By Jason Pomietlasz

St. Patrick didn’t drive the snakes from Ireland for you to stay in your house and not see live comedy.

Thursday, March 20

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, Buffalo, 8 p.m., $5 at the door.
March Comedy Showcase, featuring four local comics.  

Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo. 8 p.m., tickets $30.99 – $41.99.
Gabriel Rutledge won the Seattle International Comedy Competition, The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival in Atlanta and has appeared on “Laughs on Fox,” and “Inside Joke with Asif Ali,” streaming on Amazon Prime. Rutledge’s most recent album “Good Luck in Court” debuted at no. 1 on the iTunes comedy charts and he released his book “Happiness Isn’t Funny: True Stories of a Road Comic.”

Friday – Saturday, March 21 – 22 

Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo. Tickets $41.99 – $51.99. 
Dave Attell will perform five shows this weekend, two are sold out. Attell is a “comic’s comic,” which means other comics genuinely laugh at his jokes and mean it when they say he’s funny. Attell is 30-year veteran of standup and his new Netflix Comedy Special “Hot Cross Buns” premiered in March. He is also known for Comedy Central’s Insomniac and can  be seen on “Bumping Mics” with Jeff Ross, on Netflix.

Seneca Niagara Casino, 310 4th St., Niagara Falls. 8 p.m., tickets starting $55.
Robert Kelly and Big Jay Oakerson, both seasoned headliners will perform two nights in the Bear’s Den. The duo co-hosts the weekly podcast “The Bonfire.” Oakerson’s latest special “Them” is available on YouTube. Kelly’s special “Kill Box,” can be purchased at his website www.RobertKellylive.com. 

Saturday, March 22 

The Caz, 2221 Seneca St., Buffalo. 7:30 p.m., tickets starting at $20.
Comedy at the Caz, a lineup of local and out of town comics perform in South Buffalo’s newest venue.

Days Park Tavern, 253 Allen St., Buffalo. 8 p.m., tickets starting at $10.
“30 for 30, A Birthday Show,” two local comics celebrate turning 30 by performing 30 minutes apiece. 

Rob’s Playhouse Theater, 3200 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 8 p.m., tickets starting at $15.
Buffalo native Andy Pitz has appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman, Live at Gotham Comedy and is one of the most played comedians on Sirius XM Radio. 

Buffalo Improv House, 255 Great Arrow Ave., Suite 207, Buffalo. 
“You Should Smile More,” an all-female and gender nonconforming improv show, featuring Buffalo Improv House performers, students, faculty, and special guests. 7 p.m., tickets starting at $10.

“Given Half A Chance,” pairs an actor, prepared with lines from a selected play, with a comic who  improvises their lines in response to the actor. 8:30 p.m., tickets starting at $12.

Sunday, March 23

Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi Street, Buffalo. 7 p.m., tickets $30.99 – $41.99. 
Justin Whitehead started in comedy by making videos about “My 600 Pound Life,” and has been working his way up the entertainment ladder ever since then and has established himself on social media and comedy clubs across the country. 

Monday, March 24

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

Tuesday, March 25

Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen Street, Buffalo, 9 p.m. 
Rust Belt Comedy Showcase, Buffalo’s longest running comedy open mic. Free. 

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, March 26

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

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.

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