The Hope & Anchor Comedy Night

Name: The Hope & Anchor Comedy Night
Start: 2025-09-06T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-06T22:00:00-05:00
Location: The Hope & Anchor

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Hope & Anchor | Loves Park, IL

The Hope & Anchor Comedy Night:
Saturday, September 6th, 2025
$10 Cover
Show starts at 8pm
Make sure to Call the Hope & Anchor (815-633-2552) during normal business hours to get a Reservation of a Table. The Show Cover will be added to your Table Check for the Night.
Comics for the Night:
Host: Michael Palmenderi
Guest Feature: Zoe Dodson
Main Feature: James Fisher Jr.
Headliner Kevin Kellam
Comedian Bio's for the Night:
Host Michael Palmenderi is a Rockford native. He's a regular with Fats Productions Presents and has performed all over the Midwest, including Tom Foolery Fun Club, On the Fox Comedy Festival, and the Great Spirit Comedy Festival.
Guest Feature Zoe Dodson is a bit of a new face in the comedy scene and is ready to leave audiences asking, “Where did she come from?” You can find her showcasing a style that is goofy (and surprisingly dark) at Zanies, The Second City, Laugh Factory, and numerous other venues around Chicago.
Main Feature James Fisher Jr. is originally from Louisville, Kentucky, moved to Chicago, and started doing comedy in 2012. Growing up, he loved watching Comic View, a stand-up comedy show on BET, and In Living Color, with the Wayans family, Jim Carrey, and Jamie Fox being huge influences from that show. Since he started, he has performed at all the local Chicago clubs (Zanies, Laugh Factory, and Comedy Bar), in comedy festivals all over the United States, won several competitions, and featured and opened for Jacob Williams (America's Got Talent, Wild n Out), Hans Kim (K*ll Tony Podcast), and SNL alumni Tim Meadows and Chris Redd. He has even created his own sketch comedy web series, VaudevilleTV. James is an energetic, funny, controversial, yet personable entertainer who is always ready to have fun with the crowd!
Headliner Kevin Kellam has been performing comedy since he was told to not bring up inappropriate topics at the family dinner as a kid. Due to his unique role on air with 101WKQX Radio in Chicago, his comedy has been the warm-up act for the biggest names in alternative music like Twenty-One Pilots, Papa Roach, Panic! At the Disco, and many more. In 2015, he hosted and produced the web series 'FOURSTAR STAND UPS' with JBTV Productions. It featured comics who went on to 'Saturday Night Live', 'CONAN' and more. He currently hosts Sportskeeda Wrestling, where his wrestling fandom has been seen by millions of people around the world. This WrestleManiac also hosts content for Sportskeeda, the number 1 sports app in India. Kevin also has just recorded his Comedy Special which will be released later this year.