By Jason Pomietlasz

Valentine’s Day is for love and laughter. 

Thursday, Feb. 13

Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave., Suite 207, Buffalo.
Improv Mixer, a relaxed environment to try out improv or just to watch. Sign-ups at 7:15 p.m., 7:30 start. $5 suggested or pay what you can. 

Mr. Goodbar, 1110 Elmwood Ave (second floor), Buffalo, 8 p.m., $5
In lieu of open mic, comics will play The Dating Game, based on the classic game show from the 1970s, in honor of Valentine’s Day. 

Friday, Feb. 14

Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo. 7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m. Tickets $27 – $127.99 (Couples package).
Spend V-Day with Josh Gondelman, who has written for T.V. shows “Desus & Mero,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” Gondelman also has three comedy albums; “Dancing On a Weeknight,” “Physical Whisper” and “People Pleaser” and co-authored the humor book “You Blew It”.

Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave., Suite 207, Buffalo. 
Castles and Creatures, an improv show inspired by a popular role playing game. 7 p.m., tickets starting at $12. Use the code VALENTINE-241 for two-for-one tickets.  

Confessions: Love Stories. An improv show with scenes inspired from stories of romance from the audience. 8:30 p.m., tickets starting at $10. 

Saturday – Sunday, Feb. 15 – 16

Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo. Tickets $35.99 – $45.99.
The Mix & Mingle Tour 2025 with Sheryl Underwood, Kyle Erby & Mike Washington. Underwood is in her 12th season as co-host of the Emmy award-winning CBS talk show “The Talk” and frequent host of the daytime Emmys, will headline four shows. 

Saturday, Feb. 15 

Buffalo Comedysportz, Harlem Road Community Center – Theater,  4255 Harlem Rd, Buffalo, 1:30 p.m. Tickets $15. 
An all-ages improv show where two teams face off against each other playing short form improv games and the audience helps decide the winner.

Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave., Suite 207, Buffalo. 7 p.m., tickets starting $5.
Defiant Monkey Improv duo and The Adventure Club, BIH’s recreational team, will perform on a double bill.

Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave., downstairs, Buffalo. 8 p.m., tickets starting $20.
That Comedy Show at Babeville,  is a monthly showcase of different comics from Buffalo and surrounding areas. 

Rob’s Playhouse Theater, 3200 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 8 p.m, tickets starting at $20.
The Very Big Show with Wes Barker and Simon King. Two headliners come together for one show. Baker has performed magic on “America’s Got Talent,” and King has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central and Just For Laughs.  

Monday, Feb. 17

Tudor Lounge, 335 Franklin Street, Buffalo, 9 p.m. 
Comedy Open Mic Comedy. Sign-ups at 8. 

Tuesday, Feb. 18

Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen Street, Buffalo, 9 p.m. (Cancelled)
Rust Belt Comedy Showcase, Buffalo’s longest running comedy open mic. Free. For the next two weeks Nietzsche’s (Feb. 18 & Feb. 25) will be closed for renovations. 

Steel Leaf Brewing, 1488 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Open Mic Night, a mixed open mic for music, comedy and poetry. Sign-ups 6:30 p.m. Free. 

Wednesday, Feb. 19

Milkies, 522 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo. 
Comedy Open Mic Comedy. Sign-ups at 7, show starts at 9 p.m. 

Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo. 
Open Mic, where over twenty comics will perform their best 3 minutes, 7 p.m., free with two-item minimum.

Mark Brucato, also known as Lil Mo Mozzarella, is an Internet personality, comedian and food critic, will appear after open mic (his two Thursday, Feb. 20, shows are sold out). 8 p.m., tickets $32.99 – $43.99.

Have a comedy event you want to add, email lakeeffectcomedy@gmail.com.