Tony Marrs is an 18 years old business finance student from South Shields who has a great love for stand up comedy. He is one of the rising stars of stand up comedy and is going to be the host of the Grey Horse pub in Front Street, East Boldon comedy night, on Friday, August 12.

Melbourne comedian Dave O’Neil wants to spread some laughs at Ballina, New South Wales, Australia on July 28, starting 8 p.m. The stand up comedian is famous for his intelligent humor and his love for pushing the boundaries. This is what made O’Neil one of the most appreciated stand up comedian in Australia, during his 20 years long career.

August has to be a great month because it starts with a stand up comedy show you would not want to miss. Famous stand up comedian Daniel Tosh, the host of Tosh.0 tv show is going to perform live on Monday, August 1 at Overture Hall, 201 State St., Madison Wisconsin.

Stand up comedian John Pinette is on the roll with his latest stand up comedy special called Still Hungry. The special is going to have its premiere on Comedy Central on July 29th and will be released on DVD on August 2nd. Beside this, John Pinette is on tour promoting Still Hungry and, as part of this stand up comedy tour, he will perform at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Friday, November 18th at 8:00pm.

Stand up comedian Wil Hodgson, known for his pink trademark hair, recently shaved, is going to perform his one hour stand up comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival next month. 2004 winner of Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Wil Hodgson is a Chippenham native had worked part time as a lecturer at Wiltshire College.

Outside The Box Comedy Productions is going to launch a new stand up comedy show called Stand Up By Royal Appointment. The monthly stand up comedy show will have the premiere on July 30 at the Windsor Theatre Royal and it is going to happen regularly.

The multitalented actor, comedian, musician and writer Steve Martin is getting really serious when it comes to his music. Currently in a musical tour, he will stop at the Vancouver Center for Performing Arts Today, at 7: 30 p.m. The Steep Canyon Rangers will be joining the comedian in his musical adventure.

Stand up comedian Chonda Pierce is going to have a stand up comedy concert at First Baptist Church, on Friday, July 29. But for the stand up comedian is not really a performance. It is like rejoining old friends given the fact that this is not the first time Chonda Pierce comes to Tulsa.

Stand up comedian Will Durst, known for his sharp political satire, is going to be doing stand up Thursday through Sunday, July 28, at Rooster T. Feathers, Sunnyvale. The stand up comedian is much expected to go on stage and smoothly but bravely underline the truth that we all see in today’s politics.

Susie Essman, best known for her role as Susie Greene in the HBO sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, started her comedy career doing stand up comedy. And now she is about to get back on stage and perform. The two stand up comedy show will take place on July 30, at Comix at Foxwoods Casino. The stand up comedian starts his shows at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Asia gets serious when it comes to developing the stand up comedy industry. Like in many other countries/continents, stand up comedy has flourished. This is the same case for Kuala Lumpur. But we are not talking about the classic stand up comedy concert. It is even more than that. Imagine a battle of stand up comedy groups fighting for laughs!

When you say Bill Maher you say stand up comedy. This is a given. The host of “Real Time” is one of the most famous stand up comedians around. Even if he has been in the comedy circuit for more than 30 years, stand up comedian Bill Maher is not going to stop entertaining us. He is going to perform on Sunday, July 24, at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare.

High Rock Outfitters, the very unique combination of canoe/kayak and outfitting business and coffee shop by day and entertainment venue by night is adding another surprise element. Starting July 29, here are going to take place monthly stand up comedy shows, hosted by stand up comedian Adam Allred.

In these times, there are more and more homeless animals on the streets and more of them at shelters, waiting to be adopted. But the population must be educated first on how to take care of a pet in order to prevent the number of stray animals to grow. This is what Ration Animal organization is fighting for. But they don’t fight alone. They have a team of top class stand up comedians to help them.

Stand up comedian and host of “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show that airs on CBS, is going to have a stand up comedy concert in Toronto on July 29 and in Montreal the next day.

Even if he is a British stand up comedian, Eddie Izzard follows the American style when it comes to his stand up comedy career and he aims high: “Let’s go to the moon!” A dream come true is Eddie Izzard’s performance to the Hollywood Bowl set for tonight.

Comedian Neal Brennan isn’t that known as a stand up comedian. His name mostly relates to the Chappelle’s Show. He, in partnership with stand up comedian Dave Chappelle was the show’s creators. But about four years ago, Neal Brennan started doing stand up comedy and his next show will be at Kent’s Water Street Tavern tonight at 9:30 p.m.

Comedian and ventriloquist Conrad Koch is going to have his first local live comedy show at Old Mutual Theatre on the Square from 2-27 August. The comedian and his show “My-Pro-Doll and Nuro-Friends” received in 2010 the “Entertainer of the Year 2010” award and he is a pioneer in ventriloquism comedy in South Africa.

Tom Green, best-known for his shock humor brand of comedy, found mainstream prominence via his MTV television show The Tom Green Show. Green was also in the public eye for his short-lived marriage to actress Drew Barrymore, and for his roles in such films as Freddy Got Fingered, Road Trip, Stealing Harvard and Charlie's Angels. Since 2010, Tom Green stared doing stand up comedy and his next show will be on Thursday, at The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave., Orlando.

Stand up comedian Dick Gregory is going to have a “Question and Answer” session at a fundraiser on Saturday at the Studio@620 in St. Petersburg. The show will start at 8 p.m.

Steve Martin is one of the most versatile artists of our times. He is a movie actor, comedian, author, playwright, producer, art aficionado and musician. Even if comedy is what he is best known for, Steve Martin is very serious when it comes to music. He always enjoyed doing music and he also has about seven music albums released until now.

