No show this week, as we will be out celebrating America’s awesomeness. We’ll be back next Friday (July 11th) and every Friday after that.  Now go out and blow some crap up!

A smashing success, thanks for asking! A great crowd and all the comics were gold. I think this is going to be a really fantastic place. Since our resident photo genius, Heather Christianson, was busy doing her own show last night (sniff-sniff) I had to take the pictures. See a slideshow of last night’s show here.

Kudos to Aziza for running the sound board and keeping the show running smoothly!

Don’t miss out on the action–see Lo-Ball at Live Girls! Theater every Friday night at 11pm! Comics: if you’d like to be booked for a future show, contact Aziza Diaz.

For more info go to www.ballardcomedy.com

That’s right folks, Ballard’s best comedy returns TOMORROW NIGHT, as Lo-Ball debuts in its new home: Live Girls! Theater on Market Street (lower level–next to Great Harvest Bakery). It’s a late show (11pm), so you can still hit Making Strangers Laugh! Here’s the line-up:

paul merrill (host)
jessica strauss
keith mannina
dartanion london
aziza diaz
kevin hyder
nick mccord

It’s hard to keep a good comedy show down.

Starting June 20th, the Local Ballard Comedy Show (or Lo-Ball) returns to Market Street for a run of late-night shows at the Live Girls! Theater.

Produced by the People’s Republic of Komedy, Lo-Ball had a been a staple of the local comedy scene, bringing in big crowds to Mr. Spot’s Chai House in Ballard to see local comedians and national acts for more than two years. A much-publicized falling out with the new owners of the coffee house, however, forced them to move their show to nearby Bergen Place Park.

Now it appears they’ve found a new home, which is great news to long-time producer Paul Merrill.

“The park was a fun experiment and a real testament to our fan-base that they would stand out in the cold for two hours to watch comedy,” says Merrill. “But frankly, I’m looking forward to having a roof over our heads.”

The shows will be every Friday at 11pm and will feature some of the top comedians in Seattle doing new material in an unusual setting.

“The theater is great—it’s like a big black box that we can pretty much do whatever we want with,” Merrill says. “Having this much freedom is really going to bring the weird out in our comics—in a good way!”

We’re all still reeling from the awesomeness of last Friday night’s walkout. Several other comedians offer their take on what happened:

 Read Dartanion London’s blog here. (with more pictures from the event)

Read Derek Sheen’s Blog here.

And read about what Derek says they’ll be replacing us with at the Chai House.

If you’ve seen enough comedy, you’ve probably witnessed a comic walking a crowd, but what if the comic took the crowd with him, and continued the show outside?

Read all about it here.

You will not believe this freaking line-up for Lo-Ball tonight at Mr. Spot’s Chai House in Ballard:

Kevin Hyder
Solomon Georgio
Derek Sheen
Dartanion London
Paul Merrill
Danielle Radford
Emmett Montgomery
and fresh off a plane from Florida (we hope) . . . Aziza Diaz!
(plus some more I probably forgot about)

All that for FREE? That just ain’t right folks. So slip me a $20 when you come to the show tonight.

Lo-Ball @ Mr. Spot’s Chai House in Ballard
9pm/ All-Ages / FREE!

Lo-Ball is proud to be part of this year’s Seattle Comedy Festival, “The Week of Fun“. You can find out more about it in this week’s Stranger or last week’s Seattle Times. Solid!

Come check out the weirdest comedy show in town, LO-BALL, now every Friday at Mr. Spot’s Chai House in Ballard. Show starts at 9pm and, as always, it’s free and all-ages.

On October 5th and 19th, the Local Ballard (Lo-Ball) Comedy Show is bringing back the hugely popular open-mic at Mr. Spot’s Chai House.

To cut down on pre-show chaos, this is a “pre-booked” open mic, so if you want to get on the list, email us ASAP, as we will probably not be putting up walk-ins.

Also, due to popular demand, Lo-Ball is now weekly! See the schedule below for more details:

Oct 5th @9pm PROK OPEN MIC!
Oct 12th @9pm LO-BALL COMEDY WORKSHOP (a place for working comics to try out new stuff)
Oct 19th @9pm PROK OPEN MIC!
Oct 26th @9pm LO-BALL COMEDY WORKSHOP

As always, the shows are FREE and ALL-AGES!