The space opened in 2020 and became a hub for comedians, musicians and other entertainers. The Riot Comedy Club’s owner Brian Gendron announced the club will now move to a space off Washington Avenue, neighboring award-winning cocktail lounge Julep, and will no longer operate inside the\u00a0Montrose bar.<\/p>\n
“This wasn\u2019t an easy decision, but as we\u2019ve grown, it became clear we needed a space that fully delivers the experience we want to give our guests, our comedians, and our staff,\u201d\u00a0Gendron said in a written statement. \u201cWe\u2019re not just changing locations \u2013 we\u2019re building a dedicated venue for comedy that supports Houston\u2019s growing scene, bringing together live shows, hospitality and an expanded food and beverage program.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new space is a 4,700-square-foot venue with a 150-seat showroom that will include a kitchen and bar, according to a news release by the comedy club. It will operate as a coffee shop and cafe during the day and turn into a full bar in the evening, the release states.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An announcement for the grand opening show is soon to be announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHouston has an exciting, emerging and very underrated comedy scene, and we want to be the place that helps it grow,\u201d\u00a0Gendron said. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to building a venue where local comedians can develop, national acts want to stop, and audiences can be part of something that\u2019s genuinely good for this city.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, shows will be hosted at the club’s Conroe location at 219\u00a0Simonton Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The space opened in 2020 and became a hub for comedians, musicians and other entertainers. The Riot Comedy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-368709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}