Thursday, September 30

Headliner: Steve Gillespie

A decade into his standup career, Steve Gillespie moved from Minneapolis to LA, recently made an appearance on Conan, and released his critically acclaimed second album, Alive on State, which reached #1 on the iTunes charts. Prior to that, this gentleman degenerate spent most of his life traveling the country regaling audiences with his delightful self-destruction. Gillespie’s act is a slaphappy balance of aggression and absurdity, coupled with a delightfully pushy persona and coarse yet effective word choice. His hilarious self– flagellation and blistering social commentary has also earned him spots on Fox’s Laughs as well as the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and the Boston Comedy Festival. He was a finalist in CMT’s Next Big Comic, a runner up for Best of the Midwest at Gilda’s Laughfest, and his debut album Stever Fever from Rooftop Comedy was named a top– 10 comedy album of the year by ComedyReviews.com. Gillespie has also had the pleasure of sharing the biggest stages with some of the best comics in the country, including opening appearances for Dave Attell, Jim Breuer, Tom Segura, Kyle Kinnane, Tom Green, Harland Williams, Doug Benson, Emo Phillips, and Gilbert Gottfried.

Feature: Haley Raven

Whether or not you'd like to, ignoring Haley Raven is not an option. Deeming herself the "Tonya Harding of comedy," Haley is a comedic ruffian in a lane all her own. With her high-leaping, hard-and-fast yet vulnerable storytelling style, Haley began pursuing standup comedy in the guts of rural Nebraska. After five years of performing in every dive bar across the state, and equipped with a dragon's hoard of stories detailing the insanity of the Midwest (like the time she had to pull a knife on a heckler...and the time she had to tase a bachelorette party), Haley relocated to Fort Collins, Colorado to further pursue the craft. Since breaking out of the gate and into the heart of the Colorado comedy scene with her unapologetically honest, ball-of-fire stage presence, she has been torching her way through the ranks. Haley was invited to perform at the 2019 Altercation Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas and has opened for some of the best comedians working today including Kyle Kinane and Eddie Pepitone. When she's not performing, Haley can be found hanging around her home club, The Comedy Fort, in Fort Collins, Colorado.