Aries Spears

Aries Spears is a renowned comedian and actor celebrated for his sharp wit, impeccable impressions, and boundary-pushing humor. Best known for his iconic tenure on the hit sketch comedy show MADtv, where he showcased unforgettable impersonations of celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, Eddie Murphy, and Denzel Washington, Spears has solidified his place as one of comedy’s most versatile talents.

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Aziz Ansari: Hypothetical Tour

Aziz Ansari is an award-winning actor, director, writer and comedian. He co-created, writes, directs, and stars in the Netflix original series MASTER OF NONE for which he has won two Emmy’s for Outstanding Comedy Writing as well as Emmy and DGA Award nominations for his directing. He recently released the film GOOD FORTUNE which he wrote, directed, and costars with Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen. He is also known for co-starring in NBC’s PARKS AND RECREATION and for being one of the few headlining comedians ever to sell out Madison Square Garden. In 2019, he released his 5th standup for Netflix entitled RIGHT NOW directed by Spike Jonze to critical acclaim and a Grammy nomination. His latest special NIGHTCLUB COMEDIAN is now streaming on Netflix.

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Duncan Trussell

Duncan Trussell is a comedian and the co-creator of the critically acclaimed animated series "The Midnight Gospel" on Netflix, which used conversations from his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour as the dialogue.&nbsp;He is currently the voice of Hippocampus on the FOX animated series KRAPOPOLIS, and you've probably seen him on one of his many appearances on the JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE, Comedy Central's Drunk History, the Your Mom's House podcast or Comedy Central's "This isn't happening."&nbsp;He's also appeared on the Lex Friedman podcast.

Comedy Bang! Bang! Ground Beefing Tour 2026

Join host Scott Aukerman, along with Paul F. Tompkins &amp; The Comedy Bang! Bang! All-Stars, as they perform a totally improvised version of the award-winning podcast!

Arrival From Sweden: The Music of Abba

ARRIVAL from Sweden&nbsp;was founded by Vicky Zetterberg in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden. ARRIVAL from Sweden very soon became one of the world’s most popular and most selling ABBA show band. Since the start in 1995 the band has toured in close to 55 countries and has appeared in several TV and radio shows all over the world. Since 2007 ARRIVAL from Sweden has made 42 successful tours in the USA. This show has sold out arenas and venues all over the world since 1995 and is the absolute best and most authentic ABBA show there is. Hits like: Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Does Your Mother Know, Take A Chance, SOS, The Winner Takes It All, Super Trouper, Money Money Money, Waterloo, Honey Honey, Fernando, I Do I Do I Do, Chiquitita, Knowing Me Knowing You, Summer Night City, Thank You For The Music, Lay All Your Love On Me, Gimme Gimme Gimme and many more are delivered with such accuracy that it’s hard to believe that it’s not the real ABBA on stage. ARRIVAL From Sweden has also played with more than 60 symphony orchestras throughout the world. Successful shows with some of the finest orchestras in the USA such as Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. ARRIVAL from Sweden has exact copies of the original staging clothes of ABBA, a permission granted by the ABBA clothing designer. ARRIVAL from Sweden is also the only group who has been given an unreleased ABBA song directly from Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA. The song “Just A Notion” is soon due for a worldwide release. Millions of people all around the world celebrate this show as the best ABBA show in the world; in fact this is the only ABBA show the world needs. This production is the closest you will ever get to see ABBA!&nbsp;

Chris Fleming

Chris Fleming has a new special out on HBO titled Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace, executive produced by Conan O'Brien and hailed by the New York Times as the "Funniest Special of the Year." He has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and has amassed over 80 million views on his Youtube channel. He will be in the upcoming show Widow's Bay from Apple TV, Judd Apatow's next film, and has appeared in Abbott Elementary, LOOT, Comedy Central’s CORPORATE, Waffles and Mochi, as well as voicing characters in the Great North, Adventure Time, Summer Camp Island and Bigtop Burger. The Huffington Post has called him “perhaps one of the best things on the internet.”&nbsp; Of his live show, Chortle says, “you can’t take your eyes off this unpredictable, exciting performer.” "Glorious absurdity" boasts the New York Times, "a master of his craft" according to AVClub, and "truly one of a kind" -Paste Magazine. Splitsider says, “a madman and I think, genius.” According to Vulture, “equal parts imagination and inferiority complex, a combination that has led him to create some of the most bizarrely funny performance art taking place online and onstage today.”

