Helium Presents: Tonerio Brown: First Time Being 40

Tonerio Brown headlines Helium Comedy Club on Wednesday, October 28, with his new live show First Time Being 40. It's a homecoming of sorts: Brown is a St. Louis stand-up, actor, and writer who won Helium's 'Funniest Person in St. Louis' in 2023, and he's returning to that same stage as the headliner.

The show follows his debut comedy special, Young Dumb and Full of Comedy, which came out in March 2026. That special blended stand-up, storytelling, and poetry, and it closed with a poem—one that Brown plans to weave spoken word throughout this live experience. If you've seen the special, this is the live version of that same energy.

Brown has been pursuing stand-up seriously since 2018, and he's known for high-energy storytelling and a point of view that's unmistakably Midwestern. Beyond the local circuit, he won the Looney Bin Comedy Competition in Little Rock, Arkansas, and has worked across different mediums: he created the animated series Wussup Dawg and has written and acted for film, with Hella Drove and My Cousin Phil available on Tubi and Amazon Prime.

Practical details for the night: the show starts at 7:30 PM at Helium Comedy Club, 1151 St Louis Galleria Street. The showroom is an 18+ venue with a two-item per person minimum and an 18% administrative fee on food and drink.