Laughter Matters 2024 - Benefitting Community Matters

Name: Laughter Matters 2024 - Benefitting Community Matters
Start: 2024-10-05T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-05T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Barrel Proof Lounge

Schedule

Sat Oct 05 2024 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Barrel Proof Lounge | Santa Rosa, CA

Come join us at Laughter Matters 2024 for a night of comedy and fun to support our local community!
21+
Doors & bites @ 6
Show @ 8
Early bird tickets - $30 (until 9/29)
VIP Tables for 4 or 6 available, they include a round of drinks and the best seats in the house!
Laughter Matters 2024 is back, and we're Benefitting Community Matters ! Join us for a night of fun and laughter at Barrel Proof Lounge . Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt while supporting a great cause. Don't miss out on the opportunity to make a difference while having a blast. Mark your calendars and spread the word!
Please join us for a third year in a row for a night of fun, laughter, community, and comedy. On October 5, we will hold our third annual fall fundraiser, Laughter Matters. The funds raised at this comedy event will support our programs that empower youth to prevent, reduce, and stop violence, bullying, and mistreatment on school campuses. We hope to see you there!
Comedians Performing!
Sue Alfieri
Get to Know Sue!
Sue is a sarcastic and likable Bay Area-based comedian originally from northern, New Jersey who mines her life for hilarious material. She is a wife and mom of two kids (her favorite family member is the dog). Sue has definite opinions on how crazy it is to raise two kids born in San Francisco when she was raised in a working class New York City suburb! She was jsut in the 2023 San Francisco Comedy Competition and has performed at the Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, Flappers, Burbank Comedy Festival, Oakland Comedy Festival, SF Cobb's and Punch Line. She has featured for several comedians including Vicki Barbolak, Joe Bartnick and Don Friesen. She has been in commercials for BMW, GrubHub, Stanford Health, Cisco Systems, Robinhood Investments, Visit Mendocino and more. She is available for comedy clubs, corporate events, parties, retirement communities and funerals...(ok maybe not funerals.)
Brian Thomas
Brian Thomas comes to you all the way from exotic H Section in Rohnert Park. He has been performing comedy all around the Bay Area since his wife told him that he needs to get out of the house more 10 years ago. He regularly performs at the San Jose Improv, Rooster T. Feathers, & The San Francisco County Jail #3. He has worked with national headliners such as Steve Hytner (Bania from Seinfeld), Jimmie ‘JJ’ Walker (Kid Dyn-O-Mite! From Good TImes), Scott Capurro (Aunt Jack from Mrs. Doubtfire), and many others who were ‘that guy in that one thing’. His hilarious takes on every day life and witty punch lines make him a Sonoma County audience favorite.
Headliner: Kirk McHenry
A Splitting Comedy Style
Kirk has the ability to deliver gut bursting laughs to his audience. This is what sets Kirk McHenry apart from the modern day comic. He has gained a lot of knowledge because he was born and raised in Oakland, California. This knowledge comes from life in the inner city, to prep school in the suburbs, experiencing college life in the south and even a successful four-year stint in the Marine Corps.
Opening for the Stars
Kirk blends all of his life experiences together into a story-telling brand of comedy due to the fact that he always views life through the eyes of a comic. Such comedy has been likened to Bill Cosby with a Richard Pryor twist. McHenry has opened for comedic stars such as Paul Mooney, Bobby Slayton, Gary Owen, and many more. Not to mention he’s opened for several musical acts including KEM, Tony Toni Tone, The Whispers, and Howard Hewitt. In turn, Kirk continues to leave audiences captivated across globe.
Television Appearances
His storytelling style of comedy is better than reality TV. This is because Kirk draws inspiration from everyday life. Kirk has had many television appearances on BET’s Comic View, One Mic Stand hosted by Kevin Hart, and Jamie Foxx’s Laffapalooza. He has also been talented enough to be apart of several tours throughout the United States and abroad. Notably, this unforgettable comics’ voice can also be heard as the lead character of Toe Jam in the 2002 video game release of “Toe Jam & Earl III: Mission to Earth.”
Check out https://community-matters.org/ for more info.
Check out www.BarrelProofLounge.com for all sorts of good times ahead!