Experience live stand-up comedy in The Hole! Featuring the best rising comedians in the Midwest! Our Friday night showcase at the Gopher Hole is conveniently located inside the Gopher Bar & Grill in West Duluth. Come in early and grab a bite to eat upstairs and make your way down into The Hole for a night of laughter.
Doors: 8 PM
Show: 9 PM (The show is approximately 90 minutes)
Headliner: Matt Dooyema
Matt Dooyema is a proud pet father of 4 from St Cloud. A bartender by trade, Matt's humor has been influenced by the stories from behind the bartop and the soul crushing realization that his mother was most likely right about not finishing college. Irreverent by nature, Silly by design, Bitter by circumstance, Matt is a high energy performer willing to please.
Host of the Keller Comedy Open Mic,Producer of The Beaver Island Comedy Series, & Co host of the Awful Service Podcast. He also produces comicon shows with Miss Shannan Paul.
Featuring: Erick Austin
A St Cloud original, Erick is a comic & producer on the Minnesota comedy scene. He was the runner-up in the Funniest Person contest at Rick Bronson's House of Comedy in Mall of America in 2024, and 3rd place in the funniest person contest at Sisyphus Brewing 2025. He regularly features at the house of comedy, and has opened for the likes of Eleanor Kerrigan, and K Trevor Wilson. He also produces comedy shows in the St Cloud, Big Lake, and Monticello areas as founder of Never Quit Comedy.
Host: Basil Harrington
Basil is a fast rising Native American comic based out of St. Cloud, MN. He enjoys telling absurd and ironic jokes about his life and heritage in a style inspired by his comedy heroes Mitch Hedberg and Rodney Dangerfield.
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