Austin's newest home to humor aims to be a funny, intimate hangout for locals.
The last several years have seen a boom in the Austin comedy scene, and now there's another entrant into this ever-growing market. Founded by comedians Raza Jafri and Andre Ricks, the East Austin Comedy Club will operate out of Tiger Den on the Eastside and be the city's only BIPOC-owned comedy venue. TheAustin Chronicle:I've been doing stand-up comedy for five years.
When I saw the venue, it just fit. It's very small, it only holds around 50 people, and you're not competing with ambient noises … When you're on stage, everyone's listening. We decided to collaborate with the owner of the venue and came to this agreement of doing comedy there essentially every Thursday, Friday, Saturday for the foreseeable future.The venue has this old East Austin vibe to it. Very eccentric.
With our club, the intention is to have an artist residency program where comedians can come for the weekend or come for the whole month and do a run of shows back-to-back-to-back-to-back, and that kind of helps them fine-tune their act, but also give them a taste of what the Austin scene is, and then also connect them with other producers in the area.East Austin has a reputation for like … I don't know how I would describe it.
East Austin Comedy Club, Tiger Den, 1303 E. Fourth. Thursday shows 7 & 9pm; Friday and Saturday, 8 & 10pm.
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