Chris Hudson

Chris Hudson is a Baltimore-born, Portland, Oregon-based comedian who in addition to performing at Helium Comedy Club PDX and Kickstand Comedy has also performed at clubs in D.C. (Comedy Loft), Los Angeles (The Comedy Store), Seattle (Emerald City Comedy Club), Oklahoma City (Bricktown Comedy Club), Philly & beyond accompanied by his current facial hair configuration. He’s been in HBO’s Veep (campaign staffer) & his jokes have been featured in The Washington Post, Playboy, Funny Or Die, Paste Magazine, HuffPost, Buzzfeed & someecards. He has opened for and worked comedians such as Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, Kyle Kinane, Sarah Sherman, Nick Mullen, Adam Friedland, Ariel Elias, Carmen Lagala, Geoff Tate, Sean Jordan, Jamel Johnson and more.

He currently hosts Leave Your Troubles at The Door, a completely improvised stand-up comedy showcase (created by him in 2019) where comedians riff jokes using audience problems anonymously submitted before the show, which happens every first Friday at Funhouse Lounge in Portland, Oregon, monthly at Emerald City Comedy Club in Seattle, Washington and every third Wednesday at Orchards Tap in Vancouver, Washington. Leave Your Troubles also travels to new locations and cities almost every month. Comedians he has worked with on LYT include Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Rosebud Baker, AJ Wilkerson, Blair Socci, Geoff Tate and more.

His podcast Coffee Sip is distributed internationally & has had past guests such as Kyle Kinane, Jackie Kashian, Geoffrey Asmus & Chanel Ali. He also independently released his first stand-up comedy album entitled It’ll Probably Be Fine in 2019 which is available on Spotify, Tidal, Apple, Amazon & Bandcamp.