2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival Line Up Announced
14 shows in 8 days will be offered at multiple venues for annual event
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, one of the nation’s longest running annual comedy festivals, announces the line up for the 2022 multi-day event. The Festival, presenting top national and regional stand up and sketch comedy acts will take place October 2-9th, 2022 at multiple venues in Milwaukee. Laurie Kilmartin (CONAN, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central, Showtime) will headline the festival Sunday, October 9th 7pm show at Shank Hall, along with more than 40 comedians across 14 different shows in six venues in Milwaukee, WI. Additional show line ups, comedian bios, and more will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, this year celebrating 17 years of laughs, features live stand up and sketch comedy. Performers from across the country will be featured in fourteen different live shows and special events at multiple venues including The Laughing Tap, Dandy, Var Gallery, Shank Hall and others. Comedian bios, photos, and more information can be found via mkecomedyfest.com.
Ticket Information
Tickets for all shows and events will go on sale starting Monday, August 22, 2022 at Noon (CST) via mkecomedyfest.com. Tickets can also be purchased day of show for the 2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival at the venue box office 30 minutes prior to show time, based on ticket availability. Ticket prices are Free to $30.
About the FestivalThe Milwaukee Comedy Festival is Wisconsin’s longest running multi-day comedy event, celebrating 17 years presenting the best local, regional, and national comedic talent. The festival has featured top-notch stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy from across the country. Founded in 2006, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival quickly grew into Wisconsin’s premier annual comedy event. Over the years, more than 20,000 people have laughed with the Milwaukee Comedy Festival, which has featured thousands of performers from across the country. Our alumni have appeared in movies and television including Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, Saturday Night Live, MAD TV, BET, Conan, Late Nite, Hulu, and many more.
2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival Shows and Line up
Note: Showcase events and the Roast Of Milwaukee line-ups will be announced in the coming weeks.
Performer Bios can be found here!
Comedy acts and Line Up are subject to change.
Sunday Oct 2 – 7pm
at Dandy
Host – Luise Noé (Milwaukee)
Live! From LaCrosse (LaCrosse
Kayla Engeman (Brooklyn, NY)
David Louis (Milwaukee)
Monday Oct 3- 7:30pm
at Var
Host – Mark Vegas (MKE)
Carly Malison (MKE)
Evan Hull (CHI)
Tucker Millett (CHI)
Chris Schmidt (MKE)
David Louis (MKE)
Tuesday Oct 4 – 7:30pm
at Interchange Theatre
Host – Evan Hull (CHI)
Kayla Engeman (Brooklyn, NY)
Luise Noé (Milwaukee)
Tucker Millett (Chicago)
Darrell Cochran (Milwaukee)
David Louis (MKE)
Wednesday Oct 5 – 7:30pm
at The Cooperage
Roast Of Milwaukee
presented by Milwaukee Record
Kristin Brey – Host
Dana Ehrmann
Chris Schmidt
Mark Vegas
Raegan Niemela
Luise Noé
Ton Johnson
Ryan Mason
Thursday Oct 6- 7:30
at Great Lakes Distillery
Host – Sarah Barnitt (New York)
Grapefruit Bubbly (Madison, WI)
Justin Brown (Rochester, NY)
Justin Leon (Milwaukee)
Friday Oct 7 – 7:30pm
at Laughing Tap
Host – Jon Torres – (Chicago, IL)
Abraham Tadesse (Seattle, WA)
Tucker Millett (Chicago, IL)
Darryl Charles (Baltimore, MD)
Friday Oct 7 – 10pm
at Laughing Tap
Host – Darrell Cochran (Milwaukee)
Elle Orlando (New York)
Ashley Leisten (Chicago, IL)
Piers Moreton (New York City)
Saturday Oct 8 – 2pm-
at Laughing Tap – Laughing Lunch
Mike Hover (CHI)
Eitan Levine (New York City)
Abraham Tadesse (Seattle, WA)
Logan Rishaw (Cleveland, OH)
Jerry Tran (CHI)
Jon Torres (CHI)
Darryl Charles (Baltimore, MD)
Luke Null (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday Oct 8 – 5pm
at Laughing Tap
Host – Carly Malison (Milwaukee)
Sean Conway (Perth, AUS)
Mike Hover (Chicago, IL)
Chris Trani (Chicago, IL)
Saturday Oct 8 – 7:30pm
at Laughing Tap
Host – Lee H. Tillman (Portland, OR)
Chris Schmidt (Milwaukee)
Raegan Niemela (Milwaukee)
Luke Null (Los Angeles, CA)
Saturday Oct 8 – 10pm
at Laughing Tap
Host – Mark Vegas (Milwaukee)
Alex Morris (Oshkosh, WI)
Jack Haessly (Appleton, WI)
Eitan Levine (New York City)
Sunday Oct 9 – 2pm
At The Laughing Tap – The Hangover Show
Sean Conway (Perth, AUS)
Chris Trani (CHI)
Alex Morris (Oshkosh, WI)
Elle Orlando (New York)
Lee H. Tillman (Portland, OR)
Raegan Niemela (MKE)
Ross Childs (CHI)
Olivia Carter (CHI)
Sunday Oct 9– 4pm
at Laughing Tap
Host – Logan Rishaw (Cleveland, OH)
Jerry Tran (Chicago, IL)
Evan Hull (Chicago, IL)
Ross Childs (Chicago, IL)
Sunday Oct 9 – 7pm
At Shank Hall
Host – Olivia Carter (Chicago, IL)
Carly Malison (Milwaukee)
Festival Headliner Laurie Kilmartin (Los Angeles, CA)
Performer Bios can be found here!
Line Up is subject to change.