Editor’s Note: The fact that we’ve already arrived at November is both mind boggling and frustrating, for a myriad of different reasons, but while you try to find where all the time has gone this past year, here’s to hoping we can help you find something to laugh at along the way. To help soothe all the seasonal panic that comes with preparing for two weeks of pretty landscapes and then months of snowfall that seems to linger until “Smarch,” the one constant throughout all the seasons is comedy, and that is one thing that keeps on flowing like the finest PSL on tap. 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 (November 3).
Duncan Trussell at The Wilbur
Whether you’re tripping balls or stone cold sober, Duncan Trussell only continues to get better as he digs deeper into his own curiosities about the wonders and insanities of culture and society to find the light in the midst of it all. An uncommonly consistent straight shooter, Trussell won’t be selling himself or any of his audience short, in that he’s going to bring an experience to the stage that will offer laughs and perspectives that will hit each side of the spectrum.
DUNCAN TRUSSELL :: Friday, November 1 at The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St. in Boston, MA :: 6:30 p.m., $30 to $40 :: Advance tickets
Comics Come Home 28 at TD Garden
One of our favorite unofficial holidays around these parts, the first Saturday in November once again boasts a full-on drenching of comedy greatness in the belly of the TD Garden as Denis Leary leads the way for another year to support the Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care with the help of Bill Burr, Ronny Chieng, Alec Flynn, Zarna Garg, Lil’ Rel Howery, Sam Morril, and of course, the one and only Lenny Clarke. Every year brings fun twists and surprises, and this one is shaping up to be no exception, so let the dirty water flow as freely as the $14 Sam Adams drafts in the name of charity and community.
COMICS COME HOME 28 :: Saturday, November 2 at TD Garden, 100 Legends Way in Boston, MA :: 7 p.m., $54 :: Advance Tickets
Ronny Chieng at The Wilbur
Chances are, Ronny Chieng will absolutely crush at the Garden, but that won’t be his grand exit by any means, as he returns to Tremont Street for a doubleheader of his critically-acclaimed hilarity to close out his New England homecoming weekend. Never one to mince words or pull punches, Chieng is getting bigger every year for good reason, and judging by his unwavering standard to deliver nothing but the best to the masses, that trajectory won’t be slowing down any time soon.
RONNY CHIENG :: Sunday, November 3 at The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St. in Boston, MA :: 6 & 8:45 p.m., $49 to $89 :: Advance tickets