It is now time for Idaho to enjoy Steve Martin’s “high class bluegrass” on Saturday, July 23, at the Eagle River Pavilion. The comedian will be playing along Steep Canyon Rangers, as usual. With his music Steve Martin won Grammy Awards for two comedy albums: “Let’s Get Small” and “A Wild and Crazy Guy.” He also won a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumentalist in 2003 for playing on Earl Scrugg’s 75th anniversary album.

Now for the second time, Newport, U.K is going to host a stand up comedy festival, after the success it has gathered last year. The Comedy Port 2011 is planning for us lots of laughs, lots of comedy events and stand up comedians in venues like The Riverfront and Kama Lounge and Le Pub.

Australia’s most funny dads stand up on stage to talk about their experience with children, their children. This is a brand new project event which will take place at Happy Endings Comedy Club, Kings Cross on July 23. The stand up comedy shows start at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.

They say “laughter is the best medicine” and a team of stand up comedians are putting it in practice, doing a benefit stand up comedy show for a girl diagnosed with cancer. They know that they can’t beat cancer with jokes, but they try to raise money for the girl’s hospital bills, at least.

After more than 20 years of doing stand up comedy, Nick Griffin still has it. Making people laugh was his wish and at the age of 20, Nick Griffin had his first stand up comedy routine at an open mic night in Kansas City. After he finished college, the stand up comedian moved to New York City and his biggest wish was to appear on “Late Night with David Letterman”. Griffin’s dream came true after 15 years and for his felt like playing in the Super Bowl.

All great stand up comedians reached their fame by hard work and perseverance. None of them where born famous, they all earned every laughter from the audience trough their talent and passion for stand up comedy. The passion for stand up comedy is what drives each and every stand up comedian to fight hard and earn a place on stage. Canadian comedian Christophe Davidson knows this better than everyone: he started his stand up comedy career by washing toilets at a comedy club.

Stand up comedian, actor and writer Norm Macdonald is having a stand up comedy show tonight, at the Wilbur Theatre, at 7:30 and 10 p.m., along with Steve Fromstein. With his latest show, “Sports Show With Norm Macdonald”, was cancelled due to low ratings, Norm Macdonald is very glad he is a stand up comedian so he doesn’t have to get another job.

Wanda Sykes is a stand up comedian and actress, best known for her role as Barbara Baran on The New Adventures of Old Christine and for her appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. She also has her own late-night talk show, The Wanda Sykes Show, premiered in 2009 on Fox, airing Saturday nights.

Stand up comedian Dana Carvey, best recognized as “Saturday Night Live’s” Church Lady and as the nebbish metal-obsessed sidekick Garth from “Wayne’s World” as well as for his dead-on impression of the elder George Bush, is going to have three stand up comedy shows in July 14 – 16.

Successful stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr will perform tonight to The Hexagon at Reading, one again. He had performed here with other occasions and people loved him a lot, so he decided to return on the Hexagon stage again.

From his appearances on The Daily Show to his popular stand-up specials, Demetri Martin has become the premiere hipster comedian in America. He is heading New Zealand and will perform his stand-up comedy show in Wellington at Wellington Opera House and Auckland at Auckland Skycity Theatre on August 28 and 29.

Adam Wallace Downey and Andrew McLean Chapman are two young Toronto stand-up comedians and close friends. They went on tour this summer around Toronto and Ottawa and now they head to their hometown, West Carleton, to perform for the first time stand-up comedy. They hope they can end properly this summer tour.

He needs no introduction, no presentation because when you say Bill Cosby you say one of the greatest comedians around, a black stand-up comedian and actor who made himself famous world wide. On Thursday, the great Bill Cosby turns 74 years. He is 74 and he is still on his feet, performing stand-up comedy and being involved in the public life like few others are.

The Laughing Stock Comedy Festival will be back this fall in Salt Lake City, starting October 22 at The Complex. So, if you have the skills to stand-up, the festival’s administration opened the registration season.

Stand-up comedian Jeff Blanchard is performing on July 16 at the Funny Stop in Cuyahoga Falls. Born in Chagrin Falls, Blanchard is best known for hosting, alongside Scott Miller, "The WNCX Morning Show" on WNCX Radio, starting April 2009.

Stand-up comedian Kyle Kinane, rising star in the comedy show business today, is going to perform for the first time in Wilmington. The stand-up comedian is going to perform two nights in a row at the Nutt Street Comedy Room on July 15 and 16.

After a long and truly full life, Richard Fielding Carter, widely known as Dick Carter died on Saturday, July 9, at his home in Concord, California. He was 91 and he died of “old age” – health problems related to his age

In the light of latest events, stand-up comedians want to help rise funds for families in Joplin who were affected by the May 22 tornado. This is why Yakov Presents STAND UP FOR JOPLIN, gathered a lot of stand-up comedians eager to perform on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7pm in the Taylor Performing Arts Center at MSSU.

Stand-up comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld is a very popular stand-up comedian, best known from his sitcom “Seinfeld”. Even if the show ended in 1998, people forgot neither the comedian, nor the show. One would think that Seinfeld has nothing to say, more than he said in the 9 seasons of his sitcom, but this proved to be wrong.

Basketball player Ron Artest has other passions besides playing ball and, apparently, one of his passions is stand-up comedy. Maybe this is the reason why Ron Artest is going to host a stand-up comedy show on Friday. The stand-up comedy show called “Ron Artest: The Ultimate Comedy Tour” is Artest’s first real contact with stand-up comedy and it will challenge his comic skills rather than his physical skills.