The Bell House is a bar and music/comedy venue in

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. In September 2008 it was opened for the first time. It was the usual recording venue for the NPR program '' Ask Me Another'' during that program's run.

Shows

2010

In 19–20 January 2010, French

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singer

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

performed at The Bell House to promote her third album '' IRM''.
On June 22nd, 2010
the movi
''Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!''
was recorded at the Bell House. It went on to have its world premiere at the 2011

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. It starred

Reggie Watts Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (born March 23, 1972) is an American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Watts refers to himself as a "disinf ...

, Kurt Braunohler,

Kristen Schaal Kristen Joy Schaal (; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on ''Bob's Burgers'' and Mabel Pines on '' Gravity Falls''. She's also known for playing Mel on ' ...

Liam McEneaney Liam is a short form of the Irish name Uilliam or the old Germanic name William. Etymology The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these eleme ...

, and

Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ur, کمیل علی ننجیانی, ; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-w ...

2011

On 20 October 2011, comedy and interview podcast ''

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'' hosted by Julie Klausner recorded its first live show with Ted Leo,

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Paul F. Tompkins Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television on such programs as ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', ''Real Time with Bill Maher'', and ''Best Week Ever'', later ...

and

Billy Eichner Billy Eichner (; born September 18, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is the star, executive producer, and creator of Funny Or Die's '' Billy on the Street'', a comedy game show that aired on truTV. The show e ...

2012

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original comedy special '' John Hodgman: Ragnarok'' filmed here.

2013

On 27 June 2013,

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trio Puss n Boots recorded live tracks from the venue for their

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debut full-length album '' No Fools, No Fun''.

2014

On 30 May 2014,

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group

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performed a benefit concert. On 5 June 2014, Americana/folk group Molly and the Zombies performed at The Bell House with Jared Hart of The Scandals and

Dave Hause Dave Hause (born March 12, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter. He currently performs both solo and with his band The Mermaid. His music draws from heartland rock, folk rock and punk rock. He has also played in multiple Philadelphia, PA area ...

as opening acts.

2015

On 11 September 2015, a preview of humorist

John Hodgman John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as ''The Areas of My Expertise'', ''More Information Than You Require'', and ''That Is All (2011 book), That Is ...

's show '' Vacationland'' played.

2016

On 10 January 2016, comedian

recorded his second album, ''Working Class Fancy'', for Comedy Dynamics at The Bell House, with support acts

Colin Jost Colin Kelly Jost (; born June 29, 1982) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has been a writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL) since 2005 and '' Weekend Update'' co-anchor since 2014. He also served as one of the show's co-head writ ...

, Dave Hill, and Rob Paravonian. On 17 December 2016, YouTuber, comedian and entertainer Joe Santagato had a charity meet and greet event here.

2017

On 6 September 2017, the rock supergroup Filthy Friends performed.

2018

The tenth anniversary of the venue was celebrated with shows featuring

Waxahatchee Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield (born 4 January 1989), previously a member of P.S. Eliot. The band is named after Waxahatchee Creek, in Alabama, where Crutchfield gr ...

, Night Shops and

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as well as

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, and Ex Hex.

References

External links

Official site
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