Saturday March 19th, 2011 China Blue's Chuckles Comedy Club

For those who never knew, Boise had a nice and well positioned comedy club on 8th street. It was perfectly situated, advertised, branded, and decorated. The missing link for HiJynx was the absence of customers to their 4-5 nights of comedy needed to keep a club of this size operational.

It was just too much overhead and not enough customers for one club in a city this size. In Vegas, comedy clubs struggle as well; just too many options. However, the clubs in medium to small sized markets remain relevant by re-inventing themselves. China Blue and the whole Bistro family of clubs in Boise do just that from Bikini bull-riding to "No Pants Night".

Comedy is the new addition to their "What can we do next" mentality, and it is filling that void Hijynx left behind. Tonight, Lief Skyving has been booked. Someone you may have recognized from tv or in Fred Meyers down the street. He is local and is nationally recognized and is admired by competing talent and agents alike for being spot on no matter what the crowd.

"Leif Skyving may be keeping his stand up a secret living in Idaho, but this guy would fit in performing in Los Angeles, New York, and anywhere in the country. Performing for our holiday crowds can be tough, but Leif rose to the occasion and elicited tons of laughs and great response. Can't wait to see him back at the Comedy Castle."

--Mark Ridley, Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, Royal Oak MI

A club that can produce this caliber of entertainment as cheaply as they are offering it for, can only do so by transforming that club after the show to one of the premier dance clubs in the Boise club district. China Blue is one of the only clubs TixxFixx knows of that has VIP quarters and bottle service.

So like all things, vote with your wallet, but support the local scene when they go out of their way to produce something fresh and something unique. It should be a spectacular night down town this evening. We counted 8 major events on our calendar for tonight, all of which end up creating their own brand of after parties, not to mention it is the day after the day after a drinking holiday.