UPDATED TOUR SCHEDULE

While the 2011 Fall College Tour is really starting to take shape, we’re still adding dates to the calendar every day.

7/19 Tampa, FL
7/23 Eureka, IL
7/25 Bloomingburg, NY
8/11 Grandview, OH (Pecha Kucha Presentation)
8/13 Columbus, OH
8/15 Pembroke, NC
8/20 Pemberville, OH
8/25 Bowling Green, OH
8/26 Manchester, NH
8/27 New Concord, OH
9/1 La Crosse, WI
9/2 Winona, MN
9/4 Oxford, OH
9/6 Camden, NJ
9/7 Pomona, NJ
9/8 Tiffin, OH
9/10 Greensboro, NC
9/12 Cleveland, OH
9/16 Monmouth, IL
9/20 St. Petersburg, FL
9/21 Mattoon, IL
9/24 Jacksonville, IL
9/28 Allendale, MI
9/30 Allentown, PA
10/1 Lebanon, IL
10/9-11 Buffalo, NY
10/13 Mt. Sterling, OH
10/15 Reading, PA
10/20 Crestview Hills, KY
10/22 Bridgewater, MA
10/24-26 Columbus, OH
10/27 Pemberton, NJ
11/5 Fairfield, OH
11/9 Urbana, OH
11/10 Covington, KY
11/17 Tiffin, OH
11/18-19 Hartford, CT
11/29 Flint, MI
12/14 Maineville, OH

For an up-to-date look at the performance calendar – check out the Online Tour Schedule!
If you’re interested in bringing my act to your event or college, send me an email ASAP and we’ll get you hooked up! Keep checking back for calendar updates.

Since I’m such a big deal and all, I get asked to be on big-time television shows like Public Access in Wheeling, WV. I know, I know. I’m getting recognized everywhere now. I kid, but in reality, this is a pretty cool program when you realize that it’s produced entirely by high school students with the help of Nathan Marshall and the Brooke High School Video Production teaching staff.







Visit Nathan’s YouTube channel to see more episodes of “Ohio Valley Tonite.” When I was in high school, we had a pretty nice production studio, and I would have loved the opportunity to work on projects like this. Students are learning shot composition, editing, green screen, lighting, audio and more.

I recently appeared on “Good Day Columbus” with Johnny DiLoretto to promote the “Free Beer Tour*.” It’s a series of events where I’ll show you how to win free drinks from your friends using “can’t lose” bar bets.







The next Free Beer Tour* evening will be THIS THURSDAY at Brewski’s in Upper Arlington, OH. For more info, visit Dimensional Entertainment.

Here’s a funny side-project I did recently. My hands are the ones coming in from the bottom. And while many people have told me the voice of “Keith” sounds just like me, it’s not me.

The FREE BEER TOUR* starts this Thursday night, April 28, 7pm at Average Joe’s (Polaris). I’ve told you about it before but the event is called the “Free Beer Tour*” because I’ll be there to teach you crazy, impossible, and funny tricks you can do at a bar to con your friends out of a beer. Simple as that. It’s a fun way to liven up any night out and even make some new friends! Sorry we won’t actually be giving away free beer (hence the *)



You’ll learn up to 4 new ‘bar bet’ tricks during each event. To sign up and for more information on dates/times/locations, visit http://dimensionalentertainment.com/freebeertour



UPDATE: Watch for me on FOX28 Good Day Columbus TOMORROW (April 26) with Johnny DiLoretto!



Friday I’ll be continuing my colllege tour, performing at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV. Then Saturday I’ll be back for the other event that Columbus folks can attend!



Tikvah Live Presents: Michael Kent, Comedian & Magician
Fundraiser at Beth Tikvah Congregation in Worthington, OH
April 30!



This will be my full show for you all to enjoy. They’re offering a special $20 advance ticket price to people ages 21-35. Otherwise tickets are $35 in advance. All tickets $40 at the door. See the poster for details.

I’ll be performing a special 25 minute set at the Columbus Comedy Festival at Wild Goose Creative this Friday, April 15th. I hope you can come see me, but more importantly, a ton of other hilarious acts. I recently had the chance to meet some of the other comedians performing at the 3-day festival during a photo shoot for Columbus Alive and I’m already looking forward to seeing them.



The Columbus Alive recently ran a story about the festival and were kind enough to dedicate a page to a few of the comedians appearing at the fest, myself included. Click the photo for my story.



Tickets are $10/night at the door and the festival runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday. My set is Friday night. For more information, visit Wild Goose Creative.

SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, APRIL 14

Comedy Revolver (revolving stand-up comedy featuring Jeff Burgstrom, Travis Hoewischer, Anthony O’Connell, Chris Coen, & Cole Downs)

Roman’s Empire (video comedy)

Organ Grinder Productions (mixed variety show)

8th Floor Improv (OSU student improv team)

FRIDAY, APRIL 15

Wild Goose Comedy Cabaret (sketch comedy)

Asbestos Crew (video and live sketch comedy)

Stand-Up (featuring Bob Cook, Justin Camp, Matt Horn, Erin McIntyre, Dylan Shelton, Sean Somerville, Sommer Sterud, Sumukh Torgalkar)

Michael Kent (Columbus magician and comedian)

Full Frontal Nudity (Madlab Theatre’s improv team)

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

Columbus News InsideHer (video comedy featuring Dan Wilburn)

Stand-Up (featuring Bill Arrundale, Jason Clemmer

Robbie Collier, Darrell Dawson

Justin Golak, Joseph Ivan, Mike Kolar, Weston Sherman)

Sketch By Number (sketch comedy)

Roman’s Empire and Elissa Marcus (video comedy)

Winnie Cooper Project (Columbus band)

I performed last night at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD. Emmitsburg is a really neat old town with tons of civil war history – just down the road from Gettysburg. I spent the day touring Gettysburg (I won’t bore you with all of those pictures) and later performed for a fun audience at “The Mount.” Here are some photos!

Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.

Two exciting things going on at the end of this month!



FREE BEER TOUR
Starts April 28!



Columbus’s Dimensional Entertainment (Corey Montie) has once again devised an original, fun and outrageous event series that will keep you and your friends talking about it for months to come.



The idea is this: We teach you crazy, impossible, and funny tricks you can do at a bar to con your friends out of a beer. Simple as that. It’s a fun way to liven up any night out and even make some new friends!



I will be on hand at the events to teach you up to 4 new ‘bar bet’ tricks during each event. To sign up and for more information on dates/times/locations, visit http://dimensionalentertainment.com/freebeertour







Tikvah Live Presents: Michael Kent, Comedian & Magician
Fundraiser at Beth Tikvah Congregation in Worthington, OH
April 30!



This will be my full show for you all to enjoy. They’re offering a special $20 advance ticket price to people ages 21-35. Otherwise tickets are $35 in advance. All tickets $40 at the door. See the below poster for details.







There are a few other exciting things coming up, including an exclusive performance at the upcoming Columbus Comedy Festival On April 15 and a performance at Cocktails at the Conservatory – an event at Franklin Park Conservatory on May 5th.
I hope to see you at one of these events!

Here’s the new 2011-2012 Tour Poster!







Poster design by Edwards Creative, Columbus Ohio.
There is a G-Rated Version of the poster available as well. Both poster designs can be downloaded in print-quality resolution or purchased on CafePress.

I’ll be returning to good ole’ Urbana, OH on Thursday, March 24th to support the arts.  It’s a special show to raise money for the Champaign County Arts Council with dinner, an auction and of course, my ridiculousness.



Some facts about Urbana, OH:

Ohio Magazine named Urbana as “Best Hometown” in 2011.

Most Airplane lights were designed and manufactured in Urbana.

The high school mascot is the Hillclimber. Because to get to the high school, you have to – get this – climb a hill.

The weekly Champaign County Farmers Market in downtown Urbana was deemed as one of America’s four favorite farmers markets by the American Farmland Trust.

Some of my first shows were at the old Champaign County Library – also where I first borrowed magic books and learned the art.

Contrary to popular belief, the movie “Little Giants” was not set in Urbana. It was a fictional town called “Urbania, OH.” I have no idea why people confuse the two.

The high school in Urbana looks like a castle. It’s pretty unique.

Lincoln’s funeral train stopped in Urbana for 20 minutes on its way to bring Lincoln home to Illinois.

It is said you can see the Lincoln Ghost Train on certain nights. It’s also said you can see the ghosts of your past at Bracken’s Pub downtown.

The Arts Council event is taking place at 6pm (show is at 8:00pm) on March 24 at 119 Miami St., Urbana, OH. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Arts Council Office, Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy and Peoples Savings Bank in Urbana. This will be a PG-13 show. Join the Champaign County Arts Council’s Facebook Fan Page here. Click the article above to read about the performance from the Springfield News-Sun. I’m looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and giving to the arts community in Urbana.