Joe Jackson + Band: Hope and Fury Tour

Joe Jackson was born on August 11 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, England, but grew up in the South Coast naval port city of Portsmouth. At age 16 Joe played his first paying gig, as pianist in a pub next door to a glue factory just outside of Portsmouth. This was followed by other pub gigs (in which he was often trying to entertain crowds of drunken, bottle-throwing sailors) and accompanying a bouzouki player in a Greek restaurant. At age 18 Joe won a scholarship to study Composition, Piano, and Percussion at London's Royal Academy of Music. By 1978 Joe was living in London and hawking an album-length demo, with his own band (Graham Maby, Bass; Dave Houghton, Drums; Gary Sanford, Guitar) standing by. That demo—already called&nbsp;Look Sharp—eventually found its way to American producer David Kershenbaum, who was in London in the capacity of talent scout for A&amp;M Records. Joe was immediately signed and&nbsp;Look Sharp&nbsp;more professionally re-recorded in August '78. The Joe Jackson Band finally started to play regular gigs and the album was released in January 1979. Joe Jackson's story up to this point is much more fully, fascinatingly, and hilariously recounted in his book&nbsp;A Cure for Gravity.&nbsp;From here on, though, it becomes more a matter of public record.&nbsp;Look Sharp&nbsp;was followed within a year by the very similar&nbsp;I'm the Man, and in 1980 by the darker, more reggae-influenced&nbsp;Beat Crazy.&nbsp;At the end of 1980, drummer Houghton decided to quit, and Joe decided to dissolve the band and try something new. In 1981 Jackson recorded&nbsp;Jumpin' Jive, a “musical vacation” paying tribute to Swing and Jump Blues artists such as Louis Jordan and Cab Calloway. Returning to songwriting, Joe spent a large chunk of 1982 in New York. The result was&nbsp;Night and Day, a more sophisticated and melodic record built around keyboards and Latin percussion rather than guitars. With a new guitar-less band, Jackson hit the road for a whole year, and the album became his biggest success, going platinum in the US. During the tour Joe also somehow found time to write his first film score, for James Bridges’&nbsp;Mike’s Murder.&nbsp;(He would go on to write several more, including most notably for Francis Ford Coppola’s&nbsp;Tucker&nbsp;in 1988). Jackson's next album&nbsp;Body and Soul&nbsp;(1984) was in a similar vein to&nbsp;Night and Day&nbsp;but featured a horn section (which, along with the Blue Note-inspired cover art, led many people to wrongly assume he'd made a jazz record). For&nbsp;Big World(1986) Jackson stripped everything down to a 4-piece again, and recorded live, direct to 2-track master. In 1989 he went in the opposite direction with the majestic, semi-autobiographical&nbsp;Blaze of Glory, and toured with an 11-piece band.&nbsp;Laughter and Lust&nbsp;(1991) was more like a mainstream (though still idiosyncratic) rock record, but yet another lengthy world tour left Jackson exhausted and at a creative dead end. As he sees it, his workaholic phase—which also included several film scores, a live album (Live 1980–86), an instrumental album (Will Power, 1987), guest appearances with Suzanne Vega, Ruben Blades and Joan Armatrading, and endless touring—was over. The 1990s brought some of his most challenging and eclectic works: the gentle, soul-searching&nbsp;Night Music&nbsp;(1994), the ambitious and original song-cycle based on the Seven Deadly Sins,&nbsp;Heaven and Hell&nbsp;(1997), and the album Joe considers his best (and most underrated):&nbsp;Night and Day II&nbsp;(2000). The turn of the century saw a burst of creativity: Jackson won his first Grammy (Best Pop Instrumental Album for the non-traditional, non-orchestral&nbsp;Symphony No.1) and published his book&nbsp;A Cure for Gravity. In 2003 Joe re-formed the original Joe Jackson Band for a stunning new album,&nbsp;Volume 4, and a lengthy tour. The reunion was always intended as a one-off, but it also produced a live album,&nbsp;Afterlife, in 2004. By this time Jackson was living mostly back in London. He made quite a few solo appearances, including on an unusual triple-bill tour with Todd Rundgren and the string quartet Ethel. He sang and played piano on Rickie Lee Jones’&nbsp;It’s Like That&nbsp;and William Shatner’s&nbsp;Has Been&nbsp;(produced, arranged and co-written by Ben Folds). He was also awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Music and an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Portsmouth. In 2006 Joe turned his attention back to pure songwriting and did a short Trio tour with Graham Maby and Dave Houghton. Having failed to happily re-establish himself in London, he moved to Berlin, where his next album&nbsp;Rain&nbsp;was recorded in 2007. Consisting of ten powerful, timeless new songs,&nbsp;Rain&nbsp;creates a surprisingly epic sound with just voices, piano, bass and drums. The trio toured for the next three years. A live album,&nbsp;Live Music, was released in 2011. In 2012 Joe released a tribute to one of his greatest musical heroes, Duke Ellington.&nbsp;The Duke&nbsp;is an often radical re-interpretation of fifteen Ellington classics, arranged into ten tracks, and featuring an eclectic roster of guest artists including Iggy Pop, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and other members of The Roots, Sharon Jones, Steve Vai, and jazz violin star Regina Carter, who joined Joe on the subsequent tour. In 2015, Jackson announced the completion of his follow-up to&nbsp;The Duke&nbsp;via his official website. The album's title,&nbsp;Fast Forward, and track list were confirmed in addition to North American tour dates. The titular first single was released for streaming via his official SoundCloud page. On January 18, 2019, Jackson released the album&nbsp;Fool.&nbsp;Jackson said about the album on his website: “One of my inspirations for this album was the band I've been touring with on and off for the last 3 years. I've had many different line-ups but this one is special.” Jackson and the band performed “Fabulously Absolute” on&nbsp;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&nbsp;on January 21, 2019.&nbsp;Fool&nbsp;debuted in the Top 20 album charts in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. In the US, it debuted at No. 25 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart. In the UK, it entered the Indie Albums Chart at No. 13. After a Covid-induced layoff Joe toured the US and Europe in 2022 for a tour named&nbsp;Sing, You Sinners!&nbsp;featuring songs from his catalog plus a few select covers. The tour featured his band Graham Maby on Bass, Teddy Kumpel on Guitar and Doug Yowell on Drums. November 24th 2023 saw the release of&nbsp;Mr. Joe Jackson Presents “What A Racket”: The Music Of Max Champion, a collection of songs written by the long forgotten Music Hall performer Max Champion. Joe toured during 2024 touring both the US and Europe performing a two-part set. The first part featured solo performances from his catalog. The second part featured songs from the&nbsp;What A Racket&nbsp;album performed with a 9-piece band. April 2026 will see the release of a new album&nbsp;Hope and Fury&nbsp;and extensive touring of both the US and Europe featuring a full band. Jackson splits his time between New York, Portsmouth UK and Berlin.

