New York will be full of smiling faces between 10th and 15th November, when the annual New York City Comedy Festival comes to town. Baroque Access has all the details
For the past decade, the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) has entertained residents and visitors with a week-long laugh fest. And as it enters its eleventh year in 2015, it promises to be better than ever, with some of the country’s biggest names in comedy ready to bring laughter and light at some of the city’s most prestigious venues.
Comedians such as Ricky Newman, Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher and South African Trevor Noah, now host of The Tonight Show, are expected to take stages around town to entertain crowds and bring a smile to their faces. You’ll find them at world-famous venues such as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden and Carolines on Broadway.
NEW YORK CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
Tuesday, 10 November
6pm Women in Comedy – Comedy Makers: Tales from the Dark Side at Carolines on Broadway
7pm Rick Newman Presents: New York Comedy Writers Round Table II at Triad Theater
7pm The Brilliant Idiots Live Podcast featuring Charlamagne Tha God and Andrew Schulz at Gotham Comedy Club
8pm Comics To Watch at Carolines On Broadway
8pm Stand Up For Heroes: A Benefit For The Bob Woodruff Foundation
Performances by Chris Botti, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Ray Romano, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart and Surprise Guests at The Theater at Madison Square Garden
9pm Seven Minutes in Purgatory – Ian Abramson, + special guests! At Littlefield
10pm Brunch Night with Jamie LeeLo
Featuring: Actor John Carroll Lynch. Host: Jamie LeeLo and Co-Host: Mehdi Barakchian at Carolines on Broadway
10pm An Evening with Sam Morril & Beth Stelling at Comedy Cellar at The Village Underground
Wednesday, 11 November
7pm Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast Featuring Special Guest Artie Lange at Carolines on Broadway
8pm Margaret Cho: There’s No I in Team But There’s a Cho in Psycho at Town Hall
8pm Kliph Nesteroff Presents Robert Smigel: A Discussion in celebration of The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy at Union Hall
9pm The Front Room at The Knitting Factory – No tickets required. This is a free show.
9.30pm Desperation Tonight with Pat Dixon at Gotham Comedy Club
Thursday, 12 November
7.30pm Bridget Everett and The Tender Moments Featuring Mark Normand at The Gramercy Theatre
8pm Kathy Griffin – Like A Boss at Carnegie Hall
8pm Gabriel Iglesias Presents: Comedians of Stand Up Revolution
Gabriel Iglesias will be hosting and closing the show, which will feature performances by Larry Ohama, Steve Simeone, Wil Sylvince, and Mark Viera at Beacon Theater
8pm A Conversation With Billy Crystal and David Steinberg at the Town Hall
9pm Fresh Out! (Stand Up) at UCB East Village
10pm Death Comedy Jam with hosts Justin Williams and Akash Bhasin at The Creek and The Cave
Friday, 13 November
7pm Joel Creasey: The Hurricane at Laurie Beechman Theater
7.30pm Best of UCBT Sketch at UCB Theatre Chelsea
8pm Sarah Silverman and Friends at Brooklyn Academy of Music
8pm Comedy Central Live in Brooklyn
Featuring Hannibal Buress with Performances by Nathan Fielder, Natasha Leggero, Jay Oakerson, Oh, Hello with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Jeff Ross, Roy Wood, Jr. and additional talent to be announced at Kings Theater
10.30pm Goddamn Comedy Jam at The Gramercy Theatre
10.30pm Gentrify at UCB East Village
Saturday, 14 November
2pm A Sit-Down With The Tonight Show Writers at The Times Center
3pm Wayne Federman International Film Festival
Janeane Garofalo presents THE HOT ROCK at the Film Forum
4pm Keepin’ it 100: An Evening with Creative Team of The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore. Moderated by Neil deGrasse Tyson Featuring Larry Wilmore, Executive Producer Rory Albanese, Co-Executive Producer Amy Ozols, Head Writer Robin Thede and “Nightly Show” Contributors Mike Yard, Ricky Velez, Jordan Carlos and Holly Walker at the Paley Center for Media
7pm Judd Apatow and Friends Featuring Mike Birbiglia and more At Carnegie Hall
7pm and 9.45pm Trevor Noah at Town Hall
7pm Week at the Creek: Erik Bergstrom at The Creek and The Cave
8pm An Evening With Bill Maher at The Theater at Madison Square Garden
8pm Bill Burr: Does Anybody Remember Laughter? At Madison Square Garden
10pm What I Did For Love at UCB East Village
11.55pm The Luis Jimenez Show Live – This show will take place Saturday night going into Sunday morning at Carolines On Broadway
Sunday, 15 November
3pm Wayne Federman International Film Festival – Larry Wilmore presents THE PARALLAX VIEW at the Film Forum
4pm NY’s Funniest Finals at Carolines On Broadway
7.30pm Craig Robinson & The Nasty Delicious at Brooklyn Bowl
8pm THIS IS NOT HAPPENING with Ari Shaffir at The Bell House
9pm Comedy at the Knitting Factory – No tickets required, this is a free show at The Knitting Factory