A wealth of comedy in the metro area this weekend
NCAA basketball fans may be crying over their brackets this weekend, but the laughs will be entirely intentional at comedy shows around the metro area during an unusually busy weekend.
Here’s what’s on tap …
• We’re confident some F-bombs will be dropped when “Ted Lasso’s” Brett Goldstein plays a sold-out show at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22 at the Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com.
• Comics Bobby Collins and Mike Marino team up for a night of laughs at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22 at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, 7096 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren. 586-268-3200 or andiamoshowroom.com.
• Norm Stultz stands up at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22 at The Roxy, 401 Walnut Blvd., Rochester. 248-453-5285 or theroxyrochester.com.
• Finnish comedian Ismo Leikola makes the long trip to perform Friday, March 22 at the Majestic Theatre, 4140 Woodward Ave., Detroit.
Doors at 7 p.m. 313-833-9700 or themajesticdetroit.com.
• Instagram and TikTok favorite Rocky Dale Davis performs a single show at 9:45 p.m. Friday, March 22 at the Detroit House of Comedy, 2301 Woodward Ave., in the Hockeytown Cafe. 313-312-4965 or detroit.houseofcomedy.net.
• T.J. Miller brings his The Crowd Sorcerer Tour to Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle in Royal Oak through Saturday, March 23. 310 S. Troy St. 248-542-9900.
• Jesus Trejo will be live at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 and 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at the Detroit House of Comedy, 2301 Woodward Ave., in the Hockeytown
Cafe. 313-312-4965 or detroit.houseofcomedy.net.
• Detroit comedy impresario Mike Bonner is in the house through Saturday, March 23 at One Night Stans Comedy Club, 4761 Highland Road, Waterford. 248-875-6524 or onenightstans. club. Bonner also hosts a Comedy Explosion show at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 24 at the Detroit House of Comedy, 2301 Woodward Ave., in the Hockeytown Cafe. 313-312-4965 or detroit. houseofcomedy.net.
• The South Asian Queens of Comedy pay a visit to Pontiac at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at the Flagstar Strand Theatre, 12 N. Saginaw St. 248-309-6445 or flagstarstrand.com.