The Marvelous Miss Gender starring BOSCO

Murray &amp; Peter Present&nbsp;“The Marvelous Miss Gender” starring BOSCO.&nbsp;From&nbsp;RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14, 2022&nbsp;and most recently&nbsp;All Stars 10 from 2025, BOSCO is now headlining her first ever solo tour. Meet &amp; Greet add-on tickets are sold separately. To attend the M&amp;G, fans must also purchase a ticket to the event. Show starts at 8pm. There will be a 20-minute intermission. 18+ welcome.&nbsp;Check DragFans.com and HereIsBosco.comfor tour info.

The Adventure Zone: Story and Song – A Grand Finale Event

Join us on July 16th for an epic launch event featuring the Griffin, Clint, Justin, and Travis McElroy. Joined on-stage by illustrator Carey Pietsch and editor Benjamin Wilgus, they will celebrate the release of their seventh and final graphic novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Adventure Zone graphic novel series, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861740/theadventurezonestoryandsong/">Story and Song</a>. This is a not-to-be-missed event! Tickets go on-sale on Thursday, June 11th at 12pm ET. Each ticket includes a signed copy of Story &amp; Song (paperback) provided by Brookline Booksmith. These copies will be signed by one McElroy and select will be also signed by Carey Pietsch. Requests for a specific McElroy signature cannot be honored. Clint, Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy are podcasters and authors from Huntington, WV. Between them, they currently host 9 active podcasts (18, if you include the podcasts that have ended). Their projects include My Brother, My Brother and Me (a podcast and TV show) and The Adventure Zone (a podcast and #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series). Together with their family and friends they make podcasts like Sawbones, Shmanners, Wonderful!, and many others. They also create web series, write comic books (sometimes), and once they even managed to podcast their way into the Dreamworks motion picture film Trolls World Tour.&nbsp; Carey Pietsch is a cartoonist based out of Brooklyn, NY. Her work includes drawing two arcs of Lumberjanes and the artwork for the Mages of Mystralia webcomic. Carey also makes Keepsakes and other original comics about magic and empathy. Along with brightening her workdays, The Adventure Zone got her to join a D&amp;D campaign, where she’s currently playing a dragonborn sorcerer who cares too much about romance novels.

