21 Jul Hire A Comedian For Special Events
Hiring Comedians for Your Special Occasion
Trying to plan your next special event? Maybe you want to throw an unforgettable surprise birthday party for your significant other—or give the upcoming holiday celebration a new flavor. Food trucks would certainly fit the bill, but for around the same cost, you could give friends and family something they could cherish forever: a comedian. When we’re laughing together, we’re sharing an experience together. And experiences are indelible.
Whether it’s a birthday party, New Year’s Eve celebration, or even a bachelor or bachelorette party, hiring a comedian will always immeasurably enhance the next special event. You probably don’t remember what you ate at your last ten birthday parties. For a million bucks, you probably couldn’t name three things you did at your high school graduation celebration. But a funny story, joke, or anecdote? You remember and tell those for years to come. In short, hiring a professional comedian for all life’s special occasions will pay off for years. Read on to find out how hiring a stand-up comedian will benefit your next special event.
New Year’s Celebration
When it comes to New Year’s Eve celebrations, many of us have unyielding traditions. Some of us watch the ball drop; others may go to a family’s house for a party. Maybe this time you really want to do it up. People have gotten a bit older, and some are having trouble staying awake till midnight. Hiring a professional comedian will do more than just keep people alert till the new year. People will be enthralled. Have you ever laughed continuously for several minutes? Of course you have. We all have. So you know the feeling. It’s the wanting more. You want to laugh more and enjoy yourself; laughing is pleasurable and downright addictive.
In fact, Lee S. Berk, DrPH, associate dean of research affairs at Loma Linda University School and a leading laughter researcher, has shown that laughter can improve short-term memory and act like a natural narcotic. But a standup comedian can enhance many special occasions besides New Year’s. It’s never a bad season for laughter.
Birthday Parties
After a certain point, a birthday party ceases to be one of those special occasions we look forward to. When we’re children, a birthday party is one of the most exciting days of the year. We draw up a guest list of school friends and look forward to cake, ice cream, and being showered with presents. But as the years tick by and we become adults, our birthday is nice, but it’s lost much—if not all—of its luster. This is natural, sure, and it’s certainly no great tragedy. However, we deserve to feel special, even if it’s for one day of the year.
If you want to surprise a loved one, to insert a little razzle-dazzle back into their life, a comedian could bring that missing élan. Comedy is also an easy way to bring people together, as per a Psychology Today article that says laughter helps us form social bonds, stimulates brain activity, and acts similarly to antidepressants. So if it’s been a hard year for your group, hiring a comedian for your New Year’s Eve celebration is basically doctor’s orders.
Have your next birthday party invitation feature a stand-up comedian, and give your friends and family a natural high.
Graduation Celebrations
One of the seminal moments in a young person’s life is graduating from high school. It’s also a big day for parents as their kids take one of their first big steps into adulthood. You want them to have a graduation celebration that says, “We’re proud of you and all your hard work.” The day goes by so fast, you want to ensure it’s one of those special occasions they’ll cherish.
However, as exciting as graduation is, there’s still a tinge of anxiety. If your life is a mansion with many rooms, this is one that hasn’t been explored. Hiring a stand-up comedian for your graduation celebration will not only make the day special, but it can also help reduce some of the stress of transitioning to the next phase of life.
How beneficial is mere laughter to our well-being? The Mayo Clinic has such effusive praise for the power of laughter you’d think they were being underwritten by Big Comedy.
Bachelor or Bachelorette Parties
As the party host of a bachelor or bachelorette party, you have certain expectations. It goes without saying there’s an air of “adult proceedings,” to put it euphemistically. Like the threshold of high school into the hereafter, this represents another unexplored room in your house of experiences: marriage.
There is, of course, an intimacy to the party, but like graduation, there is also an undercurrent of stress as it represents another shift. You’re on the precipice of the seventh most stressful life event (marriage)—according to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale (also known as the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)). Thus, having a professional comedian is a great way to diffuse some of the anxiety that comes from another large shift in our lives.
Despite specializing in clean comedy, we have plenty of acts that would be great for your bachelor or bachelorette party. But if you don’t want ribald, we also have Christian comedians and, as mentioned, a large swath of clean comedians to choose from. Treat the bachelor or bachelorette’s close friends; hire a comedian.
Weddings
We believe in leaving dead horses alone, so we’ll just reiterate that a wedding can be deeply stressful. From the planning to the expectations that can accompany the event, stress and a wedding are deeply intertwined.
A wedding is (obviously) also a joyous occasion. And joyous occasions are enhanced with laughter. It’s why the best man speech is traditionally a mixture of the heartfelt and the humorous. And as previously mentioned, laughter brings a natural high, i.e., a stand-up comedian can deliver that extra boost of mirth to an event. So how can you say no to an extra bit of mirth on one of the most special days of your life?
Our comedians are happy to adapt their material to fit your special day. From a light roasting to more tongue-in-cheek comedy—including a range of LGBTQ+ comedians—we’ll find the right humorist for you.
Book a Comedian for Your Special Event Today
As your life develops, from birthday parties to graduation celebrations and bachelor or bachelorette parties to finally your wedding, a stand-up comedian is always a sound choice of entertainment. There’s a reason you give the “gift of laughter,” not the curse of it. We don’t celebrate milestones with something somber. No one is putting on The Seventh Seal or Silence of the Lambs to make an event more delightful. New Year’s Eve celebrations aren’t a fond time to meditate on our limited mortality or the darkness of the human psyche. That’s what National Donut Day is for.
We jest, but truly, humor is the salt of every dish—if you want those special occasions to come alive, you need this crucial ingredient.
Laughter is the perpetual gift you’re always unwrapping and being surprised anew. If not a panacea, laughter is at the very least a salve, soothing the minor scrapes, scratches, and burns afforded to our egos as we navigate life.
From the quintessential quinceañera to the sweet sixteen, for the recently betrothed and soon-to-be matriculated, a comedian will improve all of life’s special occasions. Call or email us today.