For both fans of the funny and fans of the live music the kids are so fond of the The First Annual Irish Hill Improv Festival offers something for everyone and it's coming up this weekend (as in starts tomorrow) so get yourself in gear and make plans.

"The Irish Hill Improv Festival Inaugural Ball celebrates the return of Los Angeles-based comedic institution THE GROUNDLINGS to Louisville.  Though it's not held in Irish Hill, the event will feature the best of Irish Hill Culture.  There will be door prizes, a costume contest, where you can dress as your favorite historical Irish Hill figure (past or present), and a dance contest where you can show off your Billy Goat Strut, Nannie Goat Strut, or Irish Hill Crawl, which was developed during the flood of 1937 (it's like the Charleston, but underwater).  Put your money where your strut is!"

The Irish Hill Improv Festival starring The Groundlings and Louisville Improvisors will be performed at 8 pm at Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street, September 5 and 6, 2008.

Tickets are $20 per night and will be available at the door.

The Irish Hill Improv Festival Inaugural Ball will take place at the Fox's Den in City Block.  Doors open at 10 pm on Friday, September 5, 2008.  Tickets are $10. 

$25 gets you access to both an improv show and the Inaugural Ball.

The press release for this event is far funnier than I would be so let me just copy and paste.

The Irish Hill Improv Festival starring The Groundlings and Louisville Improvisors will be performed at 8 pm at Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne Street.

Tickets are $20 per night and will be available at the door.

The Irish Hill Improv Festival Inaugural Ball will take place at the Fox's Den in City Block. Doors open at 10 pm on Friday, September 5. Tickets are $10.

$25 gets you access to both an improv show and the Inaugural Ball.

10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE IRISH HILL IMPROV FESTIVAL:
1. It's the first one!
2. There actually aren't enough improvisers in Irish Hill to make a "festival" so we had to bring some in from "Los Angeles."
3. It's annual?
4. It takes place in Irish Hill. That's in Louisville, Kentucky. That's in the United States. Which is a country on planet Earth. The Earth is in the solar system. Well, the ball won't happen in Irish Hill, but the rest apply.
5. When the wind blows right, you can smell Butchertown.
6. The Irish Hill Neighborhood Association won a prolonged bidding war against Deer Park to host the festival. The Upper Highlands dropped out early.
7. Improv is an artform. Invented by the original inhabitants of Irish Hill: the Swedes.
8. The Groundlings also performed at the First Annual Toluca Lake Improv Festival.
9. Andy Dick WILL NOT be attending.
10. Irish Hill was once known as Billy Goat Hill. The name was changed after a copyright infringement suit was filed by Billy Goat Strut alley downtown. Billy Goat Hill henceforth became known as "Irish Hill"

Seriously? Yes, seriously. On Thursday, April 17, 2008 you'll be able to combine your extreme love of Sweet Surrender's offerings with your desire to do good in our community. It's almost too good to be true.

Sweet Surrender Dessert Café will host "A Sweet Night: A Benefit for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society." From 6 PM to 10 PM, a sampling of desserts will be offered for $12 per person. A portion of the event's proceeds will be given to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Whole cakes and other prizes will be raffled off throughout the evening. Tickets for the raffle can be purchased for $1.00 each. All of the proceeds from the raffle will go directly to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Donations for raffle prizes are still being accepted.

In addition to great desserts and great prizes, great music will be played by Jason Hasch at 8 PM.

"The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is a wonderful organization," said owner, Jessica Haskell. "They were a big help to me during my own battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I want to return the favor."

Haskell, age 29, is a three time survivor of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Originally diagnosed in May of 2000, she battled through recurrences in 2003 and 2004. After undergoing chemo, radiation and a stem cell transplant, she has been cancer free for three years.

2 Nights of Improv in the round at the MeX Theatre in The Kentucky Center January 11-12, 2007 8:00pm

Tickets: $25.00

Tickets available at the KCA Box office 584-7777 or online at www.kca.org

Tickets go on sale November 29th at 10 AM.

Featuring: The Groundlings Born out of countercultural 1960s comedy troupe the Committee, Los Angeles's Groundlings have been practicing their high-octane brand of anything-goes improvisation for three decades. Audiences know the group for their wacky sketch comedy and lightning audience participation rounds. Its alumni include a laundry list of "Saturday Night Live"-ers (Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney, Will Ferrell, Laraine Newman), Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson and Emmy-winning "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow.

Ben Lerman will be live at the Pink Door tonight as part of a 16 city tour. The no cover event is described as "an evening of music and comedy" like a civilization-ending nuclear apocalypse, only much more fun."

9PM Monday December 3, 2007

Pink Door
2222 Dundee Road
Louisville, KY

Comedienne Suzanne Westenhoefer has another Louisville show this Saturday November 17 at The Alternative. 

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 day of show
Show starts at 8PM