What is the New York Comedy Festival?
Caroline Hirsch, founder of the Carolines comedy club, started the New York Comedy Festival in 2004, and since 2023 it has run for ten days across the five boroughs, in rooms that have included Carnegie Hall, the Apollo, the Beacon Theatre and Madison Square Garden. Its programme also holds the New York's Funniest Stand-Up contest, the Comics To Watch showcase and Stand Up for Heroes, a benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
The festival
Caroline Hirsch, founder of the Carolines comedy club, started the New York Comedy Festival in 2004, and since 2023 it has run for ten days across the five boroughs, in rooms that have included Carnegie Hall, the Apollo, the Beacon Theatre and Madison Square Garden. Its programme also holds the New York's Funniest Stand-Up contest, the Comics To Watch showcase and Stand Up for Heroes, a benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Recent editions
- 2023
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