Brown Noise Comedy is a touring comedy show featuring the best brown comedians in America. We bring together desi, South Asian, Arab, and Persian comics for nights of comedy that feel like home.
The show was created by Raza Jafri, a Pakistani-American comedian based in Austin, Texas, who also founded East Austin Comedy Club. The idea was simple: brown people deserve comedy shows made for them. Not just one comedian on a lineup of ten, but a whole show where the audience gets it, the comics get it, and nobody has to explain what biryani is.
We run monthly shows in Chicago at the Lincoln Lodge, and we've toured to Houston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, Austin, and more. Every show sells out because the demand for brown comedy is real and growing.
Brown Noise isn't just desi comedy or Indian comedy or Arab comedy. It's all of it. Pakistani comics, Indian comics, Arab comics, Persian comics, and everyone in between. The lineup changes every month and features some of the funniest South Asian comedians working today. Whether you call it a desi comedy show, an Indian comedy show, or an Arab comedy show, Brown Noise is the touring comedy show that brings it all together under one roof.
The only thing that stays the same is that you'll laugh until your stomach hurts and leave wanting the next one. If you've been looking for a south asian comedy night that actually feels like it was made for you, this is it.
We're always looking for the next city. If you want Brown Noise in your town, tell us below.