At a glance
The Traverse City Comedy Fest runs April 10 - 12 at assorted venues in downtown Traverse City. More info.
As creator and host of the wildly popular podcast series WTF, Marc Maron has millions of fans.
Beginning in stand-up comedy, his career now includes fascinating roles as an actor, voice over work in animation, live-gigs as a musician sitting in with the likes of Trey Anastasio from Phish, and writing and producing his own comedy specials for HBO, Netflix and a namesake series on Comedy Central.
Maron will headline two shows on Saturday, April 12, as part of this weekend’s Traverse City Comedy Fest.
The festival takes place across downtown Traverse City at over seven venues featuring performances, events, improv and workshops. For tickets and schedule visit traversecitycomedyfest.com
Maron spoke at length with IPR Arts and Culture Contributor Joe Beyer on a wide range of topics: his upcoming special on HBO, why comedy and politics have sides, the rise of micro-comedy on social media, teasers about upcoming work on an AppleTV+ series with Owen Wilson and his directorial debut adapting Sam Lipsyte novel into a film. (The writer is a dear friend.)
