Comedy night at Grove features five comics Saturday

A comedy show at the Grove Theater on Saturday will feature five comics and one host.

A comedy show at the Grove Theater on Saturday will feature five comics and one host.

The 90-minute show, which will feature local and touring comedians, starts at 8 p.m. It will be hosted by comedian and magician Danny Whitson, a regular host for Side Splitters Comedy Club in Knoxville, who has performed at festivals, clubs, bars, and other special events up and down the East Coast.

Those who attend must be 18 to enter and 21 years old to drink. A cash bar will be available before show time and during intermission. Doors open at 7 p.m. To buy a ticket, call Whitson at (865) 255-0618. The ticket must be presented at the time of entry. They are $10 per ticket, per person.Here is more information from a press release:

The headliner for the night is Kristine Kinsey. Kristine is domestically challenged, romantically depraved, and maternally inept. She manages to find humor in her incompetence and has brought her twisted observations to comedy clubs across the Southeast. She has also performed in The World Series of Comedy and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.

Kristine has been seen on the stand-up showcase “NickMom Night Out” on the NickMom channel, and had a small speaking part on an episode in Season 7 of “Last Comic Standing.” She is a regular weekend deejay on 105.3 FM in Knoxville, a college student, a massage therapist, a mom, and an unrepentant smart-ass. Apologies in advance.

The show will also feature comedian Tyler Sonnichsen. Tyler began comedy at an early age, then began something resembling actual comedy at a slightly older age as a member of the Western-MA based TDC crew. He joined the Penguins Without Pants sketch comedy troupe in Syracuse, N.Y., in 2001, writing, acting, and producing shows of various sizes through 2005, when he moved to Washington, D.C. and stumbled upon an open mic in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Since then, he has performed stand-up in places as far and wide as Baltimore, Boston, London, Orlando, New Orleans, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, Columbus, New Haven, and more. He lived and loved D.C. comedy for years, founding the smash hit Laughing Lizard Comedy Showcase (2006-2008), and then founded the Hot Broth Comedy Open Mic Thursdays at the Comedy Spot (2009 still running somehow!!), leaving behind some kind of legacy. He then spent two years based in Long Beach, Calif., performing at the likes of the Hollywood Improv, the Brea Improv, LeStat’s (San Diego’s top alt room) and more.

He’s highly enjoyable to watch, really. You don’t have to know who Night Ranger is to find him funny, but it doesn’t hurt. He currently lives in Knoxville.

The show will get kick into gear with three very funny guys. Derik Zooashkiyani, voted “Best Comedian I’ve ever seen” by his grandma. “Derik Zoo” has been doing comedy for three years. He’s worked with such comedy legends as Bobcat Goldthwait, Carlos Mencia, Hannibal Buress, and Jim Bruer. You can see Derik on the ABC drama “Nashville” from time to time (but look carefully because he’s not on screen a lot). Derik currently lives in Chattanooga.

Nate Cate, the winner of Opportunity Knox has traveled from Tennessee to Tampa, giving his unique “spin” on his own life, as well as his perspective on the world.

Waylon Whiskey, a Knoxville native, has been roaming the bars of East Tennessee for three years. He helped found the Black Liver Society, a group of comics that like to glorify the very southern tradition of drinking until all that is left is the truth, and of course it’s the truth ’cause you can’t remember it.

For more information on upcoming events, visit Whitson’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DannyWhitsonMagic.

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