The laughter is coming to Syracuse with Homebrewed Comedy at Buried Acorn Brewing. A monthly showcase featuring some of the funniest people around the area is happening on Friday, Aug. 16 when Zack Hammond, RJ McCarthy, Dan Hoppel, Mike Terry and Mike Peters take the stage.
Tickets are $10 and available online and at the door. The show begins at 7 p.m.
About the comedians:
Mike Peters, a Binghamton comedian, specializes in self-deprecating, observational humor. A contributor for Funny or Die, Peters performed at the Funny Bone in Syracuse, the Greenwich Village Comedy Club in New York City, won the Utica Brews Laugh Contest and opened for Super Troopers’ Rabbit, Erik Stolhanske and Gilbert Gottfried. Peters produces shows all over the Binghamton area.
Mike Terry is an established comedian in the Syracuse scene. Quiet until he gets on the mic, Terry is a strong comic who's worked all over New York. A host at the Funny Bone in Syracuse, Terry was a finalist for a residency at Broadway Comedy Club and was a regular at the 'Cuse Comedy Showcase.
A quick-thinking comedian from Scranton with a knack for shutting down the occasional heckler, Hoppel feels right at home on the stage. He’s worked in New York City and Philadelphia and opened for WWE Hall-of-Famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Hoppel, who routinely tours across the Northeast, is a three-time finalist in NEPA Scene’s Got Talent.
A regular host at the Funny Bone in Syracuse, RJ McCarthy has been one of the hardest-working comedians in the state over the last five years. A Syracuse native, McCarthy works all around New York and was in the Asheville Comedy Festival in North Carolina. He’s performed at the Albany Funny Bone, the Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo, hosted the Binghamton Comedy Crawl in 2018 and featured in 2019. He’s bright, quick on his feet and always hilarious.
Originally from Maryland, Zack Hammond is approaching a decade of stand-up that's taken him all around the East Coast while working on recording his three albums, including his latest, Utilitarian. He performs regularly at Wise Crackers in Scranton and has worked in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore and opened for Doug Stanhope. Known for his dark take on life, the world and humanity, Hammond won the 2010 NEPA Comedy Idol and NEPA Scene’s Got Talent in 2015.