Act 01
1-minute stand-up
The comic performs one clean minute — no heat, no excuses. This is the calm version the crowd will remember.
Calm
Live comedy · Las Vegas
HotMic HotWings
Comics. Wings. Chaos.
A live comedy experience where comics perform under pressure, heat, and chaos.
1-minute stand-up
Hot wing challenge
1-minute stand-up
The jokes are hot… but the wings are hotter.
Tonight's dare
Perform your set… backwards.
The Show
Comedy
under
pressure
Tested twice — once by the crowd, once by the heat.
Welcome to HotMicHotWings — a live comedy experience where performers are tested twice: once by the crowd… and once by the heat. Comics perform a 1-minute set, step off stage, eat blazing hot wings, then return to perform another 1-minute set — sharper, harder, and under fire.
Some survive. Some don't. All of it is unforgettable.
This is not open mic night. This is comedy under pressure.
Same comic, twice: the calm version the crowd loved — and the version that came back different, sweating through every punchline.
60s
On the mic, twice — before and after the heat
4
Wings on the line, if you take the Encore
2M+
Scoville units waiting at the top of the scale
HotMicHotWings is not open mic night. It's a comedy experiment under fire — where timing, toughness, and talent get tested in real time. Some comics rise to it. Some don't make it back for round two. Either way… the crowd wins.
How it works
Five acts. One legend.
Every performer runs the same gauntlet — numbered acts that escalate from a clean minute to comedy under fire.
Act 02
The Red Dawn interview
An unpredictable, fearless, playful interview. Red Dawn creates the moments nobody planned — and nobody sees coming.
Warming up
Act 03
Three hot wings
Increasingly hot, heat rising each round. Hover the heat scale below to feel exactly what they're up against.
Rising
Act 04
The Encore Wing
The brave take a 4th, hottest wing to earn another minute on the mic. Nobody makes them. Everybody remembers them.
Nuclear
Act 05
Return set, under fire
The same 1-minute set again — sharper, harder, hilarious. The audience compares the calm comic with the spicy one.
Full chaos
The verdict
The audience reacts, judges, and participates. Calm version vs. spicy version — the crowd decides who survived the wings.
The Heat Scale
Hover or tap a wing to reveal its Scoville rating and heat name.
The quick format: 1 minute stand-up • hot wing challenge (increasing heat) • 1 final minute back on stage • audience reacts, judges, and participates.
RedDawn
Host · Interviewer · Ringleader
Meet the host
Meet Red Dawn
HotMicHotWings was created by Dawn Weir — known in comedy circles as Red Dawn. Comedian. Interviewer. Producer. Master of controlled chaos.
Her interview style is fearless, playful, and genuinely curious — she creates the moments nobody planned.
"Comedy is already pressure… so what happens when you add heat?"
🎤 Meet Red DawnWatch the latest
Press play. Feel the heat.
See comics go from calm to spicy in real time — the calm version, the wings, and the version that came back different.
🔥 Mild
Ep 1 — First Taste of Fire
The debut. Clean minutes, first wings, and the first faces that changed forever.
🔥🔥 Rising
Ep 2 — Heat Level Rising
The heat climbs, the interviews get bolder, and the return sets get wild.
🔥🔥🔥 Nuclear
Ep 3 — Who Survives the Wings?
Encore Wings on the table. Not everyone makes it back to the mic.
Get in the game
Pick your heat.
Want to perform?
Take the stage
Comics with guts and a clean minute — this is your shot to be tested twice.
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Grab a seat
Nothing beats the room. Find a HotMicHotWings show near you and witness the chaos.
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Venues and events — bring HotMicHotWings to your stage and light up your crowd.
Bring it to your venueFrom the fire
What comics say after.
Craziest open mic I've ever done.Comic
I didn't expect the wings to be THAT hot.Performer
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