Third Thursday
No Rest for the Joyful: A Night of Jazz & Stand-Up Comedy
Thursday, May 21, 2026, | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
No Rest for the Joyful is an evening that leans fully into laughter and sound as acts of survival, community, and celebration. Curated as a night of jazz and stand-up comedy, the program brings together three dynamic comedians, one musical guest, and one poet for a multidisciplinary experience that honors joy as both inheritance and resistance — a reminder that delight has always been a radical act.
The evening unfolds as a deliberate gathering, one that holds space for the full range of what it means to be alive right now. Each performer brings their own voice, their own story, and their own relationship to joy — whether through the precision of a well-timed punchline, the improvisational freedom of jazz, or the quiet devastation of a line of poetry that lands exactly where it should.
In a moment that often asks us to brace ourselves; to armor up and stay vigilant, this evening insists on something different: release. Not as an escape from reality, but as a way of moving through it with intention and grace. Sharp humor cuts through what words alone cannot reach. Resonant music opens rooms inside us we forgot were there. Spoken word names what we carry so that, for a moment, we don't have to carry it alone.
No Rest for the Joyful invites audiences to gather, exhale, and be reminded that joy is not a pause from the work — it is part of how we endure it, sustain it, and pass it on. This is an evening for everyone who has ever laughed through something hard, danced when they had every reason not to, or found, in a room full of strangers, something that felt like home.
Come ready to feel something. Come ready to laugh. Come ready to rest — not in stillness, but in joy.