Patton Oswalt Makes Elaborate Tour Announcement, Gives Big Props to Kyle Kinane

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The remainder of the summer will see Patton Oswalt bouncing around the United States for a series of live stand-up shows. More than that, “three different versions” of the comedian will be touring, according to a blog post written by Oswalt himself.

Up first is Oswalt and a handful of as-yet-undisclosed comedian friends, doing shows in San Diego during Comic-Con. Next, there will be a few shows with Blaine Capatch, Karen Kilgariff and Eddie Pepitone, during which Oswalt say he’ll be attempting to recreate a February routine that boasted this exact lineup. At that show a few months ago, he says, “the three of us and the audience gelled so perfectly.” Finally, Oswalt will take the stage by himself to share his mostly off-the-cuff humor, with jokes inspired by experiences touring on the road.

Comedian on-the-rise Kyle Kinane will open for Oswalt at most of these shows. He will take a brief hiatus for his own six-date tour. “Right now, every performance of his is pretty much the same Kyle—on fire, hungry, young and on his way up,” Oswalt writes.

Dates:

July:
23 – San Diego, Calif. @ House of Blues (2 show times)
31 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Largo at The Coronet

August:
6 – Asheville, N.C. @ The Orange Peel (2 show times)
7 – Knoxville, Tenn. @ The Bijou Theatre
8 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Zanies (2 show times)
14 – Washington, D.C. @ The Warner Theater
20 – Athens, Ga. @ 40 Watt Club
21 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Tabernacle
23 – Irvine, Calif. @ Improv
24 – Irvine, Calif. @ Improv
26 – San Francisco, Calif @ Cobb’s Comedy Club
27 – San Francisco, Calif @ Cobb’s Comedy Club (2 shows)
28 – San Francisco, Calif @ Cobb’s Comedy Club (2 shows)
29 – San Francisco, Calif @ Cobb’s Comedy Club