Milwaukee Comedy Festival is proud to present Aparna Nancherla headlining the official Kick Off at Lakefront Brewery! Aparna is known for her many television appearances and her work on Netflix’s SPACE FORCE and BOJACK HORSEMAN. Kick off the 20th Annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival with a fantastic night of stand up! Tickets are $20 presale, $25 at the Door. Doors at 5:30pm, show starts at 7pm. Come early and enjoy Lakefront Brewery beers and food. This show is 21+

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Host – Tucker Millett (Chicago, IL) with Amanda Averell (Pittsburg, PA) and Headliner Aparna Nancherla (Los Angeles, CA)

About Aparna Nancherla: 

Aparna Nancherla is an acclaimed comedian, writer, and actor. Praised by critics and fans alike for her distinctive dry, existential, and whimsical sense of humor, Aparna has toured her standup comedy extensively around the U.S. and the world. A true multi‐hyphenate, Aparna’s work spans film, TV, podcasts, and books. Aparna has starred in many memorable roles on such series as Peacock’s LOPEZ VS LOPEZ, Max’s SEARCH PARTY, Netflix’s SPACE FORCE and BOJACK HORSEMAN, and Comedy Central’s CORPORATE and feature films that include A SIMPLE FAVOR, ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR, Hulu’s THE DROP, SHE’S THE HE and more. 

Her TV stand up appearances include Netflix’s THE STANDUPS, HBO’s TWO DOPE QUEENS, and Comedy Central’s THE HALF HOUR. Aparna has also written for Apple TV+’s MYTHIC QUEST: RAVEN’S BANQUET, as well as LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, and FX’s TOTALLY BIASED W. KAMAU BELL.

Most recently, Aparna’s debut book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome, a collection of personal essays, was published by Viking, and received widespread recognition, with The Los Angeles Times calling the book a “super‐smart, deliciously readable, achingly poignant…new collection of essays.”

About Milwaukee Comedy Festival

The Milwaukee Comedy Festival is the longest running annual comedy festival in the Midwest, and one of the longest running comedy festivals in the country, celebrating 20 years in 2025. More than 200 shows and special events have been presented in the festivals history at venues as small as bars and storefronts with 20 people, to shows at the Pabst Theater with over 1000 attendees. The festival has featured top-notch performers from across the country having appeared in movies and television including Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, Saturday Night Live, MAD TV, BET, Conan, Late Nite, Hulu, and many more. This years festival isTuesday, October 7 – Sunday October 12, 2025 at various venues in Milwaukee, WI. mkecomedyfest.com for show line ups and more info.