No Comedy Walk this month, Fashion Walk instead

Comedy Walk won't have a show on September 17th due to venue scheduling issues.

Each month our biggest challenge putting together Comedy Walk is getting the venues we need. Our venue sponsors let us into spaces that would otherwise be dark. Sometimes we get fantastic theaters such as the New LATC, the Palace, and the Los Angeles Theater.

Comedy Walk venues can change right up to the last minute. That can get pretty exciting for me as executive producer. It's quite an adrenaline rush to find yourself asking the question, where can I find a performance space for a show that needs to start in ten minutes?

Comedy Walk performers are the best. They've have been supportive and understanding, even when I've been forced to ask them to perform in spaces that are not worthy of their talents. Comedy Walk comedians have huge hearts. I appreciate their unflagging enthusiasm to make downtown Los Angeles the best location for comedy.

All our moving around and uncertainty makes it challenging to mount a consistently high quality show and to publicize it properly. The best solution may be a permanent theater. Last year we came close to that goal. When that fell through, I put the show on hiatus. We're still negotiating for spaces that can afford to host us.

The next Comedy Walk is scheduled for October 15th, to be held in conjunction with Los Angeles Fashion Week. I don't have an answer yet on Comedy Walk venues for October. Please stay tuned.

Looking for something fun to do downtown? Don't miss this month's Downtown Fashion Walk on September 17th:

http://downtownfashionwalk.com/

I'm the organizer for an industry mixer in Beverly Hills on Monday, September 14th:

http://www.comedywalk.com/

Love you guys!

FREE Downtown Comedy Show Aug. 20th

As seen in The Onion, a Los Angeles Times "Best Bet"...

Join us for COMEDY WALK, the biggest free comedy show in the world. Format is a 3-hour live event with 18 performers, a different comedian every ten minutes. See schedule below.

COMEDY WALK performers have appeared in Carpoolers, Pushing Daisies, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Comedy Central Comic Groove, Comedy Central Live at Gotham, Comedy Central Premium Blend, Comic's Unleashed, BET Comic View, HBO Def Jam, National Lampoon Radio, The Playboy Morning Show, and live on stage at the Comedy Central Stage, the Comedy Store, the HA HA Club, The Ice House, The Improv, and the Laugh Factory.

LOCATION: Broadway Arcade, between 5th and Broadway, and Spring and Main, in downtown Los Angeles. Free street parking and many neighborhood garages and lots for about $6.

For Free Tickets: www.comedywalk.com

Program Aug. 20th, 2009, 7pm-10pm

7:00pm Host: Stevie Mack - http://www.steviemack.com
7:10pm Nick Hoff - www.nickhoff.com
7:20pm Stefani Stignei - www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/StefanStignei
7:30pm Bill Word - http://www.killerkomedy.com
7:40pm Risky Betts - http://www.riskybetts.com
7:50pm Kamaka Brown - www.kamakabrown.com
8:00pm Reggie Blaze - www.myspace.com/reggieblaze
8:10pm Keith Michael Ashton - www.keithmichaelashton.com
8:20pm Faith Choyce - www.myspace.com/fccomedy
8:30pm J.G. Moore - www.myspace.com/jgmoore951
8:40pm Melody Murray - http://www.facebook.com/Melody-Murray
8:50pm Wes Martens http://www.wesmartens.com
9:00pm Marty Ross - http://www.martyross.com
9:10pm Debby Garfinkle - http://www.dlgarfinkle.com
9:20pm John Diresta - http://www.johndiresta.com
9:30pm Dave Evans - http://www.myspace.com/daveevanscomedy
9:40pm Vanessa Hernandez - http://www.myspace.com/vanhernan
9:50pm Sam Shimamura - www.myspace.com/samshimamuracomedy
10:00pm Host Stevie Mack closes out show

COMEDY WALK is being held in conjunction with the Downtown Fashion Walk, 30 Los Angeles designers and shops within a few blocks.

See you there!