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2024 Highlights

Thank you to all of the talent, industry, our partners, venues, vendors and the tens of thousands of comedy fans who joined us for our 20th anniversary! With more than 200 comedians performing in nearly 400 shows all across the big apple, 2024 was our biggest year ever. We’re thrilled to have shared all the laughter with you and can’t wait to do it again in november 2025!

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New York Comedy Festival Co-Founders Raise the Curtain on 11 Days of Laughs

Billboard

The New York Comedy Festival Is Huge. These 8 Shows Are a Good Start.

The New York Times

JB Smoove and Caroline Hirsch Talk New York Comedy Festival

Fox 5 New York

Judd Apatow on Bringing Some ‘Special’ Surprise Guests to the New York Comedy Festival

Billboard

“Dead Funny”: An All-Star Tribute to Joan Rivers Benefiting “God’s Love We Deliver” at The Apollo on November 7

PIX11

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The great @dansoder was emphatic about bringing the big laughs to his #NewYorkComedyFestival headlining debut and he didn’t disappoint the sold-out crowd at @townhallnyc for the NYCF’s 20th anniversary. #makeNYlaugh #NYCF20 #dansoder

JUST ANNOUNCED! @nurse.johnn The Short-Staffed Tour at the @beacontheatre on Thursday, May 1!

Presale starts on Thursday, January 23 at 10 AM - Friday, January 24 at 9 AM with code NYCF.

Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, January 24 at 10 AM.

#makeNYlaugh #NurseJohnn #TheShortStaffedTour

Double the Whitehall, double the laughs! We’re still buzzing from the @jackwhitehall and @fatherwhitehall show at the iconic @carnegiehall for our 20th Anniversary. Thank you for helping us celebrate in such a hilarious way. What a night! #makeNYlaugh #NYCF20 #jackwhitehall #michaelwhitehall

@sommore brought the house down with two nights of non stop laughter at The Venue on Music Row at @hardrockhotelnyc, delivering an unforgettable “Chandelier Experience” for the 20th annual #NewYorkComedyFestival !#makeNYlaugh #NYCF20 #sommore #thechandelierexperience

Be sure to catch @billmaher in his 13th @hbo comedy special Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? premiering tonight at 10 PM ET/PT on HBO and streaming on @streamonmax #billmaher

The hilarious @comediennemspat came in hot and flashy to help us kick off the 20th-annual #NewYorkComedyFestival with a command performance at @townhallnyc. #makeNYlaugh #NYCF20 #mspat

@jarcuri helped kick off the 20th-annual #NewYorkComedyFestival in a big way when he brought his “Full Beans Fall Tour” to the @beacontheatre with back-to-back sold out shows. #makeNYlaugh #NYCF20 #JeffArcuri
#FullBeansFallTour

We’re on the eve of something hilarious! @natebargatze ‘s new special “You’re Friend, Nate Bargatze” starts streaming tomorrow on @netflix 🎤🔥

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Your Friend, Nate Bargatze premieres globally December 24 only on Netflix!

Be sure to catch @ilana Glazer’s hilarious new stand-up special streaming now on @hulu 🎤🔥

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@ilana thinks about the Olsen twins a lot.

Ilana Glazer: Human Magic is now streaming on Hulu and with #HuluOnDisneyPlus. #Hularious

Mark your calendar! 🎤🔥

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Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias’s new stand-up special, LEGEND OF FLUFFY, will premiere globally Jan 7, only on Netflix!

Need a good laugh? Check out “Ronny Chieng: Love to Hate it”, streaming tomorrow only on @netflix 🎤🔥

ICYMI @jamiewolfcomedy stopped by @fox5ny and #GoodNightNewYork to chat with @ryankristafer and @christalfox5 about being crowned New York’s Funniest Stand-Up at the 20th annual New York Comedy Festival last month. #NYCF20 #makeNYlaugh #JamieWolf

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