Comedian Ben Bankas had six sold-out shows at the Laugh Camp Comedy Club in St Paul, Minnesota, cancelled after videos of him joking about the death of Renee Good went viral and sparked threats of protests.

Venue owner Bill Collins said the decision was made due to “heightened threats, increasing media attention and civil disorder” and has refunded all ticket holders.

The offending material was performed at Laugh It Up Comedy Club in Poughkeepsie, New York, on 9 and 10 January 2026.

One video from the shows has garnered nearly 400,000 likes on Bankas’ Instagram account and sees the performer say: “Her last name was Good. That’s what I said after they shot her.”

He also called her a “r*****”, mocked her partner and suggested she should have been shot sooner.

Bankas responded by criticising the club and vowing to try to perform elsewhere in the state.

It comes after music legend Bruce Springsteen named both Good and Alex Pretti, who was also shot dead by ICE agents, in a new song dedicated to Minneapolis last week.

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