Shops with Hops
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May 18th | LeClaire, Iowa | 2:00-5:00pm
Sip, sample and shop your way through historic Downtown LeClaire & Muscatine, Iowa at Shops With Hops! Local and regional breweries will be pouring samples of their beer in the shops of downtown. A limited number of tasting glasses are available so you can try as many beers as you’d like without the long lines. After you sample your favorites and chat with the Brew Masters, we’ll see you at the after party with giveaways, raffles and more!
Food Truck Fight®
Food Truck Fight® is returning to Quad Cities in 2024 - with a brand new location and venue! Head over to The Rust Belt in East Moline for the best food trucks from all over the region, live music and more! This QC Summer favorite is about to get a whole lot more delicious at this indoor/outdoor event space!
How it works: To keep you comfortable and give your pants room to stretch, we will be limiting capacity within The Rust Belt - but you can guarantee your spot inside by purchasing a presale ticket. Presale ticket holders are guaranteed admission, or you can purchase a day-of event ticket at the entry gate. Once you’re in - cast a vote for your favorite truck… and we’ll announce a new Food Truck Fight® champion at 7:00!
Laugh in LeClaire
Cocktail hour opens at 6:00pm. Comedy will begin promptly at 8:00pm – we ask that you be seated at your table by this time! We will have the Girl + Food by Cafe Fresh food truck on site so you can grab something to eat during cocktail hour. Please plan to join us early!
This is a 21 and older show. Ticket sales are final. No refunds for any reason.
NOTE: We are offering 2 different seating options:
4 seat bar tables
8 seat round tables
IMPORTANT: During the show, please keep any table talk to an absolute minimum. Tables will be given a warning by Security if they are being disruptive and may be asked to leave if it continues and no refunds will be given.
Stay tuned for the lineup
DeWitt Operahouse Theater Live Music and Stand Up Comedy
Who: YOU! And your friends!
What: Live Stand-up comedy plus live music and drinks
When: Saturday, October 14th, 2023
Where: DeWitt Operahouse Theatre
Why: A fundraiser for the DeWitt Theater Company to help maintain our non-profit community theatre building
Laugh in LeClaire
Cocktail hour opens at 6:00pm. Comedy will begin promptly at 8:00pm – we ask that you be seated at your table by this time! We will have the Girl + Food by Cafe Fresh food truck on site so you can grab something to eat during cocktail hour. Please plan to join us early!
This is a 21 and older show. Ticket sales are final. No refunds for any reason.
NOTE: We are offering 2 different seating options:
4 seat bar tables
8 seat round tables
IMPORTANT: During the show, please keep any table talk to an absolute minimum. Tables will be given a warning by Security if they are being disruptive and may be asked to leave if it continues and no refunds will be given.
Headliner
Mike Mercury
Wisconsin native Mike Mercury is a professional stand-up comedian and writer who has been involved in the performing arts in one form or another since he was 8 years old. At the tender age of 10 he wrote and directed his school Christmas play; a rather grim tale about Santa Claus being hijacked on an airplane and the subsequent cancellation of that joyous holiday. It was later made into a movie of the week.He joined an improvisational training and performance group called “L.A. Connection.” After a year with them he formed his own Improv group , “High Adventure.” After passing an audition for Mitzi Shore at the world renowned Comedy Store, they quickly became a favorite act there, appearing weekly (and sometimes weakly) opening for Louie Anderson, Robin Williams, Roseanne Barr, Sam Kinison and Andrew “Dice” Clay, just to namedrop a few.In the spring of 1988 the Writer’s strike virtually shut down the entire industry and Mike was laid off at his job as a Production Assistant from the not-even-close-to-being-a-hit Disney show, “Videopolis.” Broke, bitter and craving cheese, Mike returned home to America’s Dairyland.Mike quickly became an audience favorite and a headliner at comedy clubs all across America. Now working primarily in the Corporate market, his likable persona, quick wit, and clean and clever observational material, make him a much-sought-after performer.Toss in some customized joke writing specifically for your company and you’ve got the makings of “One very memorable evening“. (Milwaukee Journal)“Mike Mercury delivers great material AND plays off an audience as well as anybody we’ve ever seen.” (Chicago Tribune)Featuring
Bobby Ray Bunch
BRB is a Quad Cities native and the host of Laugh in LeClaire. He has toured the country performing comedy and has shared the stage with Joel McHale, Kyle Kinane and Uncle Joey from Full House. He is the creator of Shops with Hops and Food Truck Fight and was also voted Top 20 Under 40 for real estate agents in the Quad Cities. He has yet to sell a house.Host
Zach Vaughan
Zach Vaughan started standup comedy in central Illinois before relocating to the Quad Cities. He has been a regular fixture of clubs all over the state including The Comedy Bar Dubuque, Lucky Cat and Tee Hee’s Comedy Club in Des Moines, IA. He’s performed on national level shows such as Don’t Tell Comedy and the renowned Roast Battle. He’s opened and featured for many touring comedians such as Geoff Asmus, Zach Martina, Reena Calm and Erica Nicole-Clark—and he’s built this resume in only his first handful of years doing comedy. He attributes this success to his style of dark humor told to audiences like he’s been friends with them for years.
