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The Onion and A.V. Club Announce The 2nd Annual ’26th Annual Comedy Festival’

By Oscar / May 4, 2015

The Onion & A.V. Club have connected again to put together another comedy festival. The 2nd Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival will run May 26-30 at various Chicago venues and will include stand-up, film screenings, and conversations. This year’s stand-up lineup includes performances by John Mulaney, Kyle Kinane, Eric Andre, and Joe Mande. The fest […]

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The A.V. Club X The Onion Present: The 1st annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival

By Oscar / March 24, 2014

Earlier today, The A.V. Club and The Onion announced that they’ve come together and present the 1st annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival. Taking place June 12-14 at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre (2936 N. Southport), they’ve put together a stellar lineup that features Comedy Bang! Bang! Live, Tig Notaro, Kyle

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Recap: Just For Laughs Chicago at Stage 773 (6/15)

By Oscar / June 16, 2013

For our last night covering the best Comedy Festival around, we picked what would turn out to arguably be the best collection of comedy shows within the festival at Stage 773. On the bill for us were Dancing Around the Shit Fire with Kyle Kinane, Double Threat: Kumail

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Recap: Just For Laughs Chicago at Stage 773 (6/14)

By Oscar / June 15, 2013

JFL Chicago continued Friday night and I was there to catch some shows at Stage 773. This time around I had to cover the shows solo and while it was still enjoyable, something was telling me that I was setting myself up for something bad. After getting there

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Recap: Patton Oswalt featuring Kyle Kinane

By Oscar / June 16, 2012

The 2012 edition of the comedy festival, Just For Laughs Chicago, is now in full swing. For the second night in a row we attended a show for the festival and the set sure did not disappoint. Thursday night’s bill: Patton Oswalt, featuring Kyle Kinane as the opener

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Recap: The Blackout Diaries

By Oscar / June 14, 2012

Last night I stopped by the Lincoln Lodge as they hosted a special edition of the Blackout Diaries in part of the Just For Laughs Chicago ’12 festival. The kick to this special event was that those who had purchased tickets, showed up to the venue without prior

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