Queer Comedy at Zanies has been named the Advocate.com‘s ”9 LGBT Friendly Comedy Shows You Should Be Supporting,” Timeout Chicago‘s “Critic’s Pick” and The Redeye‘s “Do.”

On Tuesday October 30th at 8:30pm, join us for an amazing show with headliner Kelsie Huff (Laugh Factory, Mayne Stage) hosted by Adam Guerino (The Sarcastic Squad, Laugh Track at Sidetrack,) featuring Chicago Reader’s “Best Chicago Standup Comedian” Sherman Edwards, NYC-based comedienne Jami Smith and Queer Comedy at Zanies favorite, Bradley Thomas (Laugh Track at Sidetrack.)

Presented by Outloud Chicago, OutLoud Chicago is a series created by Adam Guerino to bring queer entertainment to mainstream Chicago venues. Queer Comedy at Zanies has been featured in Timeout Chicago, The Redeye, CBS Chicago, Metromix and Gaper’s Block, and showcases the best queer and straight comedians of the country who have appeared on Comedy Central, BET, TBS Just For Laughs, A Night At The Apollo and Last Comic Standing. Each show has continued to show that no matter if the comedians or audience members are queer or straight, laughter knows no sexuality.  

Headlined by Kelsie Huff. Huff is one of Chicago’s top comedians, performing at the best comedy venues such as Zanies, Chicago’s Laugh Factory, Mayne Stage, and throughout the suburbs. Huff’s humor has “an infectious joyousness that makes you happy to be alive” and she “makes confident choices and creates loud, defined characters that are both unbearable and hilarious”. Kelsie has been described as a “Midwestern American Intangible Cultural Treasure” who makes the audience feel as though they have been transported from a dark comedy club to a private slumber party.

Hosted by Adam Guerino. Guerino is a stand-up comic, dating columnist and producer. He is the creator ofOutLoud Chicago that brings queer entertainment to the mainstream and performs regularly at OutLoud Chicago’s Queer Comedy at Zanies shows as well as the weekly comedy variety show The Sarcastic Squad. He has been featured in comedy clubs all across the country and in Timeout Chicago’s Joke of The Week,The Redeye, Gaper’s Block, Huffington Post and Chicago Public Radio. For more info, www.adamguerino.com.

Sherman Edwards was recently named ‘Best Stand Up Comic in Chicago’ by the Chicago Reader and has performed at the TBS Just for Laughs Festival in Chicago, The Del Close Marathon in New York, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and a few other notable places which has given him his cool, comfortable, laid-back style. Born and raised in Virginia but currently residing in Chicago, he can be found doing stand up, plays, improv and you can currently see him on the new series Single Long airing exclusively on HBO GO. He really likes cheese and hopes you do too. It’s okay if you don’t though. More for him.

Jami Smith. Comedian and humorist for Advocate.com, Jami Smith has quickly carved out a space for herself in the gay comedy scene. She has performed alongside such as acts as Erin Foley, Dana Goldberg, Jason Dudey, and Sandra Valls and has been seen in the 2011 Women in Comedy Festival as well as comedy clubs in New York, DC, and Los Angeles. She also hosts a comedy Twitter feed for The Advocate called @Gaysayer and was voted one of the “Top 25 Twitter Accounts To Follow” by Gay.com. Follow Jami on Twitter for show updates and jokes at @jamismithcomic.

Bradley Thomas is a comedian, Activist, Teacher, Drag Queen, Leatherman, Bartender, Actor, Model, Bottom.  Bradley Thomas does it all. Whether for his weekly show Laugh Track at Sidetrack, Night of 100 Drag Queens, International Mister Leather, or other performances Bradley has been performing as a comedian and emcee for over a decade. His quick wit, and sardonic view help him create stand-up performances that are both relevant and irreverent.  Bradley does not shy away from incorporating equality, sexuality, and social justice into his art.  Of course, he is quickest to laugh at himself, if you don’t beat him to the punch.  If laughter is medicine, Bradley hopes his audiences OD every night.

Tuesday October 30th at 8:30pm, Zanies Comedy Club 1548 N Wells. Tickets are $12 in advance or $17 or at the door. Available at the door, groups of 4 get one free ticket. Audience members must be ages 21 or over. Two item minimum. For questions, hi res images or a saved seat, email outloudchicago@gmail.com.