Homebrewed Comedy at Waterman's Cafe & Tasting Barn

The laughs are coming back to Apalachin when Homebrewed Comedy takes the stage at Waterman's Cafe and Tasting Barn on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Kenneth McLaurin is headlining the show, and he'll be there with Abdul Hadi, Mert Karaca and host Mike Peters.

The show will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available online and a limited amount will be sold at the door. The doors will open at 6 p.m.

About the comedians:

Mike Peters, a Binghamton comedian, specializes in self-deprecating, observational humor. A contributor for Funny or Die, Peters performed at the Funny Bone in Syracuse, the Greenwich Village Comedy Club in New York City, won the Utica Brews Laugh Contest and Uptown Roast Battle and opened for Super Troopers’ Rabbit, Erik Stolhanske and Gilbert Gottfried. Peters produces shows all over New York and hosts his weekly podcast, On the Mic with Mike Peters.

Mert Karaca is a philosophy scholar who writes about ideology and teaches ethics, political theory and law. He hopes being a comedian is less of a fake occupation than being a philosopher. He is funny in the classroom and political on the stage. If you hate his set, he is pretty sure you can easily use what he says on stage against him and get him arrested.

The funniest Ethiopian you've ever met, Abdul Hadi is a favorite in Syracuse. He won the Comedy and Chill competition in Syracuse, reached the semifinals of Rochester’s Funniest Person in 2021 and brings a pleasant mix of self-deprecating humor and a love of the finer things in life -- like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Hadi is able to make even the simplest things in life funny.

Kenneth McLaurin has long gone by the moniker "The Funniest Person You've Never Heard Of," but because of the success of his freshman album, "Cuttin' Up, Comedy at The Shop," he now adds the title of most listened to person on Spotify in the Village of Ithaca. Witty, clever, insightful and sometimes shocking, but always funny is what you get with McLaurin.