Tampa Bay's annual 'Crack Up Cancer' comedy show happens this weekend

The 17th iteration of the benefit is in St. Petersburg.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 11:51 am

Dr. Vien Phommachan, who plays Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 5, 2024.

For nearly two decades now, Tampa Bay’s Crack Up Cancer has used comedy to support local cancer patients and their families in their time of need.

And this year, there’ll be a doctor in the house, too, thanks to Dr. Vien Phommachan (pictured) who is one of five comics set to take the stage.

Others on the bill include Tampa favorite Matt Fernandez, the eternally sassy Hugh Carey, Cape Coral’s Sheena Regan, and Christian comedian Danny Johnson.

Tickets to the 17th annual Crack Up Cancer comedy benefit happening Saturday, Oct. 5 at St. Petersburg's Floridian Social are still available for $25.

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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