Making friends wherever he goes, Xander spends time in all sorts of worlds and will portray them through insightful storytelling and observational comedy.
His laid-back delivery, character creation, impressions, and animated act-outs make for incredible comedy.
He performs countrywide and has shared the stage with D.L. Hughley, Paul Rodriguez, Eric Schwartz, Morgan Jay, Mary Lynn Raskub, Deon Cole, Jamie Kennedy, Erik Griffin, Zoltan Kaszas, and Kel Mitchell.
He was a semifinalist at the San Francisco (2024) and the Seattle (2025) International Comedy Competitions. Xander won the 2018 Cobb’s Comedy Competition and was a Finalist at the 2019 House of Comedy’s Funniest Person contest. He’s been a featured performer at Funny Fest, Big Pine Comedy Festival, Savage Henry Festival, and Oakland Comedy Festival. His work has been covered in multiple publications, including The New York Times.
Xander has appeared on KTVU2’s Like It or Not, PBS, Fox, Hulu, and his debut special with Tiny Pony on YouTube has amassed 47k+ views. He has also released a new comedy special on YouTube. A quick search will turn up many of his viral clips. Come for his beautiful hair, stay for the laughs.
Paul Conyers is a comedian from the San Francisco Bay Area who has been doing stand-up since 2016—right before that one election. Remember that? A famously chill time when everyone was totally relaxed and ready to laugh, so he figured, why not.
He grew up in Sacramento, California (which is not the Bay Area, please stop saying it is). He moved to Oakland to try playing college basketball, where the real comedy happened. He was bad. He scored zero points on Senior Night, despite having a Steph Curry–sized green light to shoot as much as he wanted. Nothing fell.
He usually got decent laughs from the bench, so he decided to give comedy a real shot.
The Lounge has a 2 Drink minimum but, don’t worry, we have LOTS of options both with and without alcohol. Prices range from $3-$10. Get tickets here on the website! Due to processing fees, they are $5 more at the door!
Please arrive at least 20-30 min before show time to allow for seating, table service, and shenanigans.
Doors: 6:00 PM | Show: 7:00 PM
Myq (Mike) Kaplan has appeared on the Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman, James Corden, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, Kamau Bell’s Totally Biased, Last Comic Standing, and America’s Got Talent. He has a half-hour special on Comedy Central, a one-hour standup special on Amazon called “Small, Dork, and Handsome,” and a new 2023 Dry Bar special called Live From The Universe. Basically, he’s amazing and you should come see him.
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The Lounge has a 2 Drink minimum but, don’t worry, we have LOTS of options both with and without alcohol. Prices range from $3-$10. Get tickets here on the website! Due to processing fees, they are $5 more at the door!
Please arrive at least 20-30 min before show time to allow for seating, table service, and shenanigans.
Join us for a live Starbelly Student Showcase! Marvel at stunning belly dancing by our talented students at a fabulous, intimate venue!
Doors open at 6pm, the show begins at 7pm
Tickets are $15 online, $20 at the door.
Described by Jay Leno as "the best joke writer in America" and by British comedian Gary Delaney as the best joke writer in the world, Emo Philips has performed over seven thousand stand-up shows in comedy clubs, colleges and theaters, including a multi-week run at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End. In 2018 & 2022-23, Emo toured with "Weird Al" Yankovic (over two hundred concerts across three continents); Emo will forever remember the standing ovation he received at Carnegie Hall.
Emo has released comedy albums on the renowned Epic label; has had numerous cable specials (including an hour-long one on HBO); has performed stand-up many, many times on network television in America, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the UK; has appeared in films (most notably as the table-saw demonstrator in UHF and as Salvador Dali in Weird: the "Weird Al" Yankovic Story); has lent his distinctive voice to audio books (including a 2023 collection of poems by Bob Odenkirk) and to animated TV shows (such as Slacker Cats, Doctor Katz, Adventure Time and Home Movies); and (which would've blown ten-year-old Emo's mind) has even been published in Mad Magazine; but his first love, stand-up, remains his true one.
