Join us for a special holiday edition of Laughs in a Glass at 3 Steves Winery. As always, we’ll be featuring the best and brightest of Bay Area standup comedy. Plus we have a few more surprises up our sleeve. Get your tickets today, because this one will surely sell out, and fast.
Samson Koletkar was born in Mumbai and raised Jewish. Growing up in the world’s most crowded city, he spent most of his childhood years burning the midnight candles for earning a Masters Degree in Computer Software, thereby fulfilling his parent’s dreams. He then moved half-way across the world, to the technology headquarters and a hotbed for emerging comics – San Francisco.
Samson Koletkar
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A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
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Showmentum presents an evening of standup comedy under the stars and in the vineyard at 3 Steves Winery. Laughs in a Glass features the best of Bay Area comedy for a great cause.
Featuring
Headliner Matt Gubser
Don’t let his laid-back demeanor and messianic appearance fool you, Matt Gubser irreverently slices through social conventions of all shapes and sizes with his razor-sharp wit, and recounts the absurdity of his experiences parenting, dating and aging. Also dick jokes.
Matt is a staple of the San Francisco Bay Area comedy scene and performs across the US & Canada. He has appeared in comedy festivals all over the country. His latest album reached #2 on Amazon’s Comedy chart.
David Nguyen
David was a finalist in the 2011 Rooster T Feathers New Talent and 2012 Battle of the Bay comedy competitions, and has worked with Carly Aquilino, Pete Davidson, Kevin Shea, Sheng Wang, Brandon T. Jackson, Phil Palisoul, Dat Phan, Marc Ryan, John Henton, John Heffron, and Robin Williams. He opened Anthony Jeselnik’s 3rd Special: Thoughts & Prayers.
Your Host, Brian Maggi
Brian is a Bay Area comedy staple as well as the host and creator of Adulted. He left the high stress world of tech for the low wage life of standup comedy performing under the stage name Skip Everett. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels.
Showmentum presents an evening of standup comedy under the stars and in the vineyard at 3 Steves Winery. Laughs in a Glass features the best of Bay Area comedy for a great cause. Please note, this show was originally scheduled for September 17, 2021.
Featuring
Pauline Yasuda
Pauline won the Wild Card Round at the World Series of Comedy in 2012. In 2014, she was considered one of the “Best of Fest” at the Burbank Comedy Festival. She was also part of The Cleveland Comedy Festival in 2011. She has brought her unique brand of comedy to clubs in Los Angeles and the West Coast. TV appearances include “Criminal Minds” and “The Bill Engvall Show.”
Brian Maggi
Brian is a Bay Area comedy staple as well as the host and creator of Adulted. He left the high stress world of tech for the low wage life of standup comedy performing under the stage name Skip Everett. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Alexia Nye Jackson
Alexia has written comedy for years and performed at The Punchline, Cobb’s Comedy Club, Best of SF Comedy, and locally at TREK Winery and Sweetwater Music Hall, folks are compelled to support her hilarious comedy as she makes her way to Los Angeles – and fulfilling her “dream of performing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show…in a “Go Big or Go Home” comedy adventure to prove that there’s life after parenting!”
Your Host Kristina Pandis
Kristina grew up in Macedonia, which is not the smallest, but definitely the most unknown country in the world. She’s been dubbed “Macedonia’s funniest female comedian”, in part because no one else showed up to claim the title. Kristina’s life experiences an immigrant to the U.S. continue to influence and inspire her hilarious views of the world.
Supporting a Great Cause
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
Showmentum presents an evening of standup comedy under the stars and in the vineyard at 3 Steves Winery. Laughs in a Glass features the best of Bay Area comedy for a great cause.
Featuring
Gina Stahl-Haven
Gina is the 2nd Place Winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 2019 (the first woman to place this high in 34 years) and winner of the 2nd Annual MarinComedy Amateur Competition. She has been performing in the comedy and improv world for over 15 years; featured at the Un-Scripted Theatre Company, SF Improv Festival, Hawaii Improv Festival and various comedy spots throughout the Bay Area.
Jon Lehre
Jon Lehre has performed stand-up comedy throughout California, participated in the 2020 San Diego Comedy Competition, and was featured on the story-telling radio program, The Moth, in 2021. He continues to meander through his mid-life crisis with the bemused tolerance of his wife, two kids and easily startled dog.
Austin Blaylock
Austin Blaylock is a comedian and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Austin has performed standup comedy at the San Francisco Punchline, Cobb’s Comedy Club, Rooster T. Feather’s, San Francisco Comic Con, and Silicon Valley Comic Con. His comedy has been described as “Low self esteem worded eloquently”. Austin hosts the most popular show in the South Bay Area called Super Stacked, and lives with his cat.
Brian Maggi, Your Host
Brian is the Executive Producer of Showmentum, and creator of Adulted. Originally from the midwest, he’s now a Bay Area comic and writer. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Supporting a Great Cause
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
Showmentum presents an evening of standup comedy under the stars and in the vineyard at 3 Steves Winery. Laughs in a Glass features the best of Bay Area comedy for a great cause.
