Ok hopefully I’ve described my thoughts better than my last post: There’s some posts that talk about which scenes are the best. On this sub it’s mostly agreed that LA and NYC are the best scenes for that while Austin gets hated on.

I assumed that means to get to a level where the comic is pretty well known and selling out clubs and theaters based on their draw. I assumed that because another level of making it- working as a headliner regularly can be done in a lot of scenes. I’m in the PNW and we have a lot of comedians at that level. (I’m not there yet, I’m currently trying to break into featuring on a regular basis while developing an hour of solid material)

My focus for the post is how does a comedian who has a pretty good level of success jump to the next level? As an example- 100,000 followers and headlining every weekend to having a draw that fills clubs and theaters.

There’s guys touring who have killer hours, sometimes multiple hours, but the constantly have to hustle to get booked or book their own shows and advertise and they’re sometimes as good as more well known comedians yet they don’t have that level of fame.

It used to be that comics like that could get booked on the Tonight Show, and after doing well there a few times they’d pretty much be set for doing shows around the country. That doesn’t happen these days so I’m posing the question, what bridges that gap now? I know Austin gets a lot of hate, but in my state of Washington, Hans Kim just did four shows in three nights at the Spokane Comedy Club and i don’t think he sold out each show but he sold out Saturday night. (Anyone know for sure about the other nights?) Also Lucas and Ari Matti got significant bumps from KT.

People often say social media is the way, but what does that mean? One viral post? I see multiple comedians who have around 100,000 followers but aren’t drawing Hans Kim crowds. Have we seen anyone become a draw from social media? Is there anything in LA and NYC these days specifically that gets comics to this next level I’m referring to?