La Casita's is a bar attached to the main restaurant Kokopelli's Kantina. You can enter La Casita's through Kokopelli's, but after the restaurant closes, there is a side entrance to the bar where the open mic takes place. A gentleman named Roberto runs the open mic and Elizabeth was the bartender. The open mic has been going on a year and a half. Signup is 6:30, starts at 7pm and ends 10:30pm. Talent gets 10 to 15 minutes or 3 to 4 songs. About 12 to 14 people perform each week. Children are allowed till 9pm, so material has to be clean up to that time. The stage was good sized and had 3 mics. The bar is a full one and the menu is, of course, Mexican food. There is plenty of parking in a huge lot. The night I performed it didn't start till 7:20pm. I went up about 8pm. It was very informal, signing up. Roberto pretty much just spreads the talent around, incorporating the two comedians performing that night at the one-third mark. Guys, this room was great. I was told they get about one or two comedians a month, but they were especially receptive to comedy that night. They even asked that I recommend by comedy friends come out and perform. The atmosphere was inviting. The food and drinks served their purpose. The audience -- about 27 peeps -- were mostly there for the show. They paid attention and were very good about laughing when something struck them as funny. One woman very close to the front continued to laugh so often that I broke from my routine and said, "I'd like you to come to all my future shows and sit in the front row." That got a laugh. I've written in other reviews why it's beneficial to play a room that mostly only does music. If you are good at your craft, the audience will be hungry for comedy, a special side dish in a buffet of music. The compliments I received afterwards were almost embarrassing. So, to my comedic friends, I do recommend you do this room. Your humor will be welcomed like an oasis in a desert.
La Casita's is a bar attached to the main restaurant Kokopelli's Kantina. You can enter La Casita's through Kokopelli's, but after the restaurant closes, there is a side entrance to the bar where the open mic takes place.
ReplyDeleteA gentleman named Roberto runs the open mic and Elizabeth was the bartender. The open mic has been going on a year and a half. Signup is 6:30, starts at 7pm and ends 10:30pm. Talent gets 10 to 15 minutes or 3 to 4 songs. About 12 to 14 people perform each week. Children are allowed till 9pm, so material has to be clean up to that time. The stage was good sized and had 3 mics. The bar is a full one and the menu is, of course, Mexican food. There is plenty of parking in a huge lot.
The night I performed it didn't start till 7:20pm. I went up about 8pm. It was very informal, signing up. Roberto pretty much just spreads the talent around, incorporating the two comedians performing that night at the one-third mark.
Guys, this room was great. I was told they get about one or two comedians a month, but they were especially receptive to comedy that night. They even asked that I recommend by comedy friends come out and perform.
The atmosphere was inviting. The food and drinks served their purpose. The audience -- about 27 peeps -- were mostly there for the show. They paid attention and were very good about laughing when something struck them as funny. One woman very close to the front continued to laugh so often that I broke from my routine and said, "I'd like you to come to all my future shows and sit in the front row." That got a laugh.
I've written in other reviews why it's beneficial to play a room that mostly only does music. If you are good at your craft, the audience will be hungry for comedy, a special side dish in a buffet of music. The compliments I received afterwards were almost embarrassing.
So, to my comedic friends, I do recommend you do this room. Your humor will be welcomed like an oasis in a desert.