“The Riot” was founded by award-winning entrepreneur and comedian Brian Gendron in 2020 as a bi-weekly Comedy Show in a small music venue at a local neighborhood bar called Rudyards in Houston, TX. In 2022 The Riot & Rudyards transformed that music venue into one of the most sought-after comedy clubs in the country for touring acts to perform. The Riot now hosts over 35,000 unique visitors with over 650 shows annually to the comedy club, thousands at the 4-Day Annual Riot Comedy Festival held each spring in Houston, and tens of millions of people internationally see The Riot’s Online Content.