BIG DAWGS EAT @ BOYFRIEND CO-OP (QUEER STAND UP COMEDY)
Schedule
Thu Jan 08 2026 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
BOYFRIEND co-op | Brooklyn, NY
About this Event
Are you a big dawg? Are you ready to eat down in 2026?
Come put these intentions in motion with the hottest, chillest, coolest up and coming and already up queer stand up comics in NYC. Hosted by resident big dawg and chill talker Emma Dalenberg, at Boyfriend Co-Op, a cafe and bar cooperative for gay gals and their pals.
Boyfriend Co-op is open from 8am-12am
Seating at 7:30pm, doors at 8:00pm -1 drink minimum
HEADLINER: JAY JURDEN
Jay Jurden is a New York based comedian, writer and actor. Originally from Mississippi, Jay regularly performs comedy all over the country. He was recently a Staff Writer for Apple TV+'s Emmy-nominated show, The Problem With Jon Stewart.
Jay has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon three times and has also been seen on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central Featuring, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and HBO’s High Maintenance.
Jay was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2022. His album, Jay Jurden Y'all, debuted #1 on iTunes. Jay has written for numerous publications including: Vulture, Teen Vogue, McSweeney's, and The New Yorker. He has also written for Marvel's Voices: X-Men #1. He was listed on Vulture's Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2020 and was selected to be featured in Just for Laughs Festival's New Faces in 2019.
HOST: EMMA DALENBERG
Emma Dalenberg is a Minnesota-born stand-up comic, writer, and actor. Since getting on stage and performing stand up comedy for the first time at age 19, Emma has developed a style that blends good vibes with controlled chaos—balancing sincerity with subversion, nostalgia with futurism—all delivered through a sweet charm and a genuine desire to connect with audiences of every background.
In 2025, she opened Daniel Sloss’ residency at the Soho Playhouse in NYC, joined Reggie Watts on his Europe tour, debuted the newest version of her solo show, Freak, Pray, Love, in NYC, Berlin, and Istanbul, and made her playwriting and acting debut at the New York Comedy Festival with Woke Woke West: The Musical, which sold out its two-night premiere
FEATURED ACTS:
SUNNY LAPRADE
LEE ROBINSON
DORIAN DEBOSE
SURENI WEERASEKERA
ADRIENNE HUNTER
Where is it happening?
BOYFRIEND co-op, 1157 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 17.85



















