Ian Aber
Who Ian Aber is
Ian Aber is an American stand-up comedian, writer and comedy producer based in Atlanta, a mainstay of the city's Laughing Skull Lounge who calls himself 'America's gay Christian sweetheart' and jokes about growing up queer in the South. He was a national finalist in NBC's Stand Up For Diversity, has opened for Margaret Cho, Jo Firestone and Fortune Feimster, and was the subject of an episode of PBS Independent Lens' series United States of Comedy, which premiered in November 2024.
He was an Official Selection of the 2026 Vail Comedy Festival, has played Atlanta's West End Comedy Fest in 2022, 2025 and 2026 and the Flyover Comedy Festival in St. Louis in 2019, and has been selected for festivals including Laughing Skull, Limestone, 10,000 Laughs and Scruffy City. His album is Night Sugar, his comedy is featured on Sirius radio and Audible, and he hosts the podcast Str8 Ppl: A Minor Look At The Majority. In Atlanta he hosts and co-produces the long-running shows Date Night, Urban Tree Comedy and Back Story.
At a glance
- Based in
- Atlanta, GA
- Albums
- Night Sugar
- Podcasts
- Str8 Ppl: A Minor Look At The Majority
- On screen
- United States of Comedy
- Official site
- comedyian.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: comedyian.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
Albums
- Night Sugar
On screen
- United States of Comedy subject of episode 3, 'America's Gay Christian Sweetheart', Independent Lens, PBS, 2024
Podcasts
- Str8 Ppl: A Minor Look At The Majority host
Questions and answers
Where is Ian Aber performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: comedyian.com ↗.
What podcast do they host?
Str8 Ppl: A Minor Look At The Majority.
What TV shows and films are they in?
United States of Comedy.
Where are they based?
Atlanta, GA, as their record gives it.
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Official site, About ↗ Comedian, writer and comedy show producer; a national finalist in NBC's Stand Up For Diversity; comedy featured on Sirius radio and Audible; opened for…
- Official site, The Album ↗ Site title 'Ian Aber - Comedian, Writer, Essential Gay'; the album Night Sugar, linked to Amazon Music (as of 6 October 2026)
- WABE — Atlanta comedian Ian Aber embraces queer comedic material ↗ City Lights staff, 28 June 2023: Atlanta-based comedian; started comedy at 38; does queer material; his site comedyian.com (as of 6 October 2026)
- PBS Independent Lens — United States of Comedy ↗ Short documentary series in five episodes, premiered 12 November 2024, directed by Habib Yazdi; episode 3, America's Gay Christian Sweetheart: Atlanta comic…
- GBH — America's Gay Christian Sweetheart, United States of Comedy, Ep 3 ↗ A mainstay at the Laughing Skull Lounge, Atlanta comic Ian Aber, self-described as 'America's gay Christian sweetheart' (as of 6 October 2026)
- Vail Comedy Festival ↗ 2026 Vail Comedy Festival Artists (22 to 24 May 2026): Ian Aber, Atlanta, GA, VCF Official Selection (as of 6 October 2026)
- West End Comedy Fest — Past Comics ↗ Ian Aber listed under 2026 Comics, 2025 Comics and 2022 Comics; the festival is in Atlanta's West End (home page: returns 5 to 7 March 2027) (as of 6 October…
- Flyover Comedy Festival — Past Performers ↗ 2019 performers include Ian Aber; the festival is in St. Louis, Missouri (as of 6 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026