{"id":31168,"date":"2026-05-07T21:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/?page_id=31168"},"modified":"2026-05-07T21:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:22:03","slug":"kelly-manno-returns-to-granite-city-for-one-night-of-laughs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/kelly-manno-returns-to-granite-city-for-one-night-of-laughs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Manno Returns to Granite City for One Night of Laughs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 20px;text-align: center\"><strong>Kelly Manno Returns to Granite City for One Night of Laughs!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px\"><em>GraniteCityGossip.com May 7, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/comedy-concert-benfit-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31169 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/comedy-concert-benfit-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/comedy-concert-benfit-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/comedy-concert-benfit-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/comedy-concert-benfit-1107x1536.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/comedy-concert-benfit.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 85vw, 738px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">Granite City\u2019s own <strong>Kelly Manno<\/strong> is coming home, and she\u2019s bringing her sense of humor with her! On July 10th, Kelly will take the stage for a one\u2011night\u2011only stand\u2011up show that promises to be equal parts hilarious and heartfelt.<br><br>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what happens when a Holy Family grad, Coolidge alum, and two\u2011time Pom Squad dropout gets a microphone, you\u2019re about to find out. <br><br>Kelly calls herself a <em>\u201chumdinger drinking, paddlers swimmin\u2019, donkey basketball playing, lambs garden fightin\u2019 product of Granite City, Illinois\u201d<\/em> \u2014 and honestly, that might be the most accurate local r\u00e9sum\u00e9 we\u2019ve ever heard.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Lato;font-weight: normal\">She\u2019s got stories that only Granite City folks will truly appreciate, from the glory days of smiley\u2011face cookies at Mrs. Seibold\u2019s to the kind of small\u2011town mischief that makes for comedy gold. And yes, she\u2019s doing it all for a great cause.<br><br>So mark your calendars, grab your friends, and get ready to laugh until your sides hurt. Because when Kelly Manno says \u201cGah\u2011hee, Gah\u2011hi, Gah\u2011ho\u2011ho\u2011ho,\u201d you know Granite City\u2019s about to have a good time. <a href=\"https:\/\/themill.events\/Kelly-Manno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To purchase tickets to the event, tap here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31170,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31168\/revisions\/31170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}