GATEWAY LOUNGE | Tim Piotrkowski's Comedy Showcase
2025-07-24 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Show Starts: 7:30pm
Laughter is the best medicine! Come out for a night of side-splitting laughter at our comedy showcase! Join us at The Gateway Lounge on Thursday, July 24th at 7:30 PM for our monthly comedy showcase. Featuring a hilarious lineup of Chicago comedians. It’s a laid-back evening filled with good vibes and plenty of laughs. This is a show you won’t want to miss! Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or online. Free Parking
Hannah Belmont:
Hannah Belmont is an up and coming comedian based in Chicago. She is a regular at the Laugh Factory, as well as a performer at other venues including Zanies, the Comedy Bar, the Comedy Vault, Hilarities, the Lincoln Lodge, Second City, several Don’t Tell shows, Roast Battle, and many more clubs around the Midwest. She has just recently began headlining various festivals and venues, including the Good Vibes Comedy Festival in Memphis. She has opened for Jeremiah Watkins, Chris Franjola, Mekki Leeper, Sean Donnelly, Dov Davidoff, Bobby Collins, Richard Villa, Bill Squire, Morgan Gallo, Daniel Butler, and Raul Sanchez. Hannah is also a satire writer and her work has appears in the publications The Haven and Robot Butt. Hannah is very happy to be here.
Adam Fouda:
Adam is a Chicago based comedian from the UK. He moved to the US to pursue a dream of becoming a scientist, but got distracted by telling jokes in dive bars instead.
Victor Paredes:
Victor will be performing at roast battle Chicago on July 27. Producing shows starting in September in Chicago.
Mike Mazzella:
Mike Mazzella is a Chicago-based actor, comedian, and comedy writer. Mike has been producing and performing in comedy shows since 2012. In 2024, the Chicago Reader nominated Mike for Best Stage Actor following two successful productions at the Annoyance Theatre & Bar. Over the course of his comedy career, Mike has performed at such venues as Zanies Chicago, the Laugh Factory Chicago, the Second City, the iO Theatre, and the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Additionally, Mike is a commentator that regularly appears on the popular YouTube channel ScreenCrush, where his videos have garnered millions of views.

GATEWAY LOUNGE | Soulful 70s Sounds: Music that Moved Black America…and the World
2025-07-26 15:00
► DATE: July 26th, 2025 TIME: 3:00 p.m.
► Copernicus Center Doors Open: 1:30 p.m. • Theater Doors Open 2:30 p.m.
► Over 18

Tickets: $20

Soulful Seventies Sounds celebrates both the music and performers that helped define and direct many of the changes in both the Black community and America in general, during the 1970s.
The program features songs from Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, The Four Tops, Gloria Gaynor, The Temptations, and more.
Presented by vocalist David Stephens with Music Director Beckie Menzie.
