New York Comedy Festival Announces 2024 Lineup & Celebrates 20th Anniversary

July 16, 2024 Stephen Frost

Judd Apatow, Tracy Morgan & Dan Soder. Courtesy of Peacock, NBC, & Dan Soder.

The largest & longest-running annual comedy festival in the United States, New York Comedy Festival, is back and returning for its 20th anniversary this year from Friday, November 8th to Sunday, November 17th, 2024. Among the festival's impressive lineup includes Judd Apatow, Tracy Morgan, Dan Soder, Jeff Arcuri, Dave Attell, Zarna Garg, How Did This Get Made?, Gabriel Iglesias, I’ve Had It, Joe List, Bill Maher, Matt McCusker, Nurse John, Ms. Pat, Adam Ray's Dr. Phil, The Rest Is History, Justin Silva, JB Smoove, Sommore, Jimmy O. Yang, Jaboukie Young-White, and more.

First launched in 2004, New York Comedy Festival is produced by founder Caroline Hirsch & the Caroline's Comedy Club, which has become the mainstay event for the comedy industry since its inaugural year. This year's anticipated 20th anniversary celebration is set to bring together over 200 of the top comedians from across the country and around the world to perform at some of the most prestigious in New York’s five boroughs, including Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre, Town Hall, and Kings Theatre.

In addition to its stand-up comedy programming, the festival offers an eclectic mix of sketch and improv performances, panel discussions, intimate conversations with comedy legends, talent competitions, star-studded fundraising galas, film screenings, live podcast tapings, interactive partner activations, and much more. Among past comedy programming at the festival included the world premiere of Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain & many special tapings including Donnell Rawlings' latest special produced by Dave Chappelle on Netflix, A New Day - Chappelle's Home Team.

Caroline Hirsch, founder and owner of the New York Comedy Festival shares, "As we mark our 20th anniversary, we continue to bring together the greatest talent from across the country and throughout the world and create new opportunities for audiences to experience the best in comedy. From up-and-comers to A-List stars, our diverse talent lineup brings laughter to a wide-range of comedy fans at venues across all five boroughs of New York City, with even more shows to be announced soon. At a time when we need laughter more than ever, we are thrilled to ‘make New York Laugh’ once again.”

Headliner Judd Apatow added to his excitement for his November 9th performance at the Beacon Theatre: "This November is the fortieth anniversary of my start in comedy. I’m so excited to share it with hometown friends, everyone at The New York Comedy Festival and the Beacon Theatre.”

Tickets for all shows are available to the general public starting Monday, July 22 at 11 AM ET. To purchase tickets, for more information, and to stay up to date on all the 20th anniversary happenings visit nycomedyfestival.com. Additional shows will be announced soon.