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Are Monday nights a bore? Come enjoy a free stand-up comedy showcase, at Kelly’s Irish Pub! Mondays are for pints, punchlines, & friends!

Matthew grew up in a house of scholars. His father was a PhD chemist, his mother has a Master’s degree in Microbiology, and his brother is a mechanical/aeronautical engineer. Matthew followed in their footsteps and studied mechanical engineering as well as computational and applied mathematics at Rice University. He then decided to become a comedian. He has appeared on COMEDY KNOCKOUT, ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY, THE LEAGUE, and THE MINDY PROJECT. He was featured as a New Face at the 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival where also was runner up to Jimmy Carr in the International Roastmasters Invitational. He was just on Comedy Central’s ROAST BATTLE where he came in second place and has done a half-hour special with the network as well! Outside of telling jokes, he enjoys swimming, sculpting cartoon characters, using semicolons pretentiously, and working on his webcomic, mondaypunday.com, that you should check out if you like puzzles or puns or whatever.

THE AUSTIN COMEDY SCENE IS EXPLODING, WITH COMEDIANS FROM ALL OVER THE NATION FLOCKING TO OUR CITY. THE VELV IS THE LONGEST-RUNNING COMEDY CLUB IN TOWN, SHOWCASING THE BEST COMICS AUSTIN HAS TO OFFER FOR OVER 37 YEARS! EVERY THURSDAY AT 8:30 WE ASSEMBLE AN ALL-STAR GROUP OF COMICS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON SXSW, THE MOONTOWER COMEDY FESTIVAL, AND MORE! THESE LINEUPS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY CURATED, FEATURING A GOOD MIX OF ESTABLISHED HEADLINERS AND THE HOTTEST UP-AND-COMING COMICS IN TOWN. WITH THE LATEST UPTICK OF FAMOUS COMICS MOVING TO AUSTIN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MAY DROP IN UNANNOUNCED! THE VELVEETA ROOM HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PRESENCE IN THE LOCAL COMEDY SCENE, HELPING FOSTER TALENT FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES. IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING CITY, WE EMBRACE THE NEW TALENT THAT HAS EMERGED HERE, WHILE STILL PROUDLY REMAINING A SYMBOL OF OLD AUSTIN. COME START YOUR WEEKEND A LITTLE EARLY AT THE VELV!

Matthew grew up in a house of scholars. His father was a PhD chemist, his mother has a Master’s degree in Microbiology, and his brother is a mechanical/aeronautical engineer. Matthew followed in their footsteps and studied mechanical engineering as well as computational and applied mathematics at Rice University. He then decided to become a comedian. He has appeared on COMEDY KNOCKOUT, ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY, THE LEAGUE, and THE MINDY PROJECT. He was featured as a New Face at the 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival where also was runner up to Jimmy Carr in the International Roastmasters Invitational. He was just on Comedy Central’s ROAST BATTLE where he came in second place and has done a half-hour special with the network as well! Outside of telling jokes, he enjoys swimming, sculpting cartoon characters, using semicolons pretentiously, and working on his webcomic, mondaypunday.com, that you should check out if you like puzzles or puns or whatever.

Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in Los Angeles who was named Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Just For Laughs New Faces. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Dropout’s Smarty Pants, and has written for The Late Late Show with James Corden, NPR’s “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, the ESPYs, and is currently a Story Editor on the upcoming Seth MacFarlane animated TV series “Ted”. Fumi has opened for national headliners such as Ronny Chieng, Ilana Glazer, Iliza Shlesinger, Tom Papa, and Hannah Berner.

ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS MAN UNLIKE ANY OTHER. HIS NAME WAS MYLES JOHNSON AND HE IS STILL AROUND. MYLES IS REALLY BADASS AND CAN LOWKEY SING A LITTLE. HE'S ALSO VERY FUNNY AND AN AMERICAN HERO. HE IS FUNNY LIKE FAMILY GUY AND COOL LIKE AN AUTHOR IN PARIS. RESEARCH STUDIES CONCLUDE HE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN AS CAST MEMBER OF THE FAST AND FURIOUS MOVIES (EVEN BETTER THAN LUDACRIS) OR IN THE BOARD ROOM AT BLACKROCK DOING A BIG MEETING. EXPERTS SAY HE WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN SPIDER-MAN. NY TIMES WAR CORRESPONDENTS SAYS, "HE IS ALSO VERY DOWN TO EARTH AND ALWAYS DOWN TO CRACK A BEER AND HE IS EVEN BRAVER THAN US."

Matthew grew up in a house of scholars. His father was a PhD chemist, his mother has a Master’s degree in Microbiology, and his brother is a mechanical/aeronautical engineer. Matthew followed in their footsteps and studied mechanical engineering as well as computational and applied mathematics at Rice University. He then decided to become a comedian. He has appeared on COMEDY KNOCKOUT, ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY, THE LEAGUE, and THE MINDY PROJECT. He was featured as a New Face at the 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival where also was runner up to Jimmy Carr in the International Roastmasters Invitational. He was just on Comedy Central’s ROAST BATTLE where he came in second place and has done a half-hour special with the network as well! Outside of telling jokes, he enjoys swimming, sculpting cartoon characters, using semicolons pretentiously, and working on his webcomic, mondaypunday.com, that you should check out if you like puzzles or puns or whatever.

Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in Los Angeles who was named Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Just For Laughs New Faces. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Dropout’s Smarty Pants, and has written for The Late Late Show with James Corden, NPR’s “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, the ESPYs, and is currently a Story Editor on the upcoming Seth MacFarlane animated TV series “Ted”. Fumi has opened for national headliners such as Ronny Chieng, Ilana Glazer, Iliza Shlesinger, Tom Papa, and Hannah Berner.