Featuring
Brooke Heinichen
Brooke is the winner of the 2019 Rooster T Feather’s comedy competition, out of 180+ comics. She has performed at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 SF Sketchfest, selected as one of Audible’s Fresh Faces of Stand-Up (a show highlighted in USA Today), and opened for Janeane Garafolo. She was selected for the 2018 SF International Comedy Competition, and has performed at the SF Punch Line, Cobb’s Comedy Club.
Jason Cole
Jason Cole hit the comedy ground running by taking 1st place in the first competition he ever entered, winning a feature spot opening for comedian and TV star John DiResta at the Orinda Theater. He performed at the Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival as well as at many of the legendary San Francisco Bay Area clubs such as the Punch Line and Cobb’s. His quick-witted, self-deprecating style finds humor and laughs in all the dark corners of his life and the crazy life around us.
James Mwaura
James Mwaura is a SF-based standup comedian. James is biracial – half black, half regular – and grew up in Georgia. Onstage, James likes to discuss his half-Kenyan, half-German identity (or lack thereof), dating in the silly town of San Francisco, and, most importantly, white people.
Brian Maggi, Your Host
Brian is the Executive Producer of Showmentum, and creator of Adulted. Originally from the midwest, he’s now a Bay Area comic and writer. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Support a Great Cause
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
What time do the doors / gates open? You can come as early as 5:30 for the show. There will be wine by the glass and bottle for sale before and during the show.
Is the show outside? Yes, and even though Livermore can be extremely hot during the day, it cools off a lot at night once the sun goes down. Sometimes it can be a little windy. We recommend bringing a jacket or fleece for the evening.
What about parking? There’s plenty of free parking in the front and back lots.
What about traffic? Look ahead when heading out. Sometimes traffic on Tesla road gets back up from people avoiding 580. Try taking Patterson Pass to Greenville instead, to avoid the bottleneck.
Can you buy tickets at the door? If tickets are still available the night of the show, you can buy them on site. You can also call 3 Steves at (925) 364-4889 or contact us via the Showmentum Facebook page http://facebook.com/showmentum
Showmentum presents an evening of standup comedy under the stars and in the vineyard at 3 Steves Winery. Laughs in a Glass features the best of Bay Area comedy for a great cause.
Featuring
Justin Lockwood
Justin’s revealing stories and clever insights have made him a favorite of audiences around the Bay Area and beyond. His act spans from growing up on a marijuana farm to raising his own son to dating as a single parent.
Sergio Novoa
Sergio is an LA-based standup comic. He produces Comedy Showcases and “My Limited View” Podcast. His edgy comedic style will shock you and make you laugh at the same time. No topic is too taboo for this rabble rouser. If if makes you squirm in your seat, he’s going to talk about it.
Kristina Pandis
Kristina grew up in Macedonia, which is not the smallest, but definitely the most unknown country in the world. She’s been dubbed “Macedonia’s funniest female comedian”, in part because no one else showed up to claim the title. Kristina’s life experiences as an immigrant to the U.S. continue to influence and inspire her hilarious views of the world.
Brian Maggi, Your Host
Brian is the Executive Producer of Showmentum, and creator of Adulted. Originally from the midwest, he’s now a Bay Area comic and writer. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Support a Great Cause
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
What time do the doors / gates open? You can come as early as 5:30 for the show. There will be wine by the glass and bottle for sale before and during the show.
Is the show outside? Yes, and even though Livermore can be extremely hot during the day, it cools off a lot at night once the sun goes down. Sometimes it can be a little windy. We recommend bringing a jacket or fleece for the evening.
What about parking? There’s plenty of free parking in the front and back lots.
What about traffic? Look ahead when heading out. Sometimes traffic on Tesla road gets back up from people avoiding 580. Try taking Patterson Pass to Greenville instead, to avoid the bottleneck.
Can you buy tickets at the door? If tickets are still available the night of the show, you can buy them on site. You can also call 3 Steves at (925) 364-4889 or contact us via the Showmentum Facebook page http://facebook.com/showmentum
San Francisco Comedy Competition Finalist, Pauline Yasuda
Pauline Yasuda is the first-ever Asian female to make the finals of the prestigious San Francisco Comedy Competition, which is in its 44th year. She placed 4th overall and joins the list of previous finalists that include Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, Dana Carvey, and Dane Cook. She is also the winner of the 2013 California’s Funniest Female Competition.
She is an alumna of Acme Comedy Theatre and has shared the stage with Matthew Lillard, Alex Borstein, and Tatyana Ali as a sketch performer and writer. As a stand-up comedian, she won the Wild Card Round at the World Series of Comedy in 2012. In 2014, she was considered one of the “Best of Fest” at the Burbank Comedy Festival.
Panthelion
San Jose based band Panthelion brings its NuClass movement to awe struck audiences in their much hailed live performances.
Panthelion is the innovative force behind the new musical genre known as NuClass. A term coined by the group after attempts to classify their music according to traditional standards failed, NuClass stands for Neo Urban Classical Music. NuClass takes the sophistication of the concert hall and seamlessly blends it with the rawness of the streets. Stylistically, NuClass draws on elements of jazz, classical, tribal, urban-groove, hardcore and electronica.
