Dennis Gaxiola, the son of a preacher and proud veteran of the United States Air Force, will headline the second event in the Coastal Bend College Comedy Series, which will be held Saturday, October 14, at 7 p.m. at the Gertrude R. Jones Auditorium on the college’s Beeville campus. All proceeds from the series will be used to fund scholarships through the Coastal Bend College Foundation.
Gaxiola, known as one of America's funniest clean comedians, has made more than 20 national television appearances, including Comedy Central’s Laffapalooza with Jamie Foxx, Stand Up Revolution with Gabriel Iglesias, STARZ Network’s First Amendment Stand Up with Martin Lawrence, TBN’s Praise the Lord Comedy Specials, Show Time at the Apollo, BET’s Comic View, Que Locos and the Latin Kings of Comedy Tour with the legendary Paul Rodriguez.
He's seen his most recent success with his two DryBar Comedy specials, “Before the Wall Goes Up” and “Bible School Dropout,” which reached the No. 1 spot on DryBar’s top 10 shortly after its release and has been viewed more than 50 million times on various social media channels.
Gaxiola will take the stage at the newly renovated Gertrude R. Jones Auditorium at 7 p.m. Doors for the show will open at 6 p.m.
