Is Stand-Up Comedy Back? Let's discuss trends and tendencies.

IS STAND-UP COMEDY BACK?

Is it back? Is it back where you’re at? Is it back for me? Is it back for most? Is it back for all? IS IT BACK FOR GOOD?

I’ll tell you, my experience from my point of view and I’d like to hear from you and your perspective from wherever you are in the world. We have international listeners, so I’d love to hear your take on what’s going on around in your country and in your comedy scene. So after you hear this episode, I’d love for you to shoot me a message and I’ll share some of those insights on a future podcast and kind of get a global perspective.

I’m going to give you a Nashville, Tennessee / USA perspective here in this episode. Some of the statistics in this episode are taken from The Washington Post and HEALTHLINE.

I do want to say thanks to our Patreon sponsor for this episode, Trent Babb. Thanks, Trent, for supporting the podcast or signing up for Patreon, which you signed up at the level which gets you Club 52, which is a weekly email in your inbox. You get invited to the quarterly Zoom Hangouts. You have access to the videos of all the previous hangouts and a few other cool things going on and that sponsorship.

SHOW NOTES:

In this episode, I will discuss the re-emergence of stand-up comedy. Battling shuttered clubs, empty showrooms, dry-docked cruise ships, and other venues it has been a tough year for comedians. I discuss a variety of things, including:

Vaccination rates in the USA and how that affects audiences
How some states are using Lotteries to entice vaccinations
Which states are still seeing an increase in COIVD cases
The effect on cruise ship comedians
How corporate events have “sort of” bounced back
My experiences with church events during the pandemic
What is what like attending a live comedy show at a club
Things I noticed flying to a show in New Orleans after 63 weeks away from the airport
The situation with Rental Car companies and why you should be ready to pay more
Why it may take a while to get an UBER or LYFT
Trends in bookings, reschedulings, and cancellations