High Plains Comedy Festival

Joslyn Sharp performs at Denver Comedy Underground in 2022. (Provided by Denver Comedy Underground)

Denver will lose three stages amid the return of the city’s largest comedy festival

By John Wenzel

September 18, 2024 at 8:55 a.m.

This week's High Plains Comedy Festival brings dozens of national comics to town and showcases...

Mutiny Information Cafe leaving Denver, says it’s been priced out of South Broadway in Baker

By Tiney Ricciardi

August 7, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

鈥淚t抖阴ap a tough pill for everyone to swallow in Denver, but the choice came down...

Headlining comedian Adam Cayton Holland at the 2019 Laugh Yourself Blue gala at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Seawell Ballroom, in Denver.

Comic Adam Cayton-Holland keeps his unapologetic edge 鈥� even when it comes to dad jokes

By John Wenzel

January 18, 2024 at 6:50 a.m.

With his new album and comedy special, Cayton-Holland is attempting to pull off a familiar...

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Jim Gaffigan performs on stage at A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's benefitting The Michael J. Fox Foundation at the Hilton New York on November 10, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Did Jim Gaffigan just set an all-time record for the Paramount Theatre?

By John Wenzel

November 9, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

The stand-up boasts a whopping 7 shows the venue, with more possible

A sold-out audience at a Dyketopia comedy show at the Bug Theatre. The stand-up showcase outgrew the Bug and now runs at X Bar on East Colfax Avenue. (Nick Holmby, provided by Dyketopia)

Is TikTok-focused crowd work ruining stand-up comedy?

By John Wenzel

September 22, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

"Now everyone thinks you鈥檙e trying to get a viral clip. And that translates to either...

Denver stand-up Ben Roy sits in a booth at Pete鈥檚 Kitchen, one of his favorite restaurants in Denver, on Aug. 2, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Denver comic Ben Roy on his YouTube special, his punk band, the merits of anger, and pop culture’s demise

By John Wenzel

August 10, 2023 at 12:16 p.m.

Ben Roy feels the heat from all sides.

Colorado native David Gborie, "the voice of Comedy Central," will perform at the 2022 High Plains Comedy Festival. He's pictured here, at left, at the 2021 event. (Provided by High Plains Comedy Festival)

Here are some of the best and worst jokes about Denver

By John Wenzel

September 7, 2022 at 9:08 a.m.

Comics take aim at Denver and Colorado in general with bits both great and terrible....

Denver comic Christie Buchele, director of stand-up at Rise Comedy, thinks the city is ready for an event that unites stand-up, improv and sketch comedy. (Provided by Christie Buchele)

Does Denver need another comedy festival? Rise says yes, and here’s why.

By John Wenzel

July 7, 2022 at 1:29 p.m.

Guests in Rise Comedy Fest's first year include "Amber Ruffin Show" writer and stand-up headliner...

Chris Rock accepts the Hollywood comedy film award on stage at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Palladium in Los Angeles in November 2014. The stand-up returns to Colorado this year. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Denver 2022 comedy guide: From Amy Schumer to John Mulaney and Chris Rock, the best stand-up at Red Rocks, clubs and more

By John Wenzel

April 4, 2022 at 1:40 p.m.

Big comedy names are headed back to Denver on national stand-up tours, including Amy Schumer...

Denver comic Janae Burris is recording her new special, "Long Overdue," a mere two weeks or so away from her actual pregnancy due date. She's pictured on March 29, 2022, in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Denver’s desperately needed 2022 comedy revival is here, and not a moment too soon

By John Wenzel

April 4, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Colorado's comedy scene is back in 2022 with big shows and festivals. But is it...

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