Ephrata modulates by relationship to the heritage. Main Street rooms fill with families who've been here since the Cloister days, while Lincoln Heights hosts the Lancaster County overflow who discovered the commute. Downtown draws the established residents. West End operates in its own bubble. Cocalico Creek adds the rural-adjacent energy. The comedy here navigates populations that share a town but trace different relationships to Pennsylvania Dutch country. Open mics become the rare space where the heritage and the arrived sit together. The comics who honor Ephrata's specific identity find audiences grateful someone knew it's more than a Lancaster suburb.