You Should Know Podcast Presents: The YSK HOUSE Tour

Step inside The YSK House Tour, where a busy father of two and a wild, carefree bachelor collide. Get a never-before-seen look into both of their lifestyles as they clash, connect, and come together to build the YSK HOUSE. Now it’s hitting the road, bringing the madness and unforgettable moments to your city.

Ryan Long

Ryan Long&nbsp;is a comedian, podcaster, and filmmaker originally from Toronto who has amassed&nbsp;billions of views&nbsp;across his viral sketches, street interviews, and stand-up specials. He is the host of the hit podcast&nbsp;The Boyscast with Ryan Long, and has been featured on&nbsp;Netflix, NBC, Just for Laughs, The Joe Rogan Experience, Bertcast, Flagrant, Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast, and many more. Beyond his social media presence, Ryan was the&nbsp;creator, star, and showrunner&nbsp;of the acclaimed CBC Comedy series&nbsp;Torontopia&nbsp;and&nbsp;THAT GUY, as well as the TV series&nbsp;Ryan Long is Challenged&nbsp;(Bite TV) and&nbsp;Crown the Town with Ryan Long&nbsp;(Rogers TV). Based in&nbsp;New York City, Ryan is a regular at&nbsp;The Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club,and&nbsp;The Stand, and tours internationally performing his unique brand of sharp, satirical stand-up.

SMOSH Reads Reddit Stories Live!

Smosh Reads Reddit Stories is coming to you LIVE! Join host Shayne Topp (33m) and his friends from Smosh as they delve into Reddit's wildest stories and updates, share their own hilarious commentary, and more. Mark your calendars &amp; get your pancakes out – this is one live show you DON'T want to miss.

Zarna Garg: Million Dollar Excuses - Encore Performance

With her unique blend of humor, wit, and fearless social commentary, Zarna Garg has emerged as a comedic trailblazer. An Indian immigrant mom based in New York City, Zarna showcases her sharp and relatable humor in her first comedy special, One in a Billion, available on Amazon Prime. Her second special, Practical People Win, is currently streaming on Hulu as part of Hulu’s Hilarious Comedy Series, marking another major milestone in her skyrocketing career. Zarna’s debut book, This American Woman, also made waves, reaching the New York Times Best Seller list, further solidifying her voice as both hilarious and culturally resonant. Drawing audiences into a world where laughter and thought-provoking conversation coexist, Zarna has garnered critical acclaim. Jason Zinoman of The New York Times wrote, “Garg has the kind of presence that powers network sitcoms.” She hosts the popular podcast The Zarna Garg Family Show alongside her entire family, diving into modern life’s big issues — from family dynamics to contemporary social challenges. The podcast is available on YouTube and wherever podcasts are streamed. Currently, Zarna is taking her latest comedy show, Practical People Win, around the globe, selling out performances across the U.S., Europe, India, Dubai, and beyond. She also serves as the opening act for comedy icons Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Restless Leg Tour. On the film front, Zarna starred in A Nice Indian Boy, which premiered at the 2024 SXSW Festival to rave reviews — with particular praise for her performance. CinemaBlend noted, “…and it’s particularly impressive to see renowned comedian Garg make an excellent acting debut.” She is a favorite on the talk show circuit, making several appearances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Talk, Today Show, Sherri, and Late Night with Seth Meyers. In 2023, Variety named her one of the “10 Comics to Watch,” a testament to her fast-rising impact in the comedy world. She’s been profiled as one of the gutsiest women in comedy on Apple TV’s Gutsy series and featured on This American Life with Ira Glass and The Today Show. Zarna is a regular at the world-famous Comedy Cellar in New York City and tours internationally. She’s appeared at top-tier festivals including the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in both 2023 and 2024, where The Montreal Gazette said: “Garg has been bringing down the house this week at Club Soda in the Just for Culture series and could well loom as the breakout star of this year’s Just for Laughs festival.” She also performed at the 2024 Netflix Is a Joke Comedy Festival. Her accolades include winning Kevin Hart’s Lyft Comics competition, the 2021 Ladies of Laughter Award, and earning the Top Comedy Feature award at the 2019 Austin Film Festival for her debut screenplay Rearranged, which also became a Nicholl Fellowships semi-finalist, beating out over 11,000 scripts. Zarna has created over 400 comedic home videos with her family and built a devoted social media following of 2M+ fans with 1B+ views. A proud immigrant woman building her American dream from traditional Indian values, Zarna continues to take audiences along for a wildly funny, unfiltered, and inspiring ride.

