Ecydiasist Entrance: A Student Showcase
AGES 21+ VIP Ticket includes a guaranteed table seat in front of the stage. Limited quantities available. Come see the inaugural student showcase for NE School of Tease, Nebraska’s premier burlesque and variety school, on Sunday, July 13th at 7pm. Students will be revealing all of their hard work from their individual solos to showcasing the skills that the group classes have to offer. Don’t miss your chance to see talenting de-robing in front of you or peep behind the curtain for what the school has to offer! Raffle prizes and other fun await you as well! 🙂
Luke Severeid Headline Comedy ft. Zach Peterson
AGES 21+ LUKE SEVEREID is a hill hiking, metal music loving stand-up comedian based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Luke’s “comedy” has been described as insightfully idiotic, enthusiastically explosive and Louder than I thought it would be(AKA unmedicated ADD in action). He was recently a semi finalist in the San Francisco & Seattle Comedy International Comedy Competition and was a winner of Best Comedy Film at HUMPFEST He’s loud and silly and is looking forward to making you laugh.
The OG’s & WannaBe’s of Comedy & Music
One of Omaha’s most popular comedy concepts returns for its first show of 2025 with “The OG’s & WannaBe’s of Comedy & Music” at The Waiting Room on Wednesday, July 2. This show gives you the best of both worlds with Omaha’s best local comics and some of the up-and-comers on the scene. This unique show has sold out The Funny Bone and packed Bushwackers and the German-American Club, venues that are usually too large for local comedy. One the comedy side is Matt Mainelli, who has competed in “The Clash of the Comics” at The Funny Bone and local comic veteran David Lombardo. Some of the newer comics include JoJo Marie, who has performed in Lincoln as well and Nya Deng, who studied at the Backline Comedy Club before performing her first few shows. The Host of the show is Jim Sheil, who started promoting shows in 2022 after performing around the metro with getting his start at the Backline Comedy Club. The musical artists include two local rookies in solo singer-guitarists Brian Tyrey and Ella Waddington. Both play covers from the 70s to present day, while performing some original material.
Joe Fenti
SEATED SHOWJoe Fenti is a Boston-based standup comedian. He’s performed stand-up all over the country—headlining The Comedy Bar in Chicago, The Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta, Mic Drop Comedy in San Diego, Mic Drop Mania in Arizona, and opening for Alex Borstein at the Somerville Theater. He has a following of over 630K across Instagram and Tiktok (@FentiFriedChicken) and produces multiple sketch comedy videos every week.
Don’t Kid Me – A Comedy Night for Reproductive Rights
Back for a second round of laughs and liberation, Don’t Kid Me is NEAR’s annual comedy night where the jokes are fresh, the vibes are pro-abortion, and the cause couldn’t be more vital. Hosted by the unstoppable Melissa Nicole and featuring a stacked lineup of local female and nonbinary comics—Carmela Andersen, Erin Clough, Ocho de la Rosa, Cole Sichta, Mel Mackey, Breanna Kalthorn, Ben Miles, and Lauren Vana. This is a general admission seated show.
Moms Unhinged — Standup Comedy Show
Adult themes and language. Seated show. 21+Join us for a night of laughter as we explore everything from motherhood, midlife crisis, marriage, divorce, online dating, and other things that irritate us. Men are welcome to the show, too. Moms Unhinged has been selling out shows all over the country and is coming BACK to Omaha with a brand NEW lineup of mom comedians. We do clean (ish) comedy and this is a fun night out with your girlfriends, drinking club (I mean book club), neighborhood group or your own mom. Headliner Stephanie McHugh has been featured on Nick at Nite’s TV Show “America’s Funniest Mom” and regularly performs on cruise ships and all over the country.
A Very Competitive Hot Dog Eating Contest
Ticket includes: Hotdogs (duh!), an opportunity to compete for the title, and live comedy! All proceeds will be donated to Emrys Michael’s top surgery fund.
Dave Hill
Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, actor, and musician originally from Cleveland but now living in New York City, which is great. He has appeared on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva, Joe Pera Talks with You, Inside Amy Schumer, @midnight, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Tick, The Jim Gaffigan Show, and the new U.S. version of Would I Lie To You among other programs. And he plays a Devo-obsessed weed dealer in the new film Drunk Bus starring Ozark’s Charlie Tahan and Will Forte. Dave has also starred in his own TV series, The King of Miami, on the MOJO Network, which was cancelled even though Dave really liked it.
Griefcat
This event is 21+ Featuring Jamie Shriner Hosted by Joslyne DeBonis
Cameron Logsdon Reverb TAKEOVER Comedy ShowcaseÂ
Full lineup includes headliner Cameron Logsdon with host Ross Doehling. Also performing are Joslyne DeBonis, Emrys Michael, Cole Sichta, Richie B, Brooke Barsell, Ben Weber, and Quionez Berry. Cameron is known for his incorporation of impressions into his stand-up comedy. His content earned him 1.4M tiktok followers. He’s bringing Benson/Omaha/Nebraska favorites, Funnybone Clash of Comics contenders and winners and top shelf Sandwich artists (there will not be sandwiches. Just the artist).