Name: Stockroom Standup Series: Ahmed Khalaf
Start: 2025-04-18T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Stockroom East

Shows at 7p & 9:15p
For the past 10 years, Minneapolis native Ahmed Khalaf has given everything to comedy. Whether that meant dropping out of college to pursue comedy full-time, or road-dogging all over the country to hone his craft, Khalaf has maintained a sunny disposition towards comedy no matter what has been thrown his way.
Though he can dabble in darker territory with some of his material (you’ll never look at Burger King the same way once he describes his childhood trauma around the Home of the Whopper), Khalaf is a comic who genuinely feels like he’s having fun on stage, and his joy is contagious. While some comics take a perverted sense of pride in sharing their disdain for their own artform, Khalaf embraces every aspect of comedy and accepts them for the role they play in his journey.
“Maybe it’s a boat burning mentality,” he says. “I’m not looking for a way out. I’m not afraid of bombing. It’s all part of the game. I have wholly accepted that I want to be a stand-up comedian.”
And while others would see his album recording a potential sign of Khalaf’s desire to move on to a new market or take on different challenges in his career, he insists that he wholly wants to be a stand-up comedian from Minnesota.
“I’ve always heard the phrase, ‘You walk through the doors that are open,’” he explains. “For me, I love Minneapolis. I love the city. I love the vibes. I love my neighborhood. I like my neighbors. I like Jimmy Johns. I just like being a Midwest dude.”