‘Southern Nights Comedy Tour’ stops by ͷ in January with home-grown laughs for all ages
Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A night of big laughs centered around the cultural carnival that is the South is on tap for the first 2027 Lyceum Series event at Mississippi State in January.
The “Southern Nights Comedy Tour,” featuring Mississippi-native comedians and storytellers Landon Bryant and Mary Ryan Brown, is making a Jan. 16 road trip to ͷ’s Bettersworth Auditorium. Showtime is 7 p.m.
Media reviews have called the duo show “humor that feels instantly familiar” and “razor-sharp comedy taking on family life, Southern customs and personalities that make life colorful.” It’s also entertainment suited for all ages.
Born in Laurel and a former art teacher, Bryant has amassed almost one million followers of his “Landon Talks” podcast across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. He is the author of “Bless Your Heart: A Field Guide to All Things Southern,” “Twas the Night Before Christmas, Y’all,” and is releasing “How to Speak Southern” in spring 2027.
Making his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this year, he currently writes the “Let’s Ask Landon” column in Good Grit magazine and has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Southern Living and Garden and Gun.
Mary Ryan Brown is a Hattiesburg-born writer and performer, widely known for her “Southern Moms of Weird Daughters” social media and live show comedy sketches. Her performances have gained more than 350,000 followers, many enjoying her humor on “Dry Bar Comedy” and “Nateland Live” YouTube channels. She also has appeared in a Southern Living limited series and opened for such well-known standups as Ryan Hamilton and Heather McMahan.
Tickets are on sale now for $40 and an additional meet-and-greet with the comedians is available for $25 while tickets last. Both can be purchased online at or by calling the ͷ Center for Student Activities at 662-325-2930. If available, tickets may be purchased the day of the performance at the door.
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