 at the door.

Tara Brown performs clean and family-friendly comedy across the country. She has been featured on WBTV-TV, WJZY-TV, WBT Radio, The Lancaster News, Carolina Gateway, and The Charlotte Post. CharlotteFive.com named her as one of “The Standup Comedians You Need to Know in Charlotte;” while Queen City Nerve named her as “Best Comedian” for 2019 in their “Best of the Nest Readers’ Picks.” In addition, Tara is the most recent winner of “Jeanne Robertson’s Comedy with Class Humor Competition.” Tara is the producer and host of family-friendly comedy shows; the co-host of the Preachers’ Kids podcast, and her “Clean Comedy Corner” segment can be heard on iHeart Radio. Tara’s Dry Bar Comedy special will be released soon.

Aaron is a standup comedian based in Nashville, TN. He is a regular performer at the Grand Ole Opry, making his debut in 2019 at the age of twenty-seven. Aaron is the youngest standup comedian ever to step into the Opry circle. Later that year, he made his television debut on the Opry’s Circle Network, hosting two episodes of Stand Up Nashville.

You can hear Aaron on The Nateland Podcast with Nate Bargatze and Brian Bates. Every week, the three Nashville-based comedians tackle important world issues like animals, calendars, and Rhode Island.

Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Aaron graduated from Notre Dame in 2014 and still owes them thousands of dollars. He promises to pay them back when they win a National Championship.

Damon Wayans is most fondly remembered for his three seasons as writer and co-star on the Emmy Award-winning series In Living Color. There he created sketch characters like "Homey the Clown " "Handiman" and outrageously gay film critic Blaine from "Men on Film". His writing for the series earned him two personal Emmy® nominations.

Damon Wayans created executive produced and starred in the hilariously comedic sketch show "The Underground." Additional television credits include the half-hour Fox sitcom Damon in which he starred and executive produced and the hour-long drama 413 Hope Street which was nominated for a People's Choice Award.

He served as an executive producer on Waynehead a Saturday morning animated cartoon for WB which featured the voices of his siblings Kim Marlon and Shawn Wayans. He also starred and executive produced independent film Harlem Aria. Other feature film credits include starring roles in Major Payne Blankman and Mo Money which he also wrote and executive produced. Wayans also starred in The Great White Hype Celtic Pride The Last Boy Scout Earth Girls are Easy I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Colors Punchline Hollywood Shuffle Roxanne and Beverly Hills Cop.

Joe “Mr. D” Dombrowski is a comedian and kindergarten teacher best known for his viral social content where he humorously captures the chaos of elementary school. You'll probably recognize Joe for his Spelling Bee prank video which captured the hearts of 20 million people overnight. Since then Joe's comedy has been featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning AmericaPickler & Ben, BuzzFeed just to name a few. Catch Joe in a city near you on his national comedy tour, find him online at @mrdtimes3 or download his podcast “Social Studies” where he laughs you through the wild world of his kindergarten classroom.

Washington DC’s own comedian, actor and voice-artist, Earthquake earned a strong fan-base in stand-up comedy via programming platforms fueled by BET, HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and more. Born Nathaniel Stroman, ‘Quake’ (as he’s known by fans), entered America’s households on the classic run of BET’s ‘Comic View’ and HBO’s comedic rites of passage program, ‘Def Comedy Jam’. Pointedly, Earthquake wowed audiences with one of his most memorable performances for HBO’s coveted 30-minute comedy special series, ‘One Night Stand’. While becoming one of the hottest properties of the standup comedy circuit, Earthquake filmed a string of comedy specials. The specials include, ‘About Got Damm Time’, ‘Walter Latham Presents’, ‘From the Outhouse to the Whitehouse’ and more recently, ‘These Ain’t Jokes’ which premiered on the Showtime Network. Quake’s fans also enjoy an extensive cluster of comedy content collector’s DVD’s as well such as the ‘Shaq’s All-Star Comedy Jam’ DVD Collections.

