About Adam
Adam Cayton-Holland is a national touring comic who has appeared on CONAN, WTF with Marc Maron, Comedy Central Presents, The Late Late Show with James Corden, @midnight, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, and more. He has been named one of Esquire magazine’s “25 Comics to Watch” and one of “10 Comics to Watch” by Variety.
Along with his cohorts in The Grawlix, he created, wrote, and starred in “Those Who Can’t,” which aired for three seasons on truTV. The Grawlix also host a podcast, “The Grawlix Saves the World,” which is available everywhere.
His albums, “I Don’t Know If I Happy,” “Backyards,” “Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits,” (voted one of Vulture’s Top Ten Albums of 2018), “Semblance of Normalcy,” “Hot Takes,” and “Wallpaper,” are available on all the listening platforms. “Wallpaper” is also a filmed special, available to watch, for free, on YouTube.
Cayton-Holland is the founder of the High Plains Comedy Festival in Denver. He has performed at comedy festivals all over the world, as well as The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Adam’s writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, SPIN, The A.V. Club, The New York Times, Esquire and The Atlantic. His first book, Tragedy Plus Time, was called, “inspiring, tragic, and at times heart-rendingly funny,” by People magazine, and is available everywhere. He once threw out the opening pitch at a Colorado Rockies game and people have described him as “genial,” and “with decent teeth.”
You can find Adam on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok @CaytonHolland.
Upcoming Shows
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Comedy Works
April 25, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St, Denver, CO 80202, USAIn honor of my 20th anniversary in comedy, I'm headlining the best comedy club in the world.
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The Grawlix
April 27, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St, Denver, CO 80211, USA
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Minneapolis - Sisyphus Brewing
June 7, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Sisyphus Brewing, 712 Ontario Ave W #100, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA
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Chicago - Lincoln Lodge
July 19, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Lincoln Lodge, 2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647, USA
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Houston - The Secret Group
August 23, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The Secret Group, 2101 Polk St, Houston, TX 77003, USAThrilled to be returning to one of my favorite spots to perform
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Dayton, Kentucky - Commonwealth Sanctuary
November 22, 2024
Commonwealth Sanctuary, 522 5th Ave, Dayton, KY 41074, USA
Writing
- Denver Comic Adam Cayton-Holland Gets Serious (Sorta) About OCD, 5280 Magazine, October 2023
- “eclipse”, Twenty Bellows, February 2023
- Remembering David Bulow: Death and the Beautiful Game, Westword, July 2021
- “Home Away From Home Alone”: A College Admissions Essay by Kevin McCallister, McSweeney’s, December 2020
- How a Visit to a Childhood Home Spurred a Meditation on Time, Love, and Loss, 5280 Magazine, March 2020
- The Best Drug I’ve Ever Taken Wasn’t Even a Drug. It Was EMDR Therapy, Esquire, October 2018
- Advice I Never Wanted to Give, New York Times, August 2018
- Adam Cayton-Holland: On Birds, Comedy and Mental Health, Paste Magazine, March 2018
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Birds I’ve Seen
The Grawlix Saves the World
The Grawlix Saves The World is a comedy podcast from Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, and Andrew Orvedahl, collectively known as The Grawlix.
This podcast finds the fellas trying to improve their own lives, and by extension, the world at large. Each episode presents a challenge for them to overcome, in the hope that they will emerge as better people. Each episode also includes standup comedy clips from the group’s acclaimed live monthly show, featuring national touring comedians such as David Gborie, Debra DiGiovanni, and Eliza Skinner.
My Dining Room Table
My Dining Room Table was a podcast that I hosted from 2013 to 2015, wherein I interviewed the various people I found interesting from the cozy confines of my dining room table—plus sometimes hotel rooms on the road. If you haven’t already, dig into the archives. You can also check it out on iTunes or Stitcher!
The Grawlix is a comedy trio consisting of Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy.
The trio are the creators, writers and actors behind the TV show, “Those Who Can’t,” which ran for three seasons on truTV.
They also host a podcast, entitled, “The Grawlix Saves the World,” in which they try to better the world around them by bettering themselves. Competitively.
The Grawlix also host a monthly stand-up show that takes place at Denver’s historic Bug Theatre on the last Saturday of every month.
They have also made tons of comedy sketches over the years, some of which are available here.
Store
My first hour-long special, “Wallpaper,” is available now! While I’ve done numerous albums, they were audio only, no video component, per se. So when comedy tastemakers 800 Pound Gorilla gave me the chance to film a proper special, I was thrilled! Recorded at the Bug Theater in Denver, Colorado, and directed by the incomparable Nix Brothers, Wallpaper is my most elaborate comedy effort to date, and I’m extremely proud of it. As the fine folks at the label wrote, “Wallpaper showcases in a hilarious, vulnerable way a comedian growing into a new kind of artist and a new kind of person right before our eyes.”
Since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to publish a book – long before comedy or anything. When people asked me what I was going to be when I grew up, I told them, “A writer.” But I never in a million years would have thought the subject matter of my first book would be the suicide of my little sister, whom I love and miss so much. I’m excited and heartbroken – which is pretty much how I’ve operated ever since Lydia passed away. Choosing every day to be excited about the time I have left on the planet; heartbroken that one of my absolute favorite people is no longer here to share it with me. I’m sure anyone who has suffered through such a major loss can relate. But this book helped me grieve. A lot. I cried as much writing this as I did those first few weeks after. Cathartic is the cliche people often throw around about such experiences, but I can’t think of a better one. This book provided a catharsis for me. And as sad as it is, I did my best to make it funny and honest too, like Lydia was. Like my family is. It’s a tribute to the littlest member of our clan who burned so brightly, and it’s an honest look at mental illness and mourning. So order the book if you feel so inclined. Get to know an amazing person gone too soon, one I miss and love dearly. Every single day. http://tragedyplustimebook.com/