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Bits (Mostly) Queer Comedy: Ricci Armani (The Castro)

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cost: $20*
*RSVP required!

The Love Potion Library | 284 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

Event Details

A national headliner! GAY ROYALTY!

In a women-owned bookstore in The Castro. Where we make the straights host?!

​Bits is back at The Love Potion Library after our first show there sold out completely, and this time we’re serving GAY COMEDY ROYALTY!

​ HEADLINING: RICCI ARMANI

​Ricci is the creator and co-host of My Straight Friends with Joe Dombrowski, the queer comedy show that runs monthly at The Comedy Store in LA and sold the room out for Netflix Is A Joke.

  • ​Forbes “Top AAPI Comedians To Watch”

  • ​Just For Laughs, Montreal

  • ​New York Comedy Festival

  • ​Netflix Is A Joke

  • ​Moontower, Austin

  • ​The Stranger called him an “undisputable champion of comedy”

​He’s a gay Filipino comic with elite crowd work, unresolved retail trauma, and a very specific read on being a gay millennial.

The catch: he’s using our stage to preview the set for his own headlining show in San Francisco October 10th! You see it before the city does.

​ HOSTED BY CHARLIE NORTON

​In the spirit of My Straight Friends, we’re making a straight guy do the work of hosting this time. He agreed enthusiastically, which is somehow the funniest part.

​✨ ALSO ON THE LINEUP ✨

Natasha Muse – Punchline SF regular, and a recent feature for Zach Noe Towers, whose special was produced by Bob the Drag Queen’s Purse First Studios.

​Bits is a traveling comedy show of mostly queer, slightly crazy, funny people. We’ve played sold-out backyards, cafes, and that one sauna that has never once worked. Featuring comics from Luigi the Musical (CNN, NYTimes, WaPo, Rolling Stone), Don’t Tell Comedy, SF Sketchfest, The Punchline, Cobb’s, LGBTLOLFEST, Gotham Comedy Club NYC, and The Stand NYC.

​ The Love Potion Library, 284 Noe St, San Francisco, CA 94114 (right under Lookout)
️ Wednesday, September 2 at 7:30 PM
️ $20

​Our last few shows sold out. A national headliner inside a bookstore is not going to sit on the shelf 😉

Follow along:
@bits.lol · @calebczeringue · @thelovepotionlibrary

​Come buy a book. Stay for the jokes. Support a women-observed shop in the heart of the Castro.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: $20*
*RSVP required!
Categories: Comedy, Community, In Person, LGBTQ+
Venue: The Love Potion Library
Address: 284 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

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