Ready to laugh? We all need a chuckle now and then, and touring comedians are ready to bring the funny — and the silly, witty, raunchy and sarcastic — to metro Birmingham this year.

Here are 15 performers you won’t want to miss, including Rickey Smiley, a Magic City favorite who’s doing five shows at the Comedy Club Stardome. “Smiley’s always been a physical comic, dancing in a faux-funky style and creating characters with swift movements and gestures,” AL.com said in a 2012 review. “Smiley’s the life of the party on stage, genial and goofy, chuckling at his own quips and cracking up over life’s silliness.”