Petra's Playhouse: A Queer Variety Show
2022-11-17 19:00 (America/New_York) | Petra’s, 1919 Commonwealth Avenue, Charlotte, NC, 28205, United States
Thursday, November 17th
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $5 Advanced | $7 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID

Onya Nerves, Will Charmer, & Ilean Dover Present:
Petra’s Playhouse, a queer variety show that mixes Trivia, Drag, and Everything in between.

Lawless Broadway x Broadway Baby Presents
2022-12-15 19:00
Lawless Broadway x Broadway Baby Present:
Thursday, December 15th
Doors: 7pm | Shows: 8pm 1st Seating, 9:30pm 2nd Seating
Tickets: $9 Advance | $12 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID

Join us for our Final Lawless Broadway of ’22 with a special presentation of SIX the musical featuring a traveling Troupe of Drag entertainers from South Carolina.

Comedy Night with Kaleigh Cutright
2023-03-02 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $9 Advance | $12 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID
Don’t forget to shop local, even for comedy! These four hilarious comedians can be found right here in the Queen City. Featuring Paul Snyder, Bryan Penn, & Carlos Valencia. Hosted by Kaleigh Cutright.

The Charlotte Comedy Charcuterie
2023-06-22 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $10 Advance | $12 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID

The Charlotte Comedy Charcuterie
Do you like artisanal, rustic, and curated experiences? Then come and get your fill of the rustic-iest, most curated comedy experience your brain can eat! With a wide variety of comedic genres, from the capicola-esque punch of stand up comedy to the nutty Jarlsbergian laughs of improv games, you’ll have your fill of some of the best comics in Charlotte. Come hungry for fun, because hilarity will be served!
Expect audience participation, a fast paced sequence of acts, as well an actual charcuterie table for if you’re hungry!

Comedy Night with host Kaleigh Cutright
2023-10-13 19:00
Doors @ 7 | Show @ 8
Tickets: $12
• 21+ with valid ID

Comedy by Gayle Murray & Mimi Benfield.
Hosted by Kaleigh Cutright.

TuTu Tonight!
2023-11-14 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $5
• 21+ with valid ID

Brought to you by TuTu Tuesday and Makeshift Shows, this is TuTu TONIGHT!
Join us for this one of a kind LIVE variety show, featuring live music, comedy, local celebrity interviews, burlesque, drag performances, and MORE—all right here at Petra’s!

TuTu Tonight! A Very Midwood Christmas
2023-12-12 19:00
Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm
Tickets: $5
• 21+with valid ID
Join us for our holiday edition of Charlotte’s ONLY live late night show! With a house band that’ll knock your stockings right off, burlesque and drag performances, comedy and plenty of other shenanigans, this show is guaranteed to be the most bang for your buck!

TutuTonight! "V" For Valentine
2024-02-13 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $8 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID
Join the folks from TuTu Tuesday for their dark and sexy Valentine’s edition of Charlotte’s ONLY live late night show! With a house band that’s smoother than chocolate-covered caramel, burlesque and drag performances that are hotter than a book-burning, absurd comedy and poignant theater, TutuTONIGHT is guaranteed to be the most BANG for your buck!

Ramon Perez and Evan Pittfield
2024-02-17 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $7 Advance | $10
* 21+ with valid ID
Charlotte Comedy presents
Ramon Perez and Evan Pittfield. Hosted by Caleb Troxell.

Crescendo: A Musical Comedy Improv - 2 Shows!
2024-02-23 19:00
Show 1 @ 8pm
Show 2 @ 10pm
Tickets: $7 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID
Crescendo is the Carolinas only working 100% Musical Improv Troupe!
Based on ideas from the audience, this brilliant team finds all the laughs and hits all the high notes. You’ll be astounded as they turn scenes and suggestions into songs, the mundane into memorable melodies, and the trivial into toe-tapping tunes. Join us for a laugh-filled evening of music that is literally created in the moment it is performed on stage. You’re gonna love it!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553610641182
Instagram: @crescendomusicimprov
YouTube Learn Stripping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_uPGO2C3is

Queerly: A Variety Show
2024-03-23 20:00
Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $7 Adv | $10 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID

Queerly: A Variety Show
Featuring performances by
Carolina Down Boys
Karen Affection
Bess Behaviour
Oslo Chanel
Shane O’Laine
Hosted by Adrian Parrish

Tutu Tonight! March Madness
2024-03-26 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 9pm
Tickets: $7 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+ with valid ID
You basket cases are dropping the ball if you miss this next episode of TutuTONIGHT! Come down the rabbit hole with us as we present music, burlesque, drag, comedy, game shows and MORE in Charlotte’s ONLY live local late night show!

TutuTonight: Late Night Show!!
2024-05-28 19:00, 2024-06-25 19:00, 2024-08-27 19:00, 2024-09-24 19:00, 2025-02-25 19:00, 2025-03-25 19:00, 2025-05-20 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $8 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+
Join us for this one of a kind LIVE variety show, featuring live music, comedy, local celebrity interviews, burlesque, drag performances, and MORE—at Petra’s!
Brought to you by TuTu Tuesday and Makeshift Shows, this is TuTu TONIGHT!

