On a dare from the legendary Penn Jillette, Las Vegas comedian Matt Donnelly took a character he played as a joke and set out to “actually learn some damn magic”.

Now fresh off a successful run in Las Vegas, and with a little help from his comedy partner and Kentucky-native Paul Mattingly, and live local music from “The Mandy Ray Band”, Donnelly is bringing “Hill Bill the Psychic Hillbilly” to Lexington for one night only.

After the magic show, the comedy duo will regroup and perform their two-man improv “The Bucket Show”. A Las Vegas take on “Who’s Line” style comedy games but performed by exhausted jet-lagged comedians who just finished performing a magic show.

The band starts at 6pm, Hill Bill takes the stage at 7pm, more music at 8:30pm and the Bucket Show starts at 10pm.

Matt Donnelly is an improv comedian hailing from New York’s “People’s Improv Theater”. He is the head writer for the hit CW show “Penn & Teller: Fool Us”, and co-host of the podcast “Penn’s Sunday School.”

Paul Mattingly was born in Louisville, growing up in Marion County and Richmond but has not returned to Kentucky in over 12 years since leaving for the bright lights of Las Vegas where he trained with Second City, worked as a professional Klingon, and later starred as Christian Gray in “50 Shades! The Musical Parody.”

Together Matt and Mattingly host the award winning podcast “Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social” whose rabid but well-meaning fans, known as “Scoops” are organizing this event.

FAQs

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

There will be adult humor so we recommend an 18+ crowd.

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