Denver-bred stand-up Ben Kronberg has enjoyed scattered TV appearances over the years, but none as big as his first Comedy Central half hour, which premieres June 14th.

Organizers announce plans for the High Plains Comedy Festival, Denver’s first-ever all stand-up event, for August on South Broadway.

Seattle-turned-L.A. comic Bryan Cook brings his live comedy show (and soon to be Nerdist podcast) “Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction” to Denver’s Bug Theatre on May 30.

“Those Who Can’t,” the Grawlix sitcom pilot on Amazon, reaps perhaps the best review of all

The marriage of music and comedy is often an uneasy one, as countless bands and stand-ups have found over the years. But when it’s done right (see David Cross and his early 2000s Sub Pop tour, Bonnarroo’s comedy tent, South by Southwest, etc.) it provides a unique space in which the two art forms complement each other– or at least a drunken variety show in which it’s impossible to get bored.