Kira Soltanovich is a comedian, actress, and writer best known for her correspondent work on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for almost 9 years. She was the Phony Photo Booth, which turned into the show’s longest-running comedy piece. (that didn’t have Jay in it)
Kira has a half-hour stand up special on Showtime called Here Comes Trouble and a one hour stand up special on Amazon called You Did This To Me. She’s the sidekick to host Donald Faison on the Netflix game show, Winsanity and she’s been a recurring comedian on several FOX television shows: Punchline and The Drama.
With Special Guest
Dominique Gelin is a comedian and writer based in Oakland, CA. She offers strong opinions on stupid things, -isms, and jerks. It’s all very fascinating. Dom has performed at the All Jane Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, KQED, and others. When she’s not on stage, Dom writes for local sketch groups Killing My Lobster and Nice Tan.
Tickets
$35.00 General Admission
Tickets sold through Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
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We’ll have a food truck and wine by the glass or bottle for sale. A limited number of reservable tables are available. To check availability and reserve a table call 3 Steves Winery at 925-364-4889.
James Mwaura is a standup comic based in SF. Born to a German mom and Kenyan father and raised in the South, James likes to makes fun of white people but also enjoys a PampleMousse La Croix from time to time. James was recently named by 7×7 Magazine as one of the comics to watch in San Francisco, and he does shows all around California. Check out his podcast Color(ed) Commentary on iTunes!
Brian Maggi, Your Host
Brian is the creator, and host of Adulted, and a Bay Area comedian and writer. He left the high stress world of tech for the low wage life of standup comedy performing under the stage name Skip Everett. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Jason Cole
Oakland California comedian Jason Cole hit the comedy ground running by taking 1st place in the first competition he ever entered, winning a feature spot opening for comedian and TV star John DiResta at the Orinda Theater. Jason recently performed at the Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival as well as at many of the legendary San Francisco Bay Area clubs such as the Punch Line and Cobb’s. His quick-witted, self-deprecating style finds humor and laughs in all the dark corners of his life and the crazy life around us.
You’re Supporting a Great Cause!
Culinary Angels is an all-volunteer, donation-based group that provides healing, nutrient-rich meals to people going through a serious health challenge. About 95% of their recipients are actively going through cancer treatment.
Their volunteers are trained to cook with as many organic ingredients as possible and focus on nutrient-rich, plant-based, seasonal ingredients. Emphasis is placed on using cruciferous vegetables, sea vegetables and homemade broths in our soups. Culinary Angels believes this philosophy will help promote health, wellness, and hope to people who are compromised by their challenge. Organic, healing foods are an important part of our bodies’ natural instinct to be well!
A portion of every ticket sold will be donated to Culinary Angels
Learn more about Culinary Angles on their website.
Stand up comedian Laurie Kilmartin has been doing standup since 1987 and has appeared on CONAN, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Comedy Central. Her Seeso special “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad” made Vulture’s list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. She’s written two books, Shitty Mom (2012) and Dead People Suck (2018). She is currently a writer for CONAN on TBS, and previously wrote for Tough Crowd w/Colin Quinn (Comedy Central) and The Late Late Show with Craig Fergusion (CBS). She has appeared the Montreal Comedy Festival as a New Face and, 12 years later, as a Master. Check out Laurie’s website.
Single Tickets and Reserved Tables Available
Reserve a table and save when you purchase more than 4 tickets at time. If you have purchased tickets separately and would like to reserve a table for 4 or more people please contact us at info@showmentum.com or call 415-952-6524.
Food & Drink Options
Arrive early for dinner. Doors open at 6pm. Rustic Roadhouse mobile kitchen and Crazy Empanadas food truck will be there with a variety of delicious dinner options. Plus award-winning wine by the glass or bottle from Crooked Vine. There’s even beer on-tap and by the bottle.
With Special Guests
Hosted By Austin Blaylock
Austin Blaylock is a comedian and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. Austin has performed standup comedy at the San Francisco Punchline, Cobb’s Comedy Club, Rooster T. Feather’s, San Francisco Comic Con, and Silicon Valley Comic Con. His comedy has been described as “Low self esteem worded eloquently”. Austin hosts the most popular show in the South Bay Area called Super Stacked, and lives with his cat.
Brian Maggi
Brian is the creator, and host of Adulted, and a Bay Area comedian and writer. He left the high stress world of tech for the low wage life of standup comedy performing under the stage name Skip Everett. His biggest claim to fame is inventing the Spam filter so he’d have an excuse for not reading his parents’ emails.
Samson Koletkar
Samson Koletkar was born in Mumbai and raised Jewish. Growing up in the world’s most crowded city, he spent most of his childhood years burning the midnight candles for earning a Masters Degree in Computer Software, thereby fulfilling his parent’s dreams. He then moved half-way across the world, to the technology headquarters and a hotbed for emerging comics – San Francisco.
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