In addition to televised comedy specials, Comedian Earthquake has enjoyed a string of cameo appearances on primetime television as well. He is mostly known for his recurring role as the beloved ‘Uncle Mike’ from the hit sitcom, ‘Everybody Hates Chris’. His past appearances also include hit sitcom, ‘The Game’ and reality program spoof, ‘The Husbands of Hollywood’. More recently, he made a guest appearance on Bounce Network’s, ‘In the Cut’ and the Wanda Sykes produced ‘Face Value’ airing on the BET Network. Currently, Earthquake can be seen in a string of cameo’s on Cedric The Entertainer’s sitcom, ‘The Neighborhood’, Fox Television’s, ‘Rel’ and Comedy Central’s, ‘South Side’. He has also blessed the talk show circuit with appearances on ABC’s ‘The View’, Fox Television’s ‘The Real’, TBS’s ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ and many more; however, his most memorable appearances were on ‘Howard Stern’ and HBO’s, ‘Bill Maher’.

Earthquake has enjoyed the film arena as well. His film credits include animated favorite ‘Barnyard’, ‘Something Like a Business’ with Kevin Hart, ‘Getting Played’ with Vivica Fox, Ice Cube’s ‘The Longshots’ and the Kevin Smith cult classic ‘Clerks II’ with a recent appearance in Mario Van Peebles indie-project, ‘Armed’. As an extension of his film work, Quake has provided voicing for global brands Nike and Beats by Dre respectively.

Presently, Earthquake can be heard on Monday through Wednesday on the Sirius XM radio show ‘Quakeshouse’ for Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Radio. Earthquake resides in Los Angeles and continues to thrive on the comedy circuit and remains a favorite among top tier stand-up comedy talent. As he prepares for this forthcoming comedy special, Quake will continue to make television appearances giving his fans glimpses of his work on popular programming.

Tinder Live has been named one of the best comedy shows in NYC for good reason. Produced and hosted by NYC based comedian, Lane Moore (The Onion, HBO's GIRLS, Brooklyn Magazine's "50 Funniest People In Brooklyn," former Cosmopolitan Magazine sex & relationships editor, and author of #1 bestseller, How To Be Alone: If You Want To And Even If You Don’t, praised as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, New York Magazine, NPR, Fast Company, Marie Claire, and many others), Tinder Live is a totally improvised, anything-can-happen interactive comedy showstopper with helpful and oftentimes ridiculous Tinder tips, tricks, real-time swiping, and messaging (and sometimes even real-time phone calls with Tinder matches)! You’ll relate to Moore’s live-swiping and laugh at her reactions and find inspiration in her ridiculous, random emoji-filled messages (and sometimes even phone calls!) to would-be suitors. It’s also a great show to attend with a date, Tinder or otherwise.

Yes, Bob Saget has starred in many successful television shows, including two of the most family-friendly shows network TV has ever produced ("Full House" and "Americas Funniest Home Videos") but he’s also an out of his mind, Grammy-nominated standup comedian for over thirty years. From his HBO special "That Ain't Right" to his scene-stealing cameos in "Entourage," and "The Aristocrats," it’s always effective as Saget embraces his dark side.

Jeff Garlin’s talent encompasses writing, producing, directing, acting and performing stand-up comedy.

He is known as the Executive Producer and co-star of the critically acclaimed “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which recently aired its tenth season, and was renewed for an eleventh, on HBO. As Executive Producer, Garlin was previously nominated for an Emmy Award for “Best Comedy” for their ninth season. He is also known as the patriarch Murray Goldberg on ABC’s “The Goldbergs.” The Goldbergs which is currently in its eighth season.

Garlin’s Netflix stand-up special, “Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago” is currently streaming globally on the platform. Filmed in his hometown, Chicago and on the 37th anniversary - to the day - of his comedy debut, the one-hour special is ripe with Garlin’s signature blend of storytelling and improv.