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Originally from Illinois, Pinky Patel is a PTA mom turned creator, comedian and personality with a fan base of over 5 million. She is best known for her hilarious commentary and viral videos from her glam cave that have garnered over 76 million likes on TikTok. You can catch Pinky in a city near you on her much anticipated Hello My Priends Tour.

Matthew grew up in a house of scholars. His father was a PhD chemist, his mother has a Master’s degree in Microbiology, and his brother is a mechanical/aeronautical engineer. Matthew followed in their footsteps and studied mechanical engineering as well as computational and applied mathematics at Rice University. He then decided to become a comedian. He has appeared on COMEDY KNOCKOUT, ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY, THE LEAGUE, and THE MINDY PROJECT. He was featured as a New Face at the 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival where also was runner up to Jimmy Carr in the International Roastmasters Invitational. He was just on Comedy Central’s ROAST BATTLE where he came in second place and has done a half-hour special with the network as well! Outside of telling jokes, he enjoys swimming, sculpting cartoon characters, using semicolons pretentiously, and working on his webcomic, mondaypunday.com, that you should check out if you like puzzles or puns or whatever.

Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in Los Angeles who was named Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Just For Laughs New Faces. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Dropout’s Smarty Pants, and has written for The Late Late Show with James Corden, NPR’s “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, the ESPYs, and is currently a Story Editor on the upcoming Seth MacFarlane animated TV series “Ted”. Fumi has opened for national headliners such as Ronny Chieng, Ilana Glazer, Iliza Shlesinger, Tom Papa, and Hannah Berner.

ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS MAN UNLIKE ANY OTHER. HIS NAME WAS MYLES JOHNSON AND HE IS STILL AROUND. MYLES IS REALLY BADASS AND CAN LOWKEY SING A LITTLE. HE'S ALSO VERY FUNNY AND AN AMERICAN HERO. HE IS FUNNY LIKE FAMILY GUY AND COOL LIKE AN AUTHOR IN PARIS. RESEARCH STUDIES CONCLUDE HE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN AS CAST MEMBER OF THE FAST AND FURIOUS MOVIES (EVEN BETTER THAN LUDACRIS) OR IN THE BOARD ROOM AT BLACKROCK DOING A BIG MEETING. EXPERTS SAY HE WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN SPIDER-MAN. NY TIMES WAR CORRESPONDENTS SAYS, "HE IS ALSO VERY DOWN TO EARTH AND ALWAYS DOWN TO CRACK A BEER AND HE IS EVEN BRAVER THAN US."

Matthew grew up in a house of scholars. His father was a PhD chemist, his mother has a Master’s degree in Microbiology, and his brother is a mechanical/aeronautical engineer. Matthew followed in their footsteps and studied mechanical engineering as well as computational and applied mathematics at Rice University. He then decided to become a comedian. He has appeared on COMEDY KNOCKOUT, ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY, THE LEAGUE, and THE MINDY PROJECT. He was featured as a New Face at the 2015 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival where also was runner up to Jimmy Carr in the International Roastmasters Invitational. He was just on Comedy Central’s ROAST BATTLE where he came in second place and has done a half-hour special with the network as well! Outside of telling jokes, he enjoys swimming, sculpting cartoon characters, using semicolons pretentiously, and working on his webcomic, mondaypunday.com, that you should check out if you like puzzles or puns or whatever.

Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in Los Angeles who was named Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Just For Laughs New Faces. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Dropout’s Smarty Pants, and has written for The Late Late Show with James Corden, NPR’s “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, the ESPYs, and is currently a Story Editor on the upcoming Seth MacFarlane animated TV series “Ted”. Fumi has opened for national headliners such as Ronny Chieng, Ilana Glazer, Iliza Shlesinger, Tom Papa, and Hannah Berner.

ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS MAN UNLIKE ANY OTHER. HIS NAME WAS MYLES JOHNSON AND HE IS STILL AROUND. MYLES IS REALLY BADASS AND CAN LOWKEY SING A LITTLE. HE'S ALSO VERY FUNNY AND AN AMERICAN HERO. HE IS FUNNY LIKE FAMILY GUY AND COOL LIKE AN AUTHOR IN PARIS. RESEARCH STUDIES CONCLUDE HE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN AS CAST MEMBER OF THE FAST AND FURIOUS MOVIES (EVEN BETTER THAN LUDACRIS) OR IN THE BOARD ROOM AT BLACKROCK DOING A BIG MEETING. EXPERTS SAY HE WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN SPIDER-MAN. NY TIMES WAR CORRESPONDENTS SAYS, "HE IS ALSO VERY DOWN TO EARTH AND ALWAYS DOWN TO CRACK A BEER AND HE IS EVEN BRAVER THAN US."

Originally from Illinois, Pinky Patel is a PTA mom turned creator, comedian and personality with a fan base of over 5 million. She is best known for her hilarious commentary and viral videos from her glam cave that have garnered over 76 million likes on TikTok. You can catch Pinky in a city near you on her much anticipated Hello My Priends Tour.

Fumi Abe is a Japanese-American stand-up comedian/writer based in Los Angeles who was named Vulture’s Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Just For Laughs New Faces. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Dropout’s Smarty Pants, and has written for The Late Late Show with James Corden, NPR’s “Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, the ESPYs, and is currently a Story Editor on the upcoming Seth MacFarlane animated TV series “Ted”. Fumi has opened for national headliners such as Ronny Chieng, Ilana Glazer, Iliza Shlesinger, Tom Papa, and Hannah Berner.

Are Monday nights a bore? Come enjoy a free stand-up comedy showcase, at Kelly’s Irish Pub! Mondays are for pints, punchlines, & friends!

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