3rd Street Winner, Feb. 15th
3rd Street Bar was packed tonight (2/15/2012) for the weekly Comedy Night open mic hosted by Wayne Walsh. We had a full roster for the competition; we had guest comic Kirk Laughead up from San Diego, and Drake Nelson (who won last week) rocked his feature set. When it came time to vote, Jym Bettencourt took the crowd’s support. Come on down next week (2/22/2012) to see what stuff Jym comes up with for his longer...
Wayne Walsh Wins Great Basin Finals
Wayne Walsh took the top prize tonight (Feb. 9th) in the Great Basin Open Mic comedy competition. The Great Basin competition is a progressive open mic hosted by Matt Wiegand… it is one of the better and more consistent open mics in Northern Nevada. The competition is a weekly event (Thursdays, 9pm) that runs every winter season at the Great Basin location in Sparks (Victorian Square). Wayne beat out other finalists Andrea Black, Aaron Boigon, and Kyle...
3rd Street Winner, Feb. 8th
3rd Street Bar was rockin’ tonight for the weekly Open Mic Night hosted by Wayne Walsh (2/8/2012). We had a slam-packed line-up with Cary DeMars pouring behind the bar and Lennox the seeing-eye-dog abandoning his charge at every opportunity. In the competition, the winner came down to a three-way run-off between Brandon Lara, Drake Nelson, and Sean Connors. In the end, Drake squeaked out a win! Come on down next week (2/15/2012) to see what new stuff Drake...
Great Basin Winners, Feb. 2nd
It was a great night at Great Basin in Sparks, despite host Matt Wiegand being on the road!!! Wayne Walsh filled in with hosting duties. Everyone got a big treat when long-time Great Basin comedy staple, Erik, returned to his home turf for the night! We were honored to see him perform after his long absence. Erik now lives in California but was in town visiting! For those of you who don’t know or remember Erik, years ago he suffered head trauma and still...
3rd Street Winner, Feb. 1st
It was an eerily calm evening at 3rd Street for tonight’s open mic hosted by Wayne Walsh! Drake kicked off the show with some funny new stuff and started a trend… most of the comics came out with new jokes and funny observations. Awesome! By the time voting came around, the solo female, Sam DiSalvo took the crowd’s support. Come out next week to find out what Sam pulls out of her comedy...
Wayne Walsh Featured on KOLO 8 News!
Wayne Walsh, host of the weekly open mic comedy at 3rd Street Bar, was featured on KOLO 8 News at Midday this week (1/25/12)! The news team wanted to know about Reno’s expanding comedy scene! Check it out, click here! Wayne not only talks about the 3rd Street show, but gives a shout out to Kinsie Damon for starting the whole thing… plus he plugs Matt Wiegand’s Great Basin open mic (Thursdays) and Kyle George’s workshop-style open mic at the...
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