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Comedy Club of Jacksonville

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Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Comedy Club of Jacksonville
Phone:
+1 904-646-4277

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
Thursday7pm - 12am
Friday7pm - 12am
Saturday7pm - 12am


The Chitlin Circuit is a collection of performance venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper midwest areas of the United States that were safe and acceptable for African American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers to perform in during the era of racial segregation in the United States .In the 21st century, the term is applied to the venues, especially in the South, where contemporary African-American blues singers such as Bobby Rush, Denise LaSalle, and O.B. Buchana continue to appear regularly. The name derives from the soul food item chitterlings ; it is also a play on the term Borscht Belt, which referred to particular resort venues that were popular with Jewish performers and audiences during the 1940s through the 1960s. This name also comes from the culinary history of black people, where they were often only given the intestines of the pig to eat as opposed to the bacon or ham. It is a representation of acquiring a taste out of necessity and eventually coming to truly like it. The Chitlin' Circuit was considered to be by, for, and about black people. Topics of plays were often farcical and overdramatic. There is debate as to when the Chitlin' Circuit's peak was. Some say its peak was in the 30's, some say it was after World War II, and others say it was the time of the blues.
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