Pallet Comedy

Pallet Brewing Company mixes up some of New York's best comics with Maplewood's best beer.

Pallet Comedy is a stand up comedy series hosted by Joe Larson (America's Got Talent) and David Drake (Comedy Central) featuring some of the best comics out of NYC. Admission includes one free beer. This month's line up features:

GASTOR ALMONTE

Gastor Almonte is a comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY (East New York specifically.) He has twice appeared on Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happen, Comedy Central’s Featuring, Vice Live, and the PBS featured Stories From The Stage. His appearance on Stories From The Stage won the 2020 Webby People’s Voice award for Best Individual Performance. Timeout Magazine named him “One of your new comedy obsessions.” His debut album, Immigrant Made, debut at #1 on the iTunes Comedy, Google Play Comedy and Amazon Music Comedy charts. His self-funded independent special, “Immigrant Made”, can be seen on Amazon Prime. He is a producer and board member of the science-storytelling non-profit Story Collider. He is also the producer and co-host of the topical news comedy podcast, The War Report, with co-host Shalewa Sharpe. Currently, Gastor can be seen touring the country and workshoping his one-man show, The Sugar.

DINA HASHEM

Dina tried stand-up on a whim by entering the 2010 New Jersey Comedy Festival during college. After winning 1st place, she moved to New York City, where she now regularly performs at clubs like The Comedy Cellar and Gotham Comedy Club. Dina is known for her dry, often dark observations about life and her Arab-American upbringing. She has performed on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, CONAN on TBS, Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, SF Sketchfest, and has written for The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBOMax, and BJ Novak’s The Premise. Listen for her voice on an upcoming animated show from Ramy Youssef on Amazon.

CASEY JAMES SALENGO

Casey James Salengo is a NYC based comedian who’s been featured on Comedy Central Presents, Jimmy Kimmel Live, This Week at the Cellar, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. He performs at clubs, bars, road houses, carnival tents, erotic book stores, novelty keychain distributors, and any other venue that will have him all across the country. His debut album “Wild Country Phoenix” and his Comedy Central web series “Casey Tries His Best” are available wherever you get that kind of thing. He’s a large affable boy who is easily spooked so approach with caution.

DAVID DRAKE

David has been featured on Comedy Central, HBO, Sirius XM, Cracked, Don’t Tell, and Fox. He was named one of Complex Magazine’s ‘Comics to Watch Under 30’ and one of New York Comedy Festival’s ‘Comics to Watch’. He is a producer of the long-standing New York showcase Comedians You Should Know NYC and a regular at the world famous Comedy Cellar. With six stand-up albums and three specials under his belt, including the critically acclaimed Big Break , David delivers comedy that’s “smart and engaging” (The New York Times) and “endlessly watchable” (Humorism).

JOE LARSON

Joe has also been seen on Gotham Comedy Live, NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Laughs on FOX, the Tonight Show’s Laugh Squad and the Speed Channel. On radio he is a repeat guest on Bob and Tom and the Bennington Show.

PALLET BREWEING COMPANY:

Pallet Brewing Company is a production brewery and taproom located in Maplewood, NJ. We make high-quality beer that has broad appeal, engaging both the average beer drinker and the beer connoisseur. We produce all styles of beer, including light and full-bodied IPAs, crisp lagers, and fun seasonal styles.

Pallet Brewing Company is about the beer, but it’s also about creating a sense of place. The brewery’s taproom serves as a cornerstone in our local community, and we see it as both a respite from the flurry of day-to-day life and a gathering place for friends and family.

If you'd like to avoid Eventbrite fees you can also reserve tickets for $25 a ticket through Venmo to the handle (@thedaviddrake) with the subject 'Pallet' and your last name.