The Austin comedy institution is back, but it returns to a radically changed stand-up scene.
The stage is empty, but not for long: With a new mural by artist/comic Ramin Nazer, legendary Austin venue Cap City Comedy Club is back
It could be argued that the purchase by Helium was an event 20 years in the making. According to Brad Grossman, it was an easy choice to add Cap City to Helium's portfolio as a legacy brand."We've actually been friends with the ownership of Cap City for 20 years, and [Cap City owner Rich Miller] helped us open Helium in 2005. He was a mentor to us alongside Louis Lee [of Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis].
My personal collection of colorful ticket stubs confirms how much I've enjoyed shows at the original"Cap" . But I wonder: With it reopening in 2022 to a very different comedy landscape compared to 2020, can the club return to its status as"the only big club in town"? “[Cap City] is the gold standard for how to book and run a comedy club in a way that appeases the crowds and cares for the comics.”Something else happened during the years since Cap City closed in 2020: Comedy fans increasingly went online to discover comics. TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube became laboratories for emerging talent. Grossman said he is eager for Cap City to bring not only more racial diversity, but a hybrid of online sensations and traditional club comics to Austin comedy fans.
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