Get ready for an evening of hilarious Irish humor and storytelling when the Real Irish Comedy Tour and Festival returns to the Bay Area this month after a couple of pandemic years off.
The tour is the brainstorm of David Nihill, a Dublin (as in Ireland) native who became the first Irish person to win the San Francisco Comedy Competition with his take on how “woke” his homeland has become.
Nihill is joining 11 other comedians — billed as the “voices of modern Ireland, accents included” — who are performing across the country through March. The Northern California leg, featuring Nihill, Sean Finnerty and Martin Angolo, will hit nine cities March 9-18.
Here’s the lineup:
March 9: Punch Line, Sacramento
March 10: Raven Performing Arts Theater, Healdsburg
March 11: Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz
March 12: Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton
March 13: Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
March 15: Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley
March 16: The Punch Line, San Francisco
March 17: The Improv, San Jose
March 18: Folktale Winery, Carmel
Details: Check venues for health and safety requirements; $20-$50 (prices vary by venue); www.realirishcomedytour.com.
