The Lucha Cantina First Friday Comedy Night
Friday, September 6th, 2024
$10 Cover
Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Make sure to Call the Lucha Cantina (815-977-4319) during Business Hours or E-mail Josh
(joshua@lucharockford.com) to get a Reservation of a Table. The Show Cover will be added to your Table Check for the Night.
Comics for the Night:
Host: Courtney Albers
Guest Feature: Tina Youkhana
Main Feature: James Fisher Jr.
Headliner: Kevin Kellam
Comedian Bio’s for the Night:
Host: Courtney Albers is originally from Upstate New York. She has been performing at comedy clubs and colleges throughout the US for over 8 years, opening for Maria Bamford and Andrew Santino. She currently resides and performs in Chicago and all over the Midwest.
Guest Feature Tina Youkhana is a Chicago based comedian. She started her stand-up comedy journey in 2019. She has performed all over Chicago, NYC, and Austin. She touches on topics such as growing up biracial, differences in cultures, and partying. She has been featured on Kill Tony and was mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Main Feature James Fisher Jr. is originally from Louisville, Kentucky, moved to Chicago, and started doing comedy in 2012. Growing up, he loved watching Comic View, a stand-up comedy show on BET, and In Living Color, with the Wayans family, Jim Carrey, and Jamie Fox being huge influences from that show. Since he started, he has performed at all the local Chicago clubs (Zanies, Laugh Factory, and Comedy Bar), in comedy festivals all over the United States, won several competitions, and featured and opened for Jacob Williams (America’s Got Talent, Wild n Out), Hans Kim (Kill Tony Podcast), and SNL alumni Tim Meadows and Chris Redd. He has even created his own sketch comedy web series, VaudevilleTV. James is an energetic, funny, controversial, yet personable entertainer who is always ready to have fun with the crowd!
Headliner Kevin Kellam has been performing comedy since he was told to not bring up inappropriate topics at the family dinner as a kid. Due to his unique role on air with 101WKQX Radio in Chicago, his comedy has been the warm-up act for the biggest names in alternative music like Twenty-One Pilots, Papa Roach, Panic! At the Disco, and many more. In 2015, he hosted and produced the web series ‘FOURSTAR STAND UPS’ with JBTV Productions. It featured comics who went on to ‘Saturday Night Live’, ‘CONAN’ and more. He currently hosts Sportskeeda Wrestling, where his wrestling fandom has been seen by millions of people around the world. This wrestlemaniac also hosts content for Sportskeeda, the number 1 sports app in India. Kevin can be heard ON AIR on 104.9 ‘The X’ in Rockford and Q101 in Chicago. He’s from a family of 5 and competed with family pets for attention. He produces the Roast Battle Chicago for their Zanies monthly showcase.