Friendlyjordies Presents: Alien Hunter

Get ready for a comedy show that’s truly out of this world. Friendlyjordies is diving deep into the UFO phenomenon. Not with the tired "anything unidentified that flies is a UFO" bit, but with actual ALIENS. Yes, he genuinely believes the U.S. government is hiding alien spacecraft, and he’s risking over a decade of hard-earned credibility to convince you. Why? Because if it’s true, it’s the coolest thing ever—and not, at least you’ll have a laugh watching him unravel.

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Kevin Nealon

Emmy and SAG-nominated actor, comedian, and author Kevin Nealon is best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s&nbsp;Saturday Night Live, and has received critical acclaim for his role in the Showtime series&nbsp;Weeds. Kevin most recently starred on the CBS-TV comedy series&nbsp;Man With A Plan, produces and hosts digital series Hiking with Kevin, and tours his stand-up globally. Nealon’s self-produced, edited, and hosted web series&nbsp;Hiking with Kevin&nbsp;is exclusively available on his YouTube channel of the same name. In the series, Kevin interviews his A-list celebrity friends on hikes throughout the country. Most recently, Nealon starred in CBS’s&nbsp;Man With a Plan&nbsp;during all four seasons. Kevin’s extensive television credits include Golden Globes and SAG-nominated&nbsp;Weeds, the titular voice role of Glenn Martin, DDS, two critically acclaimed stand-up specials for Showtime, and a number of appearances on&nbsp;Monk,&nbsp;Curb Your Enthusiasm,&nbsp;Still Standing&nbsp;and more. His extensive film career includes projects such as&nbsp;Anger Management,&nbsp;Eight Crazy Nights,&nbsp;The Wedding Singer,&nbsp;Happy Gilmore,&nbsp;Just Go With It,&nbsp;You Don’t Mess with the Zohan,&nbsp;Joe Dirt,&nbsp;Daddy Day Care,&nbsp;Roxanne, and&nbsp;Grandma’s Boy. As one of the longest running cast members on NBC’s&nbsp;Saturday Night Live&nbsp;(1986-1995), Nealon created some of the show’s most memorable characters; his recurring role as an anchor on ‘Weekend Update’ helped make the sketch a show staple. In 1988, he earned an Emmy nomination as part of the SNL writing team. Currently, Kevin resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

S22: conversations

Wondering what to do in Boston? Places to eat? Free activities? Good for a group? Date night spot? Girls night out? The best things to do? Ask Joyraft!

Best places to go in Boston? Things to do? Places to eat?

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S4: top picks

The most fun, cool and unique things to do in Boston. Can’t miss events, shows and experiences. Concerts, restaurants, bars, free things in Boston and beyond.

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S11: happening this weekend

What to do in Boston this weekend? From festivals, concerts, performances, free events, screenings and more, Joyraft has the best things to do in Boston.

25+ things to do in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville this weekend

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S21: roundups

Our top picks: outdoor dining, free events, spring festivals, best bars, upcoming concerts, museum parties - the latest in and around Boston.  Slug: joyraft-top-picks-best-things-to-do-boston-ma

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S17: interest based

Your guide to everything free in and around Boston. From events, to fairs, to festivals, to outdoors. Joyraft has all the free events happening near you.

100+ free things to do in Boston and beyond

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S28: calendar experiences

This week in Boston

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S20: c+d experiences

Discover new, unique events and experiences happening in and around Boston. Perfect for date night, good for a group or with a friend. Be the first to know.

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S16: editor picks

The most unique and can’t miss things coming up in Boston / Cambridge / Somerville and beyond. Festivals, food, drinks, fairs, concerts, art and free activities.

Unique and Can’t Miss Things to Do in Boston

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S2 (A): top experiences

The most popular things to do on Joyraft. Concerts, restaurants, bars, events, parties, openings, kid friendly, date ideas, free things in Boston and beyond.

Top 20 things to do in Boston

Top 20: Joyraft’s most popular

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S3 (A): trending experiences

Discover can’t miss events and things to do in Boston. The most fun, unique and cool events coming to the Boston area this spring and summer.

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S19: interest based

Kid-friendly events in Boston

S18: interest based

Where to eat and drink in Boston? Joyraft has Boston’s newest bars, restaurants and specials. Drinks and pre fixe dinner menus. Cambridge & Somerville too.

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