Celebrating Black Voices

Black comics bringing the funny to the Dry Bar stage.

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  • Mal Hall: The Smartest Child

    Movie + 1 extra

    Mal Hall brings down the house with anecdotes of bathroom hygiene menaces, random and racist questions, and the luxury of bottled ketchup.

  • Tommy Taylor Jr.: The Man's Man

    Movie + 1 extra

    Tommy Taylor Jr. talks having a high voice, advice from identity thieves, and the naming habits of black churches.

  • Rod Paulette: Discernment Part 1

    Movie + 1 extra

    Rod Paulette poses the challenges of quitting smoking, being black in prep school, and going out in your fifties.

  • Happy Cole: Choose Happy

    Movie + 1 extra

    Happy Cole delivers a rapid-fire set teeming with dolphins, shape wear, and shock-collars.

  • Sam Adams: Sumptuous Spice

    Movie + 1 extra

    Sam Adams shares hilarious stories from a career in sports journalism, an aspiring rapper son, and a comedy gig for a thousand prisoners.

  • Smiley Joe Wiley: I Luv Everyone

    Movie + 1 extra

    Visiting from Vegas, Smiley Joe Wiley takes a brief respite from his embarrassed children and Serbian wife, to provide a comprehensive list of things black folks just don't do.

  • Angel Gaines: I'll Drop The Punchline

    Movie + 1 extra

    Angel Gaines lights up the Dry Bar stage with energetic explanations of how she uses her day job as an elementary school teacher to her advantage, became technically trilingual, and got stuck with a bootleg personal trainer.

  • Damon Sumner: Chocolate In The Sun

    Movie + 1 extra

    Damon Sumner summarizes his thirties through parenting perils, public transport terror, and the dangers of string cheese.

  • Don Garrett: Nice Guys Finish Worst

    Movie + 1 extra

    Don Garrett provides a comprehensive guide to impersonating a youth pastor, hanging up with emphasis, and risking it all for a Happy Meal.

  • Debra Terry: #HighAsGasIs

    Movie + 1 extra

    Debra Terry delightfully describes the effects of inflated gas prices, having a friend who's an airhead, and hypothetically having Jesus as a husband.

  • Tymon Shipp: We're In Trouble Y'all, I'm Just Saying.

    Movie + 1 extra

    Tymon Shipp thinks the world's in trouble. Why? Well, it's got something to do with Florida gator farms, baggy pants, and CPR for a possum.

  • Chris James: Black Harry Potter

    Movie + 1 extra

    Learn the meaning of "Black Harry Potter", the ins and outs of the modeling industry, and a Brit's take on Independence Day, all in Chris James' Dry Bar special.

  • Lionel Harris: Rent-A-Friend

    Movie + 1 extra

    Lionel Harris has no social media, a young-looking dad, and a son who's set on becoming the alpha male.

  • Drew Thomas: Don't Get Comfortable

    Movie + 1 extra

    Drew Thomas is as accurate as he is hilarious in summing up the pandemic, Atlanta dating, and prostate exams.

  • Jay Reid: That Don't Go Together

    Movie + 1 extra

    Vegas-based and a father to two children, Jay Reid talks Catholic fear, Little Mermaid racism, and flip-flop fashion.

  • Billy D. Washington: 2 Jokes, 1 Hour

    Movie + 1 extra

    A brilliant writer and comedian, Billy D Washington graces the stage with deadpan humor and absurdly loving advice. Billy shares his experience of being a black cop in an all-white neighborhood, his idea of “problem solved,” and his plans for how to spend $13 when he has all of the money in the w...

  • Jay Stevens: Life is Hilarious

    Movie + 1 extra

    Jay Stevens has been a professional comedian for almost 20 years. Growing up, he was known as a hilarious outgoing character by friends, family, colleagues and those he would meet on a first encounter.

  • Jasmine Ellis: Nobody's Queen

    Movie + 1 extra

    Jasmine Ellis shares her unapologetically hilarious takes on being a newly married millennial and why she could either be the best or worst employee in the world depending on the stars.

  • Corey Rodrigues: People Whisperer

    Movie + 1 extra

    Corey is a highly sought after national touring college, club and corporate and cruise ship performer. He was the winner of The Catch a New Rising Star, The Funniest Comic in New England and the 2017 Big Sky Comedy Festivals.

  • LeClerc Andre: With All Due Respect

    Movie + 1 extra

    LeClerc Andre is having a breakout year as a featured New Face at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.

  • Landry: Hair Chronicles

    Movie + 1 extra

    Landry's energy is contagious. Coming to the Dry Bar stage with a fresh, bold take on common tropes, he describes the difference between first-class passengers and everyone else; a DUI and an IUD; and Cracker Barrel versus any yard sale.

  • Mike E. Winfield: Mike Drop

    Movie + 1 extra

    The hysterical Mike E. Winfield tells his side of the story, including self-checkout security, older woman attraction and little league coaching.

  • Lamuweri Guluka: The First Option

    Movie + 1 extra

    Lamuweri Guluka is an African name meaning "hard to pronounce on the first try." Lam is a seasoned comedian who has performed at colleges, comedy clubs, and cafes all over the country whose background as a nerdy, suburban, black male gives him a unique comedic perspective that audiences love.

  • Mike Head: This Wasn't The Plan

    Movie + 1 extra

    Mike Head explains what it means to be a Kansas unicorn, the danger of diabolical daughters, and the tells of turning forty.