You’ll be able to get your jollies and then some Thursday through next Sunday at “The 2013 Milwaukee Comedy Festival.” Sketch comedy, stand-up, improv…all are on the bill. Performers from around the country will be at Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St. There’s a show Thursday at 7:30 p.m., two Friday (7:30 and 10 […]

Milwaukee Comedy Festival founder and organizer Matt Kemple looks happy as he sits in his office in the Underground Collaborative….I compliment him on the festival making it into its eighth year, and he smiles. ”Eight is great.” And so is the festival itself, Wisconsin’s largest comedy event and, increasingly, a popular national festival. Since its

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release 8 Great Years: Comedy Festival Launches Laughs! Annual Event features funny stand up, improv & sketch comedy.  MILWAUKEE, WIS.  – The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Wisconsin’s largest comedy event, presents seven different shows, Aug. 1-4, 2013 at the Next Act Theatre space, 255 S. Water St. in historic Walker’s Point, Milwaukee, Wis.  The annual event will feature professional stand up, improvisation and sketch

Wisconsin’s Largest Comedy Event rolls into Teen Comedy – By Russ Bickerstaff The Milwaukee Comedy Fest opened its third day with its annual Teen Comedy Show. As teen stand-up Adam Crivello was unable to make it, the show consisted entirely of improv. With news having just hit of the brutal tragedy in Oak Creek, I really

Milwaukee’s Largest Comedy Event Hits Its Second Day  – By Russ Bickerstaff The Milwaukee Comedy Fest of 2012 rolled into its second evening with its single longest evening on the fest. The first show started at 7:30 pm. The last show started at midnight. As with the previous evening, the distinctively stylish sound of house band Philtharmonic