2026 Spring Comedy Series

 It's been a while since we hosted comedy at Second Chapter Brewing – it can be hard to find comedians who meet our standards. But the long wait is over, and we cannot wait for this exceptional series with three nationally touring headliners!

Bring your friends for a night that’s actually worth getting a babysitter. Get your tickets, and come enjoy a laugh!

• Tom Thakkar 
  • ​​Saturday, February 14, 8 p.m.
  • Comedy + Craft Beer + Good Eats = Valentine's Day Date Night Jackpot!
  • General admission tickets are $20 in advance; $25 week of show. (plus fees)
  • Food: Bubba's Smoked & Loaded | 4-8 p.m.
• Ray Harrington
  • ​Sunday, March 22, 7 p.m.
  • A master of improvisational crowd work
  • General admission tickets start at ​$20 in advance; $25 week of show; $30 day of show. Reserved seating and VIP tickets are also available for this show. NO FEE TICKETS!
  • Food: Piglee Wiglee BBQ
• Andrew Sleighter  
  • ​Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m.
  • Laid back and clever
  • General admission tickets are ​$20 in advance; $25 week of show. (plus fees)
  • Food: Prokops' Smokin' BBQ | 11-8:30

​Read on below for more information about each performer. Seating begins one hour before showtime listed.

Special thanks to Best Western Plus Ogallala Inn for their partnership on this event series!

Spring 2026 Comedy series

Tom Thakkar | Saturday, February 14

Tom Thakkar | Comedy + Craft Beer + Great Eats = Valentine's Date Night Perfection

Saturday, February 14
7:00 seating | 8:00 showtime
 
All tickets are general admission.
$20 now; $25 week of show. (plus fees) ***SOLD OUT***
 
Food: Bubba's Smoked & Loaded | 4:00-8:00 p.m.​​

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Tom Thakkar is a comedian, podcaster, and writer living in Los Angeles. He started his career in Bloomington, Indiana, where he was born and raised -- a half-Indian man with a deadbeat Indian father who he never met. Tom moved up the Midwest circuit and was named a New Face by the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. He moved to New York and eventually to Los Angeles. He's now been seen on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, CONAN, Comedy Central Presents, This Week at the Comedy Cellar, and more. 
 
In New York, he became a regular at the world-famous Comedy Cellar, and works at almost every club in the city. He can also be heard as a regular on everybody's favorite new podcast, "Are You Garbage," as well as on "We Might Be Drunk," "The Honeydew," "Doug Loves Movies," "Never Not Funny," "All Fantasy Everything," and more. Tom also hosted the Comedy Central podcast, "Stand Up with Tom Thakkar," and the popular comedy/music podcast "Stand By Your Band," with Tommy McNamara.
 
On top of stand-up and podcasting, Tom acted in the award-winning short film "Sofa So Good" and wrote and appeared on the SyFy comedy sketch show, "The Movie Show." 

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Ray Harrington | Sunday, March 22

Ray Harrington | Infectiously charming comedian for Sunday Funday

Sunday, March 22
6:00 seating | 7:00 showtime
 
General admission tickets start at $20 now; $25 week of the show. Reserved seating and VIP ticket options are also available for this show. No fee ticketing.
 
Food: Piglee Wiglee BBQ​

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Ray Harrington is an infectiously charming comedian who performs across the globe with hilariously irreverent material and improvisational riffing that embraces the uncomfortable and the absurd with a smile.

Ray Harrington has been seen on Conan, and his documentary BE A MAN won the LA Comedy Festival before premiering exclusively on Hulu. His first album from Stand Up! Records, The Worst Is Over, debuted at the top of the comedy charts on Amazon and iTunes. His latest album, Overwhelmed, debuted at #1 on Amazon and at the top of the Billboard Comedy Charts.
 
Ray has been seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his show, Immaterial. Ray was named Best Comedian by the Providence Phoenix, was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival, and was invited to host the International Filmapalooza Awards in Hollywood. He was awarded Best Documentary at the LA Comedy Festival as well as the SNOB Film Festival, and premiered his film BE A MAN at the New York Comedy Festival. His web series, Undependent, won Best Comedy at the NYC Web Festival and Best Actor at the London Web Festival.
 
Ray has been heard on nationally syndicated radio along with Sirius/XM, and he’s been seen on Conan, Hulu, ABC, FOX, TBS, and SBS Australia.
 

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Andrew Sleighter | Saturday, April 11

Saturday, April 11
7:00 seating | 8:00 showtime
 
All tickets are general admission. 
$20 now; $25 week of show. (plus fees)
 
Food: Prokops' Smokin' BBQ

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Andrew Sleighter started in comedy looking for the perfect funny line to open a biography. Since then, Andrew’s laid-back style and clever writing has won him appreciation from fans and respect from his peers.

​Andrew performed on Last Comic Standing, recorded a comedy special for Dry Bar, and made his late-night stand-up debut on Conan. He's also written and performed sketch comedy for Comedy Central and written and blogged for The Sports Show with Norm Macdonald on Comedy Central. Most recently, Andrew appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
 
A regular at colleges and comedy clubs across the country,  Andrew’s also performed at some of the most prestigious comedy festivals in and out of the country, including Bumbershoot, Bridgetown, Gilda’s Laugh Fest, The Aspen Comedy  Festival, Laughing Skull, and the Johnny Carson Great American Comedy Festival.
 
Andrew’s comedy has the ability to reach wide ranges of audiences and works in a diversity of rooms. Reliable and consistent, he rarely ends a show by lighting the stage on fire out of rage. Most importantly, he’s constantly fascinated by and eager to keep learning about stand-up.