New Year's Eve Comedy Spectacular: Mark Riley, Carolyn Plummer, more
About this Event
Finish off 2025 with laughter and welcome 2026 with a side-splitting New Year's Eve Comedy Spectacular on Thursday, December 31 at Murphy's Taproom & Carriage House, Bedford, NH.
Four of the best comedians in New England will share the stage, including top headliners Mark Riley, Carolyn Plummer, Jason Merrill and Matt McArthur. It's a hilarious send-off to 2026 presented by Murphy's and Scamps Comedy Productions.
Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 (cash only) at the door. All seats are general admission. Showtime is 8:30 p.m. Patrons are invited to make reservations for dinner in the restaurant before the show.
The co-host of the popular Chirping Zebras podcast, Mark Riley is an energetic Boston headliner with a unique perspective on everyday situations. A former first runner-up at the Boston Comedy Festival, Riley was once a professional ice hockey referee (he spent a very short time in the NHL) who also ran a Gymboree. He headlines in Boston as well as playing top rooms in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Atlantic City. Among those he’s performed with are Steven Wright, Joe Rogan and Lenny Clarke. He headlines colleges and corporate shows as well and has worked as an actor in commercials and industrial films. He’s a regular at the prestigious Hampton Beach Comedy Festival.
Carolyn Plummer performed at the Boston Garden in Denis Leary’s prestigious Comics Come Home stand-up fundraiser for the Cam Neely Foundation for 2022. She’s been a Boston comedy mainstay for several years, and has traveled extensively and to many parts of this country few have dared to venture. She has worked at clubs, colleges, dead animal lodges, theaters and corporations, appearing with many of the top headliners in the business. She has also participated in numerous festivals including the Hampton Beach Comedy Festival, Nantucket Comedy Festival, Burbank Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival and The Women in Comedy Festival. “I also won the Woody Herman Jazz Award for my trumpet playing abilities but I'm not one to brag,” she says.
With an act that’s one part Saturday-morning cartoon character and one part pro-wrestler, Jason Merrill is a fast-rising Boston comedian with an animated style. The latest in a line of strong comedians from the great city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, he has impressed audiences with his streetwise style and good-natured exuberance. Working in Boston, Las Vegas and the Florida circuit, he has shared the stage with accomplished comedians such as Juston McKinney, Lenny Clarke, Christine Hurley, Joe Yannetty, and Steve Sweeney.
Matt McArthur discovered his love of doing stand up comedy as a college student, and since has been performing at clubs and venues all over New England. As well as being a comedian, Matt also became a professional bagpiper at a young age, and since has been performing at churches and cemeteries all over New England. A regular on the Boston comedy scene, Matt has shared the stage with names such as Steve Sweeney, Lenny Clark, and Jim Gaffigan.
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