GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street will present The Early Evening Show with Mike Miclon at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Maine’s renowned variety entertainer and Johnson Hall’s Executive/Artistic Director will host the show. The premise is based on a spoof of a late-night talk show, but it’s not that simple. […]
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Comedy Fix benefit show coming to Auburn on Feb. 6
AUBURN — Boston’s highlights a great lineup of stand-up comedians for Comedy Fix XIX at the Auburn Fireside Inn. The show will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, with net proceeds benefiting Good Shepherd Food Bank. Comedy Fix founder Mark Turcotte will also welcome Chris Choate, Louie Martinez, Mike Levinsky and Heather Neal. […]
Friday Night Live in Rumford to feature new original work, local humor
The show will feature retired meat-man and local entrepreneur Jon Holmes as guest host. Producer Scot Grassette said, “Jon makes the perfect host, he’s well known (and mostly liked) in the community from being a long-time Poodunk snowmobile club president and member, volunteer firefighter, businessman and volunteer at the information center.” The evening’s musical guest […]
‘Easy Happy Show’ coming to Gardiner Jan. 24
The Easy Happy Show is the invention of well-known Hallowell-based musicians Katie Daggett and Marcia Gallagher. They have teamed up for a double dose of musical fun. Come listen, laugh and sing along. These two women’s natural chemistry and delicious harmonies will ease you into happiness. They dish up songs from their years in the […]
Comedy Fix benefit show in Auburn Jan. 9
AUBURN — will make his return to Auburn, highlighting a stellar lineup of stand-up comedians for Comedy Fix XVIII. The show will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the Auburn Fireside Inn with net proceeds benefiting Good Shepherd Food Bank. Comedy Fix founder Mark Turcotte will also welcome Brian Plumb, Anna Conathan, […]
Dickie Hyper-Hynie’s Rockin’ New Years Eve in Gardiner Dec. 31
GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street will present two showings of Dickie Hyper Hynie’s Rockin’ New Years Eve: one show at 7:30 p.m. and one at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31. Now in its 10th year and more rockin’ than ever, master showman Dickie Hyper-Hynie’s annual New Year’s Eve extravaganza features […]
Kyron Hobdy to highlight Comedy Fix lineup in Auburn on Dec. 12
AUBURN — will highlight a lineup of hilarious stand-up comedians for Comedy Fix XVII at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the Auburn Fireside Inn with all net proceeds benefiting the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Comedy Fix founder Mark Turcotte will also welcome Ian Stuart, Bill Picard, Paul Landwehr, and JOKETRON featuring Josh Day and […]
Teachers Lounge Mafia to open in Farmington on Dec. 5
The show, performed over two nights, brings an improv twist to holiday classics and builds a new experience each night from audience suggestions. The improv of Teachers Lounge Mafia is taken from classic methods of short form and long form, and draws from improv pioneers such as Del Close and the show “Whose Line is […]
‘Revels’ returns to Vienna with humor, music on Dec. 20
VIENNA — Through the dark, snowy nights of December a great light will shine as the Vienna Union Hall opens its doors at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, to the public for the second annual “Winter Revels,” a longstanding tradition. This year the hall will offer an impressive lineup of local talent including vocalist Dan […]
Comedy coming to Rumford on Nov. 29
RUMFORD — Gather with friends and family for Comedy Night when three comedians will entertain at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater. is a 20-plus-year veteran of the New England Comedy scene whose first professional performance was in the mid-1990s at The Comedy Connection in Portland. Since then he has performed […]