Last year, Garlin opened his first photography show at the Leica gallery in Los Angeles called “Big Bowl of Wonderful” with part of the proceeds from the print sales benefiting the charity F-Cancer. Upcoming, he will be releasing a book of his photography.

Garlin recently returned to the Toy Story franchise, reprising his role as Buttercup in “Toy Story 4,” which grossed more than $1 billion dollars worldwide. Garlin has extensive voice-over acting credits, including “Paranorman” (Perry Babcock), Disney•Pixar’s “WALL-E” (The Captain), “Cars 2” (Otis) and “Toy Story 3” (Buttercup the Unicorn).

Recently, he co-wrote, directed, and starred in “Handsome,” the first Netflix murder mystery.

In 2012, Garlin authored the nonfiction book, “Curbing It,” (Simon & Schuster), in which he shared his eye-opening journey to reduce his waistline and his carbon footprint during the production of the seventh season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Garlin lives in Los Angeles and Chicago. His hobbies include taking naps.

Michael Blaustein is an internationally touring headlining comedian, accomplished actor, and award winning writer. Michael co-hosts a very popular podcast called "Stiff Socks" with comedian Trevor Wallace. Stiff Socks is ranked in the top 50 of all comedy podcasts on iTunes and Spotify. He has performed at over 200 colleges worldwide and has been on the Comedy Central on Campus Tour, The College Humor Tour, and The Oddball Comedy Fest. Michael has performed at prestigious festivals such as JFL 42 and The New York Comedy Festival. Michael can be seen on Amazon Primes original series "Inside Jokes." Michael can also be seen on the last season of CBS’s Person of Interest. He has hosted two pilots for MTV and was a cast member of the last season of MTV's Punk'd. Michael created and developed a Snapchat show for Comedy Central and was also a comedy pilot finalist in The Austin Film Festival. Michael Co-wrote, Co-directed, and Co-starred in the feature film "Up There.”

In 2010 Andrew Jupin, Chris Cabin, Eric Szyszka and Stephen Sajdak lived in Astoria, Queens, had too much time on their hands, and spent most of their free time watching bad movies and making fun of them over a cold beer or seven. As podcasts were just coming into prominence, they decided it might be a good idea to put a few mics in the room under the impression that the time spent on these conversations might yield something productive. Well, that never happened, but hundreds of episodes later the gang has tackled all manner of movies—good, bad and otherwise, and created a brand of comedy that’s simultaneously irreverent, profane, and welcoming.

Through his relentlessly punchy writing and expert delivery, Mark Normand is quickly becoming

The ultimate observer, ISMO is able to make people see familiar things anew through his unique perspective. ISMO uses his outsiders point of view to find the humor in the most ordinary things.

The Finnish comedian started his comedy career in 2002 and quickly became one of the top performing comedians in the country. There, ISMO wrote and starred in 2 seasons of his own sitcom, Ismo, and filmed four comedy specials, toured to sold-out crowds fro years and made numerous television appearances.

Since 2005, Ismo also performs stand-up in English, and has made waves both with live shows and online videos around the world. The comedian has toured in over 25 US states and around the world, including Canada, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Faroe Islands. He has also gained attention at the biggest comedy festivals including: Just For Laughs in Montreal, Toronto & Sydney, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and International Comedy Festivals of Melbourne and New Zealand.

ISMO made his US debut in 2014 at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood where he won the title of “The Funniest Person in the World.” In December 2015, he relocated from Finland to Los Angeles and now performs regularly at various LA comedy clubs along with headlining across the US. He has appeared on national television; Last Call with Carson Daly, Conan, The Late Late Show with James Corden and NBC’s Bring the Funny. Ismo’s clip from Conan has become one of the most viewed late-night sets with over 80 million views to date.

ISMO is most well-known for his unique perspective on dissecting languages, and in 2019, the comedian teamed up with Merriam-Webster to release a digital comedy series roasting the English language.