It’s another week of Halloween-themed shows for DC comedy! Get your tricks and your treats at your show of choice.
This week in DC Comedy
Some highlights from District Comedians this week: Deer Friends has Halloween sketch, Acuña Acuna has cultural commentary sketch, and Designer Breeds has a menagerie of sketch.
Can’t Say F#ck, a comedy showcase, is at DC Comedy Loft tonight at 7:30pm. ($20)
LIT hosts Improv Wars every Monday at DCAC at 8pm. ($12)
Your fave anti-Monday show, The Comedy Shuffle, is at Bier Baron Tavern at 8pm.
The Pinch Hitters Halloween Comedy Showcase is tonight at The Pinch at 7:30pm. ($5)
This week’s Harold Night features WIT ensembles Out Sick and LIZARD GIRL at 8pm and Heirloom and Captain PhD at 9pm at Source.
Capital Laughs hosts a stand-up open mic every Tuesday at 8:30pm at Bier Baron Tavern.
Sotto hosts the Comedy Classics showcase tonight at 8:30pm.
Phil & a Mic showcases local stand-ups every Tuesday at Bier Baron Tavern at 8:30pm.
Check out local comedians at The Pinch‘s stand-up open mic every Tuesday at 8:45pm.
Catch a Halloween Sketch Show, hosted by Deer Friends and friends, tonight at 10pm or Wednesday at 8pm at Dojo. ($10)
Catch a Ha!lloween joke show, participate in a costume parade, and do some trick or treat trivia at Bier Baron Tavern tonight at 7pm. ($10)
Tom Myers hosts Terrifying Comedy at Maddy’s Tavern tonight at 7:15pm.
If you want to get into the Halloween spirit, check out Halloween Whodunnit at DC Improv tonight at 7:30pm. ($19)
LIT hosts Halloween variety show A Comedy of Horrors tonight at DCAC at 8pm. ($12)
Comedy showcase Jinx! Buy Me Some Laughs is happening tonight at Busboys and Poets Brookland at 8pm. ($10)
Happy Hour Comedy happens every Thursday at Cafe Saint-Ex at 6pm.
The WIT Road Show features improv from Voldemort and Harry, Aboulia!, Insect Fight Club, and Jive Turkey tonight at DCAC at 7:30pm. ($15)
Nikki Glaser headlines at DC Improv this weekend, with shows tonight at 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm and 9:45pm, and Saturday at 7pm and 9:30pm. ($25)
Chi-Cha Lounge hosts a comedy night every Thursday at 8pm.
Adams Morgan Comedy Night is every Thursday at 8pm at Town Tavern.
Underground Comedy hosts a weekly local stand-up showcase every Thursday at Reliable Tavern at 8pm.
Underground Comedy presents a stand-up showcase at The Big Hunt at 8pm.
Definitely Real Comedy hosts Human Telling Jokes at CRISP tonight at 8:30pm. ($5)
Martin Amini and Friends is on stage at DC Comedy Loft tonight at 8:30pm. ($5)
Three Guys On puts on a live recording of their podcast tonight at 8:45pm and Drafthouse.
If you want to feel classier than the rest of us, check out Jokes and Jazz at the Pepco Edison Gallery tonight at 5:30pm. ($20–$50)
Chris Cope headlines at DC Comedy Loft this weekend, with shows tonight and Saturday at 7pm and 9:30pm. ($13)
Noah Gardenswartz headlines at Drafthouse this weekend, with shows tonight and Saturday at 7pm and 9pm. ($20)
The WIT Road Show features improv from After School Grandma, Love Onion, and You Are Afraid of the Dark tonight at DCAC at 7:30pm. ($15)
The Three Sheets Lecture Series will educate you, make you laugh, and help you give back to a good cause: proceeds for the show will be donated to the DC Rape Crisis Center. See the show at Dew Drop Inn tonight at 7:30pm.
Rip Michaels is at Bier Baron Tavern this weekend, with shows tonight and Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. ($15)
Billy Sorrells headlines at DC Comedy Loft this weekend, with shows tonight and Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:45pm. ($17)
Press Play shares the stage with debut sketch show Acuña Acuna during their Power Hour at 8pm at Dojo. ($10)
Capital Laughs hosts Friday Night Laughs at Town Tavern at 8pm. ($18–$40)
Underground Comedy presents DC’s Best Showcase at The Big Hunt tonight and Saturday at 8pm and 9:45pm. ($20)
You can see Conan and Friends at Warner Theater tonight at 8pm. ($67.50–$165)
The Dojo stage has improv from Twin Turbo, VON, and Thunderspike! tonight at 9:30pm. ($10)
DC Improv host the DMV Comedy Showcase tonight at 9:45pm and Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:45pm. ($17)
Weekly open-mic, Attack of the Comics, is at Drafthouse at 10:45pm.
Stacey with a Side of Schmear is back this month at Dojo at 11pm. ($10)
If you’ve been waiting to see your favorite improvisers all in one show, head to Social Capital Mash at Dojo at 6pm. ($10)
The more I looked into this event, the more confused I was. But you can apparently head to the Lincoln Memorial for world peace party and comedy and music festival Occupy Trump at 7am. The event will last until #45 “peacefully resigns.” You might be there for a while, but tell me how it goes!
If you think politics, music, and comedy go well together, head to Arts Club of Washington at 11am to see Apocalypse Soon. ($40)
Mike Epps tapes his Netflix special tonigh at at Constitution Hall at 7pm and 10:30pm. ($59–$75)
The WIT Road Show features improv from Ugh, White Privilege, Black Power, and Madeline tonight at DCAC at 7:30pm, followed by Dollar Store Bullshit, Nox!, and You Are Afraid of the Dark at 9:30pm. ($15)
Saturday Night Comedy at Dojo kicks off with improv from Twin Turbo, All In Pitches!, and Doggington S. Wanderson at 8pm, followed by Stacey Axler’s 50 Duoprov Project, Rancy Neagan, and Couch Money at 9:30pm. ($10)
Support local comedy and youth voting education by heading to the DMV Kings of Comedy Night at THEARC Black Box Theater at 8pm. ($25–$35)
Three Guys On hosts their weekly comedy showcase at Drafthouse at 10:45pm.
Bottomless Mimos-ha’s hosts a Brunchgiving just for you today at 1pm at Wonderland Ballroom.
Catch a live recording of The Bechdel Cast as they discuss The Nightmare Before Christmas at Drafthouse at 3:30pm. ($15)
Catch Punkhouse Comedy’s latest show LIVE AT SMASH! tonight at 6pm at—you guessed it—Smash!
The WIT Road Show features improv from CAKE, Colossus, Mishory & Galbraith, and Hellcat tonight at DCAC at 7:30pm. ($15)
Monthly sketch showcase The Sketch Menagerie premiers tonight at Drafthouse at 7:30pm.
Underground Comedy hosts their weekly showcase at Wonderland Ballroom at 8pm.
Get your laughs in!
Be safe out there, boils and ghouls! (Sorry, I had to.)
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Other events you might be interested in
- UCB hosts an Intro to Improv workshop today at Sixth & I at 2pm. ($75)
