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DAVE RUSSO THE ENTERTAINER.....

Boston comedian, entertainer and 6x Boston comedy co-Ed softball champion Dave Russo has been in the entertainment industry since he was 13 years old, when he earned Stars of the Show Honors at his high school’s annual Junior Varieties show. A professional hip-hop breakdancer at 15, he was featured in national commercials for Nabisco, Sugar Babies candies, Dunkin’ Donuts, and modeled for Nike and Esprit, with his performances featured in the Boston Sunday Globe.

Eventually, Dave traded in his parachute pants for a wrestling singlet and became his high school's first ever state wrestling champion. Next came Wilkes University, where Dave was a Boston Globe, all-scholastic, and division one wrestler training under the tutelage of the number two winningest division one wrestling coach in the country, John G Reese.

While at Wilkes, Dave earned a Masters in business communications and won the gold medal in the 1997 Bay State games.

Dave’s stand-up career got off to a running start, when he won the inaugural Boston Comedy Festival, earning the Best New Comic Award with only three years of comedy under his belt.

He followed that up as 2nd runner-up in 25th Anniversary San Francisco International Comedy Festival, leading to featured performances on UPN and Comedy Central’s New Joke City with Robert Klein.

As fate would have it, Dave was performing on the strip in Las Vegas when he was discovered by Mr. Las Vegas himself: Wayne Newton.

Newton would feature Dave on his performance reality series The Entertainer on E! Entertainment TV, where Dave won an exclusive Las Vegas contract.

For the past 20 years, Dave's numerous fundraisers include Comics Come Home with Denis Leary, Alzheimer's awareness, the USO, and many more. Dave has since been featured in Tom Brady's Shields MRI commercial, the NHL and NBC's A Very Farrelly Thanksgiving commercial (directed by legendary filmmaker Bobby Farrelly), and locally Dave has been featured on Charlie Moore's The Mad Fisherman, The Phantom Gourmet, and NESN's Dirty Water TV, where Dave was a regular host! A 6 X Boston Comedy coed softball champion dave reports and explores the best of Boston nightlife and beyond!

Dave presently is contracted with the Royal Caribbean as one of their headlining comedians.

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Sat, Sep 05
Icon of the Seas
Cruise Terminal A - Port of Miami - Roya
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Sep 05, 2026, 12:00 PM – Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
Cruise Terminal A - Port of Miami - Roya, 2000 N Cruise Blvd, Miami, FL 33132, USA
Russo on the High Seas is bringing the laughter to Icon of the Seas
Sun, Sep 13
LAUGHS. COMMUNITY. VETERANS
The Inn at Fogg Farm 1789
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Sep 13, 2026, 6:00 PM
The Inn at Fogg Farm 1789, 65 Lewiston Rd, Gray, ME 04039, USA
Come out for a special night of laughs to support our veterans!
Thu, Sep 17
A Special Night to Support the Tom Misci Patriot Scholarship
Beachmont VFW
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Sep 17, 2026, 7:00 PM
Beachmont VFW, 150 Bennington St, Revere, MA 02151, USA
Comedy for a Cause - Let's Support a near and dear cause - The Tom Misci Patriot Scholarship Comedy Night featuring Boston's BIGGEST Comedians, including ME!
Sat, Oct 03
Comedy Poured at Fulchino Vineyards
Fulchino Vineyard
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Oct 03, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Fulchino Vineyard, 187 Pine Hill Rd, Hollis, NH 03049, USA
Comedy Poured Live from Vegas with Ed 'The Machine' Regine and Friends - THE DAVE RUSSO and Ethan Printz