Nurse John: Against Medical Advice Tour

Nurse John brings his Against Medical Advice Tour to the Mershon Auditorium at Wexner Center on Friday, October 23, 2026. It's a stand-up set that pulls directly from the world of healthcare, so if you've ever spent time in a clinic or a hospital—even just as a patient—the references will land right where they're supposed to.

John is a nurse turned viral creator, and that's where the material comes from. He describes his comedy as healthcare-inspired, and the whole thing is built around that specific, high-stress environment. It's the kind of humor that works because it's grounded in something real: the long shifts, the strange things you see on the job, and the particular way people act when they're in a medical setting. He calls it "work-bestie-energy humor," which is a pretty accurate way to put it—it's the kind of sharp, knowing jokes you trade with the person standing next to you when you're both ten hours into a twelve-hour shift and the only thing keeping you going is laughing at the absurdity of it all.

That's the core of the show: the shared, inside-joke feeling of working in healthcare, brought out of the breakroom and onto the stage. You don't have to be a nurse to get it, but if you are, or if you've spent enough time around the industry to recognize the tropes, it'll hit closer to home. The set is built on that same energy—the kind of comedy that comes from seeing the weird side of a profession and deciding to talk about it in public.

It all happens at the Mershon Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, October 23, with the show starting at 7:30 PM. If you've been following his clips online, this is the full-length version of that same voice, live on stage.