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The Lounge has a 2 Drink minimum but, don’t worry, we have LOTS of options both with and without alcohol. Prices range from $3-$10. Get tickets here on the website! Due to processing fees, they are $5 more at the door!
Please arrive at least 20-30 min before show time to allow for seating, table service, and shenanigans.
Boise-based drummer John Priddy brings the sound of 1960s jazz and bebop to life with a modern edge. His show honors the tradition while keeping it fresh, blending classic repertoire with his own original compositions.
Priddy's training runs deep. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts under Joe LaBarbera, longtime drummer for Bill Evans. Before that, he attended ArtsWest, where he studied with world-class musicians including Kobie Watkins, drummer for Sonny Rollins, and Grammy Award-winning bassist Clark Sommers.
As a bandleader for the past two years, Priddy has built a show that balances swing, history, and fresh ideas: a night of jazz that feels both timeless and alive.
Need a laugh right before/after the big family banquet? Or maybe you want to skip the family time altogether. Whether you are an Orphan, living far from family, or maybe just can’t stand them, you are always invited to Friendsgiving. This Queer-centered comedy show is a great way to get some of the best medicine in the world: Laughter! And we have 2 masters of the art to administer your dose:
Ally J Ward is a queer and trans stand up comedian, improviser, and storyteller out of Portland, Oregon. She is a self-described dumb baby and good girl. In 2024, she was named one of the "Hottest Queer Comedians of Today" by Out Magazine as part of their Big Happy Comedy Tour. In 2025, the Willamette Week named her Portland's Funniest Person. She has appeared at Bumbershoot, The Moth Grand Stage, and hosted Dan Savage's HUMP film festival. She has featured for comedians Ian Karmel, Juno Birch, Gabriel Rutledge, Steve Hoffstetter, Rachel Scanlon, and Rosebud Baker. Her dry, petty wit lends her comedy to a more narrative approach covering her trans, queer, fat, and kinky identities.
Andy Iwancio is a trans gal comedian from Seattle (by way of Baltimore). With her ten years of comedy she brings a witty, sardonic and slightly profane style to her jokes about navigating marriage, having a disability.
Her full-length comedy album “Better Living Through Femmistry” was released on the legendary label Kill Rock Stars in 2024 charting at #1 on the itunes comedy chart and #1 on the amazon comedy charts. In 2025 her EP "Old School" for Burn This Records charted at #2 on itunes comedy chart and #1 on the Amazon comedy chart.
She has opened for Kyle Kinane, Whitmer Thomas, James Adomian, Gareth Reynolds, Josh Gondelman and Cameron Epsosito.
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The Lounge has a 2 Drink minimum but, don’t worry, we have LOTS of options both with and without alcohol. Prices range from $3-$10. Get tickets here on the website! Due to processing fees, they are $5 more at the door!
Please arrive at least 20-30 min before show time to allow for seating, table service, and shenanigans.
Boise's only full-time comedy venue. The Comedy Lounge brings comedians you've seen on TV and in movies to an intimate club setting where every seat is a good one. From Netflix specials to late-night sets, our headliners have national credits — but here, you're just feet from the stage. It's stand-up the way it was meant to be experienced: live, close, and loud with laughter. Check the lineup and grab tickets before shows sell out.
Mike Faverman has been touring the country doing stand up comedy since 1999. He has done stand up on TV several times including, Showtime, AXS TV, Wealth TV, NESN, Playboy TV to mention a few.
He has appeared in several movies and TV shows including Psychic Killer, She and I, Back Masking, Sullivan and Sons and I'm Dying Up Here.
Mike has also directed and produced several projects including Road Dog, a documentary about the trials and tribulations of making a living on the road as a stand up comedian (2001). He also created and is CEO of Ultimate Outdoor Cooking, a comedy cooking show that tours around the country at many events and festivals.