New York Comedy Festival expands 2023 Festival
The New York Comedy Festival is going bigger than ever this year. Today, it was announced that the annual festival will be expanding from seven days to ten days. The festival will now run from November 3rd until the 13th. This year, there will be more than 200 comedians performing all throughout the five boroughs. The […]
Gary Gulman on touring and life after “The Great Depresh”
“I always feared that if I had success too late in life, I wouldn’t enjoy it. But I can say from this side that I’m really enjoying it. It doesn’t matter when it comes. As long as you’re not miserable along the way, I think that it’s worth the wait.” When comedian Gary Gulman released […]
Big Jay Oakerson is recording his new crowdwork album at NY Comedy Festival tonight
Big Jay Oakerson is one of the best comedians working today. The NYC-based comic’s career has taken off a lot lately with the popularity of his two podcasts – Legion of Skanks and The SDR Show. Additionally his SiriusXM radio show with Dan Soder, The Bonfire recently became a 4 day-a-week show on the satellite […]
Conan O’Brien is all over New York Comedy Festival’s Comics To Watch
This year New York Comedy Festival’s comics to watch have the push of Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco behind them. While the event has existed at the festival for the last 8 years, with the fest’s new title sponsor being TBS, the network brought in O’Brien and his team to put their comedy expertise into the […]
New York Comedy Festival announces its initial schedule
New York Comedy Festival is going under a bit of a change for the 2017 year. Particularly their longterm relationship with Comedy Central came to an end last year and the festival is now headed into a different direction. And that direction, as we announced earlier this year, is with the folks at TBS. Today, […]
TBS partners with the New York Comedy Festival, Conan to return to the Apollo
After many years partnered with Comedy Central, today the New York Comedy Festival has announced its partnership with TBS. The partnership will be done to amplify the week of comedy shows. The festival will run between November 7th-12th and feature over 200 comedians and over 60 shows at various venues across the city. As part […]
Tonight! The Laugh Button Live! and Comedy Central Records at New York Comedy Fest
Listen up live comedy fans. We have a terrific stand-up show lined up as part of the New York Comedy Festival that is going to kick ass. We’ve teamed up with Comedy Central Records and New York’s newest comedy club, The Stand to showcase the best new and up-and-coming talent Comedy Central Records has to offer. So […]