Ben Asher: Live at Flip Flops Comedy Club

This Friday kicks off our seasonal closing weekend with a headliner you won’t want to miss! He’s been called “brave,” “confrontational,” and a “brilliant joke writer,” and now he’s bringing his one-of-a-kind act to Old Orchard Beach for one night only.

BEN ASHER (New York Comedy Festival; StandUp NBC; Iceland Comedy Festival headliner; Caroline's; The Chosen Comedy Festival; BorschtBelt Comedy Festival) - http://www.benasher.net

Ben Asher is a New York-based writer and comedian who has performed at some of the biggest venues and festivals in the country, from the New York Comedy Festival to headlining the Iceland Comedy Festival. He’s a finalist in the 2014 Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition, a member of the legendary Friars Club, and opened for Greg Fitzsimmons in 2024. His 2022 half-hour special, An Intimate Evening of Provocative and Deranged Humor, pretty much tells you everything you need to know about his style. He doesn’t just dissect language and taboos—he explodes them. Audiences describe his act as “alarmingly profound” and “terrifying, but funny,” and you’ll probably laugh at something you feel like you shouldn’t.

In 2022 Ben recorded a half-hour special "An Intimate Evening of Provocative and Deranged Humor" at The Nest rock club, in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024, Ben recently opened for Greg Fitzsimmons and Nick Griffin. Also, in 2023 and 2022, Ben's show Arthur Avenue Comedy was featured in the NY Comedy Festival as one of only two comedy shows in Bronx. In 2014, Ben traveled to Iceland to headline in the Iceland Comedy Festival. He has appeared in the Chosen Comedy Festival, Borscht Belt Comedy Festival and Ben was also the finalist in the 2014 Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition. Ben Asher is a sought after Jewish comedian who frequently performs for Synagogues and on Jewish comedy shows and he recently headlined a Jewish comedy show for the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and Temple Israel in Albany, NY. In 2013 Ben was first in the New York Comedy Festival. Ben has been a guest on Sherrod Small's 'Races Wars' podcast.

Ben currently produces and hosts the weekly Arthur Avenue Comedy show in NYC's Bronx borough, the monthly Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen, which was named “Best Comedy Show” by Westchester Magazine, and Slide-In at Slate-Nightclub in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, and has produced and hosts a monthly comedy show in Park Slope, Brooklyn and New York's East Village, DoublePlusGood Comedy, (formerly Nasal Vice! Stand-Up,) where, since 2013, rising comics perform long, 20+ minutes sets, every month. He also co-produces/hosts The Homebrewed Mic, giving New Yorkers a sample of homebrewed beers and comedy.

He’s joined by a lineup of special guests to keep the night rolling with laughter. Cold drinks, big laughs, and a comic who’s not afraid to push every button in the room. Let’s send the season out right.

Friday, October 9th at Flip Flops Comedy Club
Doors at 7:30pm | Show at 8pm
$12 cover • 2-item minimum • Parental guidance for under 18

Fore more info on the show go to https://flipflopscomedy.com/all-events/?event=1541

Event venue

Flip Flops Comedy Club, 40 Old Orchard Street, Old Orchard Beach, United States

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