Between winter’s chill and a world beset by crises, who doesn’t need a laugh right now? The Ha Ha Hamptons Comedy Tour will bring its New Year’s Laughin’ Eve to the Bay Street Theater on Wednesday starting at 8 p.m. The comedy event has been a New Year’s Eve tradition on Long Island for 16 years, but this is its first iteration in Sag Harbor.
The show is a production of the Long Island Comedy Festival, which brings live stand-up comedy to Long Island all year long. Over the past 19 years more than 100,000 people have attended its shows, which have featured over 500 comedians.
Wednesday’s show will include sets by Maria Walsh, Bryan McKenna, Jon Fisch, and Richie Minervini.
Voted Las Vegas’s next big headliner in 2013, Ms. Walsh has been part of the Moms’ Night Out Long Island tour since it launched in 2016. Her career took off when she hit the road to turn her experiences of marriage, motherhood, and family life into comic material. Long Island Entertainment called her “one of the fastest rising female comedians,” while Beacon Times said, “Maria Walsh is on fire, a crowd favorite!”
Mr. McKenna’s work has earned him spots at the LaughYourAshvilleOFF Comedy Festival, the Jersey City Comedy Festival, and twice as a finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival, in 2021 and 2023. He has toured nationally, opening for Jim Breuer and performing at clubs and theaters coast to coast. In March 2020, his debut album, “Jim Breuer Presents Bryan McKenna: The Fight Is Never Over,” premiered at #1 on iTunes and is now featured on Sirius XM.
Mr. Fisch is one of the few comedians who has appeared on both “The Late Show With David Letterman” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” His albums “Notice Anything Different” and “He Has Friends” have been well received. On his current podcast, “Spiraling Up,” he talks with people from the comedy world about handling daily struggles. Mr. Fisch has appeared on Comedy Central and NBC’s “Last Comic Standing 4,” where he was the New York City Audience Favorite.
A writer and guest performer on “King of Queens,” Mr. Minervini has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime, and in the films “Zookeeper” and “Paul Blart Mall Cop” with Kevin James, and “Grown Ups” with Adam Sandler. A veteran of comedy conventions and festivals, he has performed in Las Vegas at the Mirage Hotel and Casino; Paris Las Vegas, the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, and MGM Grand.
Tickets are $65 to $75.
