Sure Bet
SUNDAY 25
MEMORIAL WEEKEND COMEDY FESTIVAL

At this standup showcase, Sommore, one of the Queens of Comedy and the first female host of BET’s Comic View, will unleash her caustic wit and present issues about sex and relationships from a female perspective. Deemed “a force to be reckoned with” by Oprah, Sommore set a world record in 2000 as the first female comedian to perform in front of more than 44,000 people. Lavell Crawford, Bruce Bruce and South Florida comedian Marvin Dixon also will perform.

Location: James L. Knight Center, 400 S.E. Second Ave., Miami

Time: 8 p.m.

Cost: $47.50-$60

Contact: 305/416-5970 or Jlkc.com

Free Bet
SUNDAY 25
SUPER CHEESY EIGHTIES PROM

Last year, Respectable Street hosted a group of mods, geeks and dorks dressed in Day-Glo colors all trying to relive part of a decade during which they never actually lived. The attendees were barely zygotes when the schmaltzy, horrible songs blaring over the club’s sound system were first released. Nonetheless, we encourage you to drape yourself in primary colors, sew pads into the shoulders of your jacket and make your hair stand straight up while worshiping at the altar of Flock of Seagulls.

Location: Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach

Time: 8 p.m.

Cost: Free

Contact: 561/832-9999 or Respectablestreet.com

WEDNESDAY 21
SHE WANTS REVENGE

The world probably doesn’t need another mopey band with a complete-sentence name, but when you’re the newest incarnation of Joy Division and Bauhaus, the gloomy implications of a name like She Wants Revenge seem entirely appropriate. The dark, new-wave duo has steadily garnered attention since 2006, when it released its self-titled debut. In 2007, it released its second album, This Is Forever. Be Your Own Pet, and indie-rock bands Switches and The Virgins will open.

Location: Revolution Live, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Cost: $16

Contact: 954/727-0950 or Jointherevolution.net

FRIDAY 23- SUNDAY 25
FLORIDA SUPERCON

Dust off that Naruto costume you’ve been hiding from your significant other and open his or her eyes to the apex of dorkitude this weekend at Florida Supercon.For three days, fans will scour 60,000 square feet of comic books, anime, sci-fi, animation and manga titles, participate in costume contests and potentially meet legendary comic-book artists such as Frank Brunner and Dick Giordano. Other guests will include comic-book writer Dan Slott and Harry Potter actors Natalia Tena and Oliver Phelps.

Location: Hyatt Regency Bonaventure, 250 Racquet Club Road, Weston

Time: 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday

Cost: $20-$30

Contact: 954/882-2950 or Floridasupercon.com

SATURDAY 25
WARRIORS COLLIDE 5

Carlos Garcia of the Miami-based Young Tigers will fight Kyle Fanelli of Elite Muay Thai for the ISKA Welterweight Belt at Warriors Collide 5, a mixed- martial-arts competition. Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, is similar to kung fu and is also known as “the art of eight limbs” because it uses eight points of contact (hands, elbows, knees and shins) instead of two, like regular boxing, or four as in traditional martial arts. Other matches include Mike Ozuna of US1 Fitness vs. Jacen Baker of American Top Team Deerfield. We’re pulling for Baker — especially since Top Team’s training facility is just down the street from our office, and they terrify us.

Location: War Memorial Auditorium, 800 N.E. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale

Time: 6 p.m.

Cost: $20-$75

Contact: 954/828-5381 or Lefthookpro.com