{"id":20183839,"date":"2025-09-02T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrosiliconvalley.com\/?p=20183839"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T18:18:14","slug":"dante-in-sunnyvale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrosiliconvalley.com\/dante-in-sunnyvale\/","title":{"rendered":"Dante in Sunnyvale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Comedian, actor, activist, and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Dante is coming to Rooster\u2019s this week. Dante is the white guy who holds the record for winning the most BET Comedy Awards. He also had a sitcom on BET, <em>The Blackberry Inn<\/em>. He\u2019s performed all over the world entertaining the troops, he\u2019s written for Joan Rivers, and is just overall a comic\u2019s comic, spending 40 weeks a year hitting stages and making audiences laugh. Bay Area favorite Jesse Fernandez and Florida\u2019s Ed Niemi will be on hand to kick things off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rooster-t-feathers.seatengine-sites.com\/shows\/328775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dante<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wed, Sept 10, 8pm, $25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rooster T. 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