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Kountry Wayne Keeps the Clubs Packed: Columbus This Weekend, Then Tampa, Birmingham and Cleveland
Nobody in comedy works the road like Kountry Wayne. The social media star – who built a massive following with daily videos long before he ever headlined a club – plays four shows this weekend at the Funny Bone in Columbus, Ohio, on October 23 and 24.
From there the schedule barely breathes: Tampa’s Funny Bone on November 6-7, the Baltimore Comedy Factory on November 13, a full weekend at the StarDome in Birmingham, Alabama on November 20-22, Cleveland on December 4-5 and Richmond on December 11. Club tickets have been running around $68-69, which is exactly Wayne’s lane – big laughs, working-people prices, and rooms full of fans who found him on their phones.
Wayne’s rise is one of stand-up’s great new-school stories: no TV deal, no gatekeepers, just relentless content and a live show that backs it up.
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Nate Bargatze Plays Rexburg Tomorrow, Then Settles Into Las Vegas on the Record-Breaking Big Dumb Eyes Tour
The nicest man in stand-up is having the biggest year in stand-up. Nate Bargatze’s Big Dumb Eyes World Tour – named after his New York Times bestselling book – plays the BYU-Idaho Center in Rexburg, Idaho on Friday, October 23, then settles into a Las Vegas residency run at Encore at Wynn on December 9-12, with more Vegas dates January 21-24.
The tour just played Auburn University’s Neville Arena on October 16 as part of its college swing. The numbers behind the run are staggering: more than 2 million tickets sold, and Bargatze recently set the record for the highest one-year gross by a comedy performer in history.
The Atlantic called him "The Nicest Man in Stand-Up," and his clean, deadpan, everybody’s-dad humor has turned arena crowds into believers. If Rexburg or Vegas is anywhere near you, this is the show to see this season.
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