Free Comedy Night with W. Kamau Bell | Cafe Royale

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Cara Tramontano hosts the free Monday Happy Hour Comedy on the 2nd Monday of every month at Cafe Royale in the Trendynob.October 11th features one of our favorite local comedian, W. Kamau Bell (Punchline, Montreal Comedy Festival) and whole host of comedians to will make you fold a buck or two to put in the tip jar.

October 11, 2010 lineup:

W. Kamau Bell
Janine Brito
Dave Karraker
Casey Ley
Edwin Li
Red Scott

Cafe Royale
800 Post St. @ Leavenworth (Tendernob/Union Square West/Theatre District)
4 blocks from Union Square
Muni 2, 3, 27, 38
8 blocks from both Powell & Montgomery BART

Beer, wine, coffee, tea, sake/soju cocktails
Dinner & noshables

In 2005, W. Kamau Bell told the first Barack Obama joke on Comedy Central, which is now listed in their “100 Best Obama Moments.” Kamau was the SF Weekly’s 2008 “Comedian of the Year” and was later profiled in a 2009 cover story. Kamau is a headliner at the SF Punchline, has performed in the Montreal Comedy Festival and Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. His one-man show “W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour” was featured at the 2009 NY Intl Fringe Festival.

Janine Brito started doing standup comedy in St. Louis and has performed at clubs and theaters throughout the US and Hong Kong. Now a rising star on the San Francisco scene, she is a regular at the Punchline, winner of the 2009 SF Women’s Comedy Competition, recipient of Rooftop Comedy’s 2010 Silver Nail Award, and opener for the Laughter Against The Machine Comedy Tour.

Dave Karraker can be seen performing his unique blend of gay situational comedy and sardonic humor all over California. A finalist in the 2009 San Francisco Walk the Plank Comedy Competition, Dave has performed in comedy showcases at such venues as San Francisco Punch Line, Purple Onion, Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts, Rooster T. Feathers, Wharf Room Comedy, San Francisco Comedy Clubhouse, and many more. As an actor, he has appeared in such programs as Showtime’s “Red Shoe Diaries” and the Jenny Jones Show and can even be spotted in Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine.

Casey Ley is a stand up comic in San Francisco and has performed at the Hollywood Improv, Cobb’s Comedy Club and the SF Punchline. He’s also a radio talk show host on The Morning Show with Casey and the Notorious B.A.G. 87.9 FM in the Bay Area and LA 8am-12pm every Friday morning.

Red Scott won the 2010 Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Competition. He is a regular performer at the San Francisco Punchline and Wharf Room Comedy, a paid host at Rooster T. Feathers, and finished top 3 in the 2009 Walk the Plank Comedy Competition.

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