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Healing with Humor comedians (from left) Mark Gregory, Rahn Hortman, Johnny B and Jenn Weeks Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\nHealing with Humor comedians (from left) Mark Gregory, Rahn Hortman, Johnny B and Jenn Weeks Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\n
Healing With Humor, a non-profit founded by local comedian (and previous Best of the Bay winner) Rahn Hortman, raises funds for individuals and their families impacted by sickle cell disease. The comedy show is the second such fundraiser for the organization held at Side Splitters, with the first netting around $6,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hortman knows how the disease can affect a family personally: Two of his adult children suffer from it, with one recently released from the hospital after a lengthy stay. A portion of ticket sales will go to the charity, as will proceeds from a raffle and a 50\/50 drawing. Local business leaders Michael Donor and Erica Paradise are also personally sponsoring the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition to Hortman, the lineup includes another Best of the Bay alum (Johnny B), Jenn Weeks, and headliner Mark Gregory, who has appeared on Fox, Aspire, the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and the Apollo Theater.<\/p>\n
Get info on this gig below, plus more of the best comedy coming to Tampa Bay May 7-20. And check out our\u00a0comedy venues guide<\/a>\u00a0for more.<\/p>\n LeMaire Lee<\/a> Thursday, May 7. 8 p.m. $23.80. Side Splitters, Tampa\u00a0<\/p>\n Nurse\u2019s Night Out with Greg Williams Thursday, May 7. 7:30 p.m. $22.50. Snappers, Palm Harbor<\/p>\n Kellen Erskine Thursday, May 7. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Clearwater Comedy Club, Clearwater<\/p>\n Damn Gina! With Finesse Mitchell and Tisha Campbell<\/a> Thursday-Saturday, May 7-9. 7 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. Friday; 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Saturday. $30 and up. Funny Bone, Ybor City<\/p>\n Insight with Chris Van Vliet<\/a> Friday, May 8. 4 p.m. $42 and up. Funny Bone, Ybor City<\/p>\n Heroes Off Duty Comedy Tour Friday, May 8. 7:30 p.m. $44.25 and up. Capitol Theatre, Clearwater\u00a0<\/p>\n Leah Bonnema<\/a> Friday, May 8. 8 p.m. $20. Greenlight Lounge and Kitchen, St. Petersburg<\/p>\n Tyler Fischer<\/a> Friday-Saturday, May 8-9. 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday; 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday. $30 and up. Side Splitters, Tampa<\/p>\n Stand Up & Storytelling with Chris Kael, Craig Gass, and Riki Rachtman. Friday-Saturday, May 8-9. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday; 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday. $28 and up. Side Splitters, Wesley Chapel<\/p>\n Michael Mack Friday-Saturday, May 8-9. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $22.50. Snappers, Palm Harbor<\/p>\n Jimmy Kopteros Friday-Saturday, May 8-9. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Sunshine City Comedy Club, St. Pete Beach<\/p>\n Chris Robinson Friday-Saturday, May 8-9. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Clearwater Comedy Club, Clearwater<\/p>\n Healing with Humor<\/a> featuring Mark Gregory, Johnny B and Rahn Hortman Saturday, May 9. 5:30 p.m. $28 and up. Side Splitters, Tampa<\/p>\n Ginger Kelly, Tara Zimmerman and Kathy McSteen Saturday, May 9. 6:30 p.m. $20. Beef O\u2019 Brady\u2019s, Parrish<\/p>\n Kill Tony<\/a> Saturday, May 9. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $51.30 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg<\/p>\n Landon Bryant <\/a>(LandonTalks) Sunday, May 10. 6 p.m. $30 and up. Side Splitters, Tampa<\/p>\n Mother\u2019s Day Unfiltered with Jimmy Kopteros and Ginger Kelly. Sunday, May 10. 7 p.m. $22.50. Snappers, Palm Harbor<\/p>\n BC Murphy Wednesday and Saturday, May 13 and 16. 8 p.m. Wednesday; 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday. $20. Coconuts, St. Pete Beach<\/p>\n Queen and King of Reality Show<\/a> with Nene Leakes and Carlos King. Thursday, May 14. 7 p.m. $37. Funny Bone, Tampa<\/p>\n Marcus Monroe Thursday, May 14. 7:30 p.m. $22.50. Snappers, Palm Harbor<\/p>\n Zach Rushing<\/a> Thursday-Saturday, May 14-16. 7 p.m. Thursday; 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday; 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. $41 and up. Side Splitters, Tampa<\/p>\n Learnmore Jonasi Thursday-Saturday, May 14-16. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday; 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday. $28.80. Side Splitters, Wesley Chapel<\/p>\n Radel Ortiz<\/a> Friday-Saturday, May 15-16. 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday; 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Saturday. $32 and up. Funny Bone, Ybor City<\/p>\n Tom Briscoe Friday-Saturday, May 15-16. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $22.50. Snappers, Palm Harbor<\/p>\n Drew Davis Friday-Saturday, May 15-16. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Sunshine City Comedy Club, St. Pete Beach<\/p>\n Jeff Klein Friday-Saturday, May 15-16. 8:30 p.m. $23.58. Clearwater Comedy Club, Clearwater<\/p>\n Jessica Michelle Singleton<\/a> Sunday, May 17. 6:30 p.m. $28.80. Side Splitters, Tampa<\/p>\n Christian Johnson<\/a> Sunday, May 17. 6 p.m. $27 and up. Funny Bone, Ybor City<\/p>\n Bill Pettifer, Caroline Post and Lauren Dufault Sunday, May 17. 7 p.m. $15.38. Motorworks, Bradenton<\/p>\n Sierra Layko and Sean Harper Monday, May 18. 8 p.m. $15. The Beach Theatre, St. Pete Beach<\/p>\n Te Davis Wednesday, May 20. 8 p.m. $20. Coconuts, St. Pete Beach<\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n Recent Stories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tIncluding Chuwi, Tunnel Vision, Sulynn Hago and more.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tLFO, O-Town and Ryan Cabrera are on the bill, too.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tBring canned foods, dry good, breakfast items and other donations for the Feeding Tampa Bay collection.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n This article appears in May 07 \u2013 13, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \t
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