Fred Armisen: Comedy for Musicians (But Everyone Is Welcome)

Fred Armisen is playing the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix on Wednesday, October 21, and Thursday, October 22. The show is called Comedy for Musicians (But Everyone Is Welcome), and it's exactly what the title suggests: a night that puts his two main things—comedy and music—on the same stage.

If you know Armisen, you know he doesn't really separate the two. He spent eleven seasons on Saturday Night Live and shared the Portlandia duo with Carrie Brownstein, and throughout both, he's been as much a musician as a comedian. This show leans into that overlap, mixing musical themes with the smart, slightly off-kilter observational humor that's become his trademark. It's billed as a chance to see him in a more intimate setting than the big stages he's usually associated with, and it's known for landing with musicians and music lovers as much as it does with people who just like a good set.

That's also why the venue makes sense. The Musical Instrument Museum is a place built around the history of instruments from all over the world, so a show that treats music as a punchline and a punchline as a musical theme fits right in. The two dates give you a couple of options if you can't make one of them work.

Tickets are $49.50 to $59.50, and you can find them through the museum's official site.