Crescendo Musical Comedy Improv Presents: Laugh Until It Hurts
2024-09-26 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $7 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+

Crescendo is the Carolinas only working 100% Musical Improv Troupe!
Based on ideas from the audience, this brilliant team finds all the laughs and hits all the high notes. You’ll be astounded as they turn scenes and suggestions into songs, the mundane into memorable melodies, and the trivial into toe-tapping tunes. Join us for a laugh-filled evening of music that is literally created in the moment it is performed on stage. You’re gonna love it!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553610641182
Instagram: @crescendomusicimprov
YouTube Learn Stripping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_uPGO2C3is

HoliDaze Comedy Showcase
2024-12-05 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $8 Advance | $12 Day Of
• 21+
HoliDaze comedy showcase featuring Bryan Bertrand, Kaleigh Cutright, and Jordan Ballard.

Queerly: A Variety Show
2025-01-16 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $7 Adv | $10 Day Of
• 21+
Queerly is a variety show highlighting local queer comedy, drag, and live music. Featuring performances by M143, Carolina Down Boys, Adrian Parrish, Karen Affection and others.

Hosted by Adrian Parrish

Welcome To My Trailer: Stories From a Trailer Park
2025-02-27 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $10 At The Door
• 21+
Take a journey with Ilean. A little bit of livin, a little bit of learnin and a lot of laughter.

Round Of A Paws
2025-03-27 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $15 at the door
• 21+
Looking for a fun night out after you’ve been working like a dog all day? Looking to sit back, relax, and take a load off with some live entertainment that’s otter this world? Looking to find a koala-ty event that you can brag about to all of your friends who missed it? Looking for the purr-fect event to bring a date to? Owl by yourself, and looking for a good event to meet like-minded people at? Looking to have an un-fur-gettable experience, and contribute to a great cause?
Whale for Fox sake, look no further – Round of a Paws has you covered!
Round of a Paws is a standup comedy experience showcasing the best local comedians right here in charlotte! But that’s not all! – 25% of all ticket sales from Round of Paws are donated to the Humane Society of Charlotte! At Round of a Paws, you have the op-purr-tunity to enjoy a meowtain of laughter while donating to an ape-solutely fabulous organization for a great cause!
Bring a date, bring a deer friend, bring anyone with purr-sonality and relax at a hiss-terical show knowing that you’re contributing to a great cause! Grab a drink at the bar, and guffaw at the comedians while they are kitten around! Come out to Round of a Paws to enjoy a night with people who share a love for comedy and animals, and you’ll leave happy as a clam!

Queerly: A Variety Show
2025-04-04 19:00, 2025-06-06 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $7 Adv (with fees) | $10 Day Of
• 21+
Queerly is a variety show highlighting local queer comedy, drag, and live music.
Hosted by Adrian Parrish.

It's A Spring Thing Variety Show
2025-04-24 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $9 Adv (plus fee) | $12 at the door
• 21+
It’s A Spring Thing is a variety show featuring comedy music and more. Hosted by Kaya Allyn.

Night Class: Unserious Power Point
2025-05-08 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
$10 At the door
• 21+

We’re turning Petra’s into a schoolhouse (but make it sultry) and this isn’t your grandpa’s math lesson. You have five minutes to teach the audience about a topic of your choice, and we are looking to be humored, enlightened….even stirred, if you will.

Hosted by professors Miss Frizzle and Bill Nye (but sluttier)
Attendance taken by Burlesque Headmistress

Submission link: https://forms.gle/PuRMBRq1jGAUeY1w6

$25 cash prize each for winners in three categories, determined by audience vote:

Funniest presentation
Most insightful presentation
Hottest presentation

Timeline

Syllabus due: August 10 at 11:59 pm EST
Selection notifications: August 13
Slides due: August 24 at 11:59 pm EST

Guidelines:

Presentations cannot be longer than 5 minutes.
No more than three presenters per presentation. The names of all presenters must be submitted with this form – you may not add presenters after being selected.
Presentations communicating themes based in racism, homophobia, transphobia, gender discrimination, fatphobia, ableism, and other forms of bigotry are not welcome. The event organizers reserve the right to cut the mic for any presentations communicating discriminatory themes.

Please reach out to the event organizers with any questions you may have:

Alexx Baerwald Simard: alexx.baer.sim@gmail.com
Adrian Parrish: beardrian@gmail.com

Submission link: https://forms.gle/PuRMBRq1jGAUeY1w6

AGH! A Variety Show For A Cause
2025-05-22 19:00
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
Tickets: $9 Adv (plus fees) | $12 At The Door
• 21+
AGH! A variety show for a cause:
Ali Forrest and Anna Goldstein bring together their favorite musicians, comedians, puppets, weirdos, and general aficionados to raise money for a cause they care about. Join us May 22nd for A Good Hang to raise money for Time Out Youth.

Performers:
Pip the puppet: Anna Goldstein & Katie Kinser // Ben Burrows // Eric Maust // Avery Powers // Ali Forrest

TutuTonight: Sunday Funday Show!!
2025-06-24 19:00
Doors: 5pm | Show: 6pm
Tickets: $8 Advance | $10 Day Of
• 21+
Join us for this one of a kind LIVE variety show, featuring live music, comedy, local celebrity interviews, burlesque, drag performances, and MORE—at Petra’s!
Brought to you by TuTu Tuesday and Makeshift Shows, this is TuTu TONIGHT!
