If keeping Austin weird excluded keeping Austin funny, then we’d be a city of full of creepy morticians, or worse, prog musicians. Enter the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest: a four-day celebration of ha-ha, bringing in heavy-hitters to 11 venues across town, from the Paramount to the Velveeta Room.
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