Editor’s Note: We’ve officially reached the final boss battle of 2024 as the calendar flips to December, and throughout all the chaos that ensues throughout these next 31 days, we are still dedicated to making sure you can find something to laugh to get you through. To help soothe all the panic that comes along with holiday shopping, heating bills, and impending hibernation, the one constant throughout all the seasons is comedy, and that is one thing that keeps on flowing. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to show up, night after night. To help you make sense of all of the wonderful options, enter Mic’d Up, our ongoing weekly series that details the best live comedy shows to consider as you head out and about. Below, find our rundown for this week, through Sunday (December 15).
Casey Rocket at Laugh Boston
With his first Boston show ever, Casey Rocket’s lovably chaotic and scattered riff-fueled thought process is sure to curate an eventful and unpredictable path to the end of the night, just as he’s done night after night deep in the heart of Austin, Texas. If you think you know what’s on his mind, you’re lying, and that’s what makes his approach so exciting, exhausting, and dangerous.
CASEY ROCKET :: Thursday, December 12 at Laugh Boston, 425 Summer St. in Boston, MA :: 6 and 9:30 p.m., sold out :: Event Info
Morgan Jay at The Wilbur
By no means is musical comedy a lost art, but Morgan Jay has put the work in to bring it to a different level. With dedication to genre-bending, and cultivating a plethora of comedically potent lyrics, what the comedy vet offers will not only have you understanding immediately why three of four Wilbur shows are sold out, but also why he has only continued to climb up the ranks as one of comedy’s most unique voices.
MORGAN JAY :: Thursday, December 12 to Friday, December 13 at The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St. in Boston, MA :: 6 p.m., $36.50 to $56.50 :: Advance tickets
Matt Rogers at The Wilbur
It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but for many, it’s also the most stressful. Matt Rogers makes a yuletide return to The Wilbur to help us through those frustrations with a full cavalcade of musical holiday hilarity planned to help calm the Sunday scaries and close out the weekend, complete with a sharp wardrobe, some seasonal classics up his sleeve, and zero f**ks to give.
MATT ROGERS :: Sunday, December 15 at The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St. in Boston, MA :: 6 p.m., $45 :: Advance tickets