UPCOMING EVENTS
Every Thursday:
Every Thursday is our weekly open mic comedy featuring local talent and touring features when available. Usually free, paid tickets may occur when touring comedians come through. Comedians sign up here to guarantee a spot performing, list goes live every Tuesday at 6pm.
Saturday, October 10th
Every comic starts with a normal set. Then Ty Nimmzz yells “Sabotage,” and they have to do whatever the card says. Finish the bit as a different character. Talk like a robot. Trade places with the comic who went before you. The audience picks your topic, and the audience decides when you’re allowed to stop.
No restarting. You work with whatever just happened.
Signup 6:30, show 7. Living Life Louder Entertainment presents Sabotage at Bragging Rights, 113 NW 8th Ave.
Stick around after and the largest arcade in the Southeast is right there.
Tuesday, October 13th
Andy Woodhull
Tuesday, October 13 · 8 PM · $20
Andy Woodhull has done stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and The Late Late Show with James Corden, and he taped a half hour for Comedy Central. You may know him as the host of Totally Funny Animals on The CW, or from his Dry Bar Comedy special, which has millions of views on YouTube.
A lot of his material comes from home life, including an hour titled World’s Greatest Stepdad. It’s smart, friendly stand-up that works on a Tuesday night with your coworkers, your partner, or your parents.
Your ticket includes free play in the arcade before and after the show.
Friday, October 23rd
JDaFunnyMan headlines the Halloween show at Bragging Rights. Wear a costume. There are prizes for the best ones, and the comics have to work in front of a room full of them. JDA Funny Man, also known as Jaye D Jones, is a Florida-based stand-up comedian and digital content creator known for his regional comedy appearances and skits.
Doors 7, show 8. $15 at the door. Food and drinks available.
Living Life Louder Entertainment presents Costume Comedy at Bragging Rights, 105 NW 8th Ave in Gainesville. Stay after and the largest arcade in the Southeast is right there.
Sunday, November 8th, 2pm
Niels Sayers does a magic show that runs on the audience. He brings people up, works the crowd, and lands jokes for the kids and for whoever drove them. Your kid might end up on stage. So might you.
He has been performing since he was eleven, in theaters, nightclubs, cruise ships, and theme parks around the world. He has appeared at Planet Hollywood and the Tropicana in Las Vegas and at the Laugh Factory, and he has been on Pawn Stars. The Society of American Magicians, Chapter 210, named him Magician of the Year.
One show, 2pm on a Sunday. With Comedian Stephanie Norman.
More on Niels at nielssayers.com.
Saturday, November 14th, 7pm
Comedians argue ridiculous cases with zero prep, and the audience serves as the jury. Judge Ty Nimmzz presides. Each comic gets a case, makes an argument, defends it under fire, and then the room votes on who wins.
Tonight’s docket includes Pineapple Belongs on Pizza, Cereal Is Soup, Your Ex Deserves a Second Chance, and Florida Is a Well-Run State. That last one may need a public defender. Other cases could come up too, from Dogs Are Better Than People to Naps Should Be a Paid Job, so the comics will have to think fast.
Doors open an hour before showtime. Spend it on the claw machines and the prize wall, then take your seat in the jury box.
Presented by LLL Entertainment.
Thursday, November 19th, 8pm
Jenna Kim Jones started doing stand-up while working at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Since then, a Dry Bar special, SiriusXM specials, and four kids’ worth of material.
Observational, self-deprecating, and clean, so bring whoever you want.
Doors at 8 PM. Bragging Rights Live, 105 NW 8th Ave. Stay after and the largest arcade in the Southeast is right there.
Saturday, January 23rd 2027
Living Life Louder Entertainment presents Frostbite Takeover at Bragging Rights, 113 NW 8th Ave. Stay after and the largest arcade in the Southeast is right there. Hosted by Adam the Blind Guy and Ty Nimmzz with comedians to be announced.
Bragging Rights Live:
A Neighborhood Event Venue in Gainesville
A hundred people, a stage, and the largest arcade in the Southeast next door. Bragging Rights Live is at 105 NW 8th Ave in Grove Street, left of the arcade entrance, visible from the street. Comedy on Thursdays. The rest of the week, the room is yours.
The room
Available comedy and screenings, standing for receptions, cleared floor for everything else. Separate entrance off 8th Ave, so your guests walk straight into your event.
- Stage, sound system, and microphones
- Projection and screen
- Limited bar service, with the full Bragging Rights bar next door
- Food and drink packages from the arcade kitchen
- Arcade access for your guests if you want it: one cover, hundreds of games
That last one is what no other event space in Gainesville has. Your event ends and your guests are on the arcade floor thirty seconds later.
Venue rental in Gainesville
Birthdays, corporate events, team nights, receptions, watch parties, launches. If you’re looking for a private event space in Gainesville, send the date and headcount to marketing@braggingrights.com and you’ll get real numbers back, not an auto-reply. Weeknights and daytimes book easiest.
Come to a show
We run our own calendar, starting with comedy every Thursday at 8. Members hear about everything first, and some nights are members only.
Pitch us your show
Gainesville makes more shows than it has rooms. If you produce one, comedy, music, trivia, screenings, a podcast, a market, something we haven’t thought of, this is a stage with an audience already standing next to it. Send what it is, when it runs, who it’s for, and what you’ve done: marketing@braggingrights.com, subject line “Producer.”