Go Fact Yourself LIVE
Caveat 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY, United StatesJuly 21st: Come see 2 days of live recordings of Go Fact Yourself, Maximum Fun's game show where host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong bring together the smartest celebrities they know and make them look dumb… and then smart again!
MaxFloof Dog Meetup at Freddy’s Dog Fashion Show
Freddy's Bar and Backroom 627 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJuly 21st: Every year, a few blocks in South Slope close down for a street party capped off by the Dog Fashion Show outside Freddy's. It's a good day to be a dog lover.
Go Fact Yourself LIVE
Caveat 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY, United StatesJuly 22nd: Come see 2 days of live recordings of Go Fact Yourself, Maximum Fun's game show where host J. Keith van Straaten and co-host Helen Hong bring together the smartest celebrities they know and make them look dumb… and then smart again!
Stuff You Should Know
Oct. 23rd: Come see Stuff You Should Know live at The Bell House!
GreatestGenKhan Afterparty
Hinterlands Bar 739 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesAug. 24th: After the Greatest Generation live show at the Bell House, we're partying like Drunk Shimodas over at Hinterland's holodeck. Awesome prizes, themed drinks, leaning walls -- we've got it all!
MaxFlirt NYC Singles Meetup
Peculier Pub 145 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesAug. 29th: Meeting other singles sucks. But you already love hanging out with your fellow MaxFun NYC members, so why don't we just do that, 'cept everyone there's lookin' to mingle?
Backsplash
The Astorian 28-50 31st St, Astoria, NY, United StatesSept. 26th: Adam Gulley and Paul Dagliolo are back in the speakeasy at The Astorian with their live comedy series, Backsplash. This underground comedy series pairs emerging comedians with fancy booze!
Kaiju Big Battel: No Slumber Til Brooklyn (+Aftermatch Aftermath)
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesOct. 7th: Giant monsters wrestle for supremacy in this awesome live event. Who will prevail: the force of good or the nefarious Dr. Cube? We'll be meeting up at Commonwealth after the match too!
The Sawbones Book: Tour and Signing
Barnes & Noble Tribeca 97 Warren St, New York, NY, United StatesOct. 17th: Come see Maximum Fun's Justin and Dr. Sydnee McElroy as they discuss and sign copies of their new book based on their hit podcast, Sawbones.
Emo Philips Live at The Bell House
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesOct. 22nd: Described by Jay Leno as "the best joke writer in America," and considered by many, including "Weird Al" Yankovic, as one of the funniest people on the planet, Emo Philips has performed over 6000 times throughout the English-speaking world.
Haunterlands Shocktoberfest
Hinterlands Bar 739 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesOct. 27th: *chain rattle* *chain rattle* BOOGUNS! It's a MaxFun NYC halloween party at Hinterlands complete with drinks, snacks, a costume contents with prizes, and most importantly of all: your favorite people!
XMAS! 13: The XMAS! Factor
Roone Arledge Auditorium 2920 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesDec. 10th: A MaxFun group member wrote a musical! "It's bizarre and funny and has a lot of heart, and if you liked Shrek the Musical but wish instead that the ogre Shrek was a lesbian Christmas demon then you are in luck!!!" So yeah, this is not a show to be missed. 2 shows, one at 7pm and one at 10pm.
Candlenights
Hinterlands Bar 739 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesDec. 15th: What's that jingle-jangling through the crisp December air? Could it be Ho Ho's sleigh—you never know during Candlenights season! We've got cookies, drinks, a Yankee swap AND we're helping raise money for the Food Bank of New York City!
Oh No Ross & Carrie Live at The Bell House
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJan. 12th: Join us for a live recording of Oh No, Ross and Carrie!, the show where we don’t just report on spirituality, fringe science and the paranormal (from a scientific, evidence-based standpoint), but dive right in by joining religions, attending spiritual events, undergoing “alternative” treatments and more.
MaxFun NYC Goes Medieval On Your Ass
Medieval Times 149 Polito Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ, United StatesJan. 18th: We're going back to Medieval Times! Horses, knaves, mead and rotisserie chicken FAR better than it has any right being.
Repeater’s Top 10 Countdown of 2009
QED: A Place To Show & Tell 27-16 23rd Avenue, Astoria, NY, United StatesJan. 29th:</b Hosts of music podcast Repeater, Evan Forde Barden and Patrick Cartelli are rewinding back a decade, where they’ll invite 10 comedians to make their case for the best song of 2009.
The Flop House Live at the Bell House
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFeb. 3rd: Your favorite Original Peaches are reuniting under the same roof for a live show! Check in for details about a potential (c'mon, probable) afterparty.
NPR’s Ask Me Another: Jim Gaffigan
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFeb. 20th: Host Ophira Eisenberg invites in-studio guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones, and enjoy witty banter and guitar riffs from house musician Jonathan Coulton.
MaxFun NYC Goes Vertical
Brooklyn Boulders Gowanus 575 Degraw St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesMar. 31th: Live out your wall-crawling, web slinging fantasies with indoor climbing and bouldering. No experience necessary, and this is a great family-friendly event!
Open Mic Eagle Live
Rough Trade 64 N 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesApril 3rd: Go see rapper and Tights and Fights host Open Mic Eagle live at Rough Trade!
Trivia Night for Cheaters
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesApril 23rd: Come out to the Bell House and have fun for a great cause! Bring friends, raise money for 826NYC's young authors and cheat in an amazing trivia game hosted by Wyatt Cenac. The MaxFun NYC team needs YOUR donations and support!
Wild Horses at The Bell House
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesMay 3rd: LA favorites Wild Horses are coming to Brooklyn! In their long-running show, The Perspective, they get cozy with each other in an engaging, hilarious, and candid conversation, followed by an improv set. It's kinda like The View...but the women are friends...plus drinking.
Ron Funches at The Bell House
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFeb. 22nd: You know him from everywhere, and you just want to hug and squeeze him like a big stuffed bear. His easy going, inventive style sounds the way fresh chocolate chip cookies taste.
Friendly Fire Live at The Bell House
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesMay 20th: MaxFun's Friendly Fire podcast comes to The Bell House and to the victor go the spoiler alerts! In this live episode, they'll be discussing Top Gun.
Wet Cash! Free Comedy, Free Beer, For Charity!
May 31st: Wet Cash is a standup show with free beer that features the best comedians in the country. Plus, at the end of the night, we give out drippy wet dollar bills to one person in the audience! All proceeds from the show go to the charity Make The Road!