#HellaGayComedy proudly presents The Hella Gay Comedy Festival 2014 which will feature our best LGBT and LGBT friendly stand up comedians for a week long Gay themed comedy festival in Oakland & San Francisco from November 5th – 9th. #HellaGayComedy has been producing gay themed comedy shows in the Bay Area since 2011!  Our shows are inclusive to everyone, from our performers to our

Did you grow up in the 90’s? If so, you know about the Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon. That show should be a staple in your childhood if you’re 25 and older. And now you have the chance to see the two on stage together for the first

The 81-year-old iconoclastic comedian died yesterday at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, where she had spent the week fighting for her life, proceeding complications which occurred during a minor procedure on her vocal cords. It resulted in a loss of consciousness after going into cardiac arrest, and eventually her death.

We’re super excited over here at BAS to bring this giveaway to you. You can win TWO FREE tickets to see hilarious Brian Posehn at his Saturday, September 13, 2014 show @ Knitting Factory in Brooklyn! Or, you can pay the moderate sum of $22 and it would still be

Late Night Basement is back for another installment at the Pine Box Rock Shop in Brooklyn! This month’s lineup includes music, comedy, 2-for-1 beers from Heavy Seas, and of course, shenanigans. Mates of State is a musical duo who have been rocking out since 1995, with noteworthy features in NY

Pretty much every Bay Area comedy or improv personality has a story of ‘that one time Robin Williams came to my show’. They all say he was hilarious, personable. sweet and forever willing to lend a hand to any random two-bit local performer’s event, with no personal financial gain for

Trannyshack flyer from 2010, redaction added My everyday casual slur use was rocked with the recent name change of the drag club formerly known as Trannyshack. Wait, a word that so adorably rhymes with “granny” has negative associations and is considered part of the hate speech vernacular? It’s not okay

  Photo from baysidethemusical.com As a fan of Saved By the Bell growing up, I can easily remember my mother rolling her eyes every time the audience “woooo-ed” at the palpable, albeit G-rated, sexual tension between characters, or when yet another of Zack’s harebrained schemes failed to come to fruition. My