Dubai Opera
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai, Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai Comedy Festival 2026
9–18 October 2026
Dubai Comedy Festival is a ten-day festival that brings international stand-up headliners to the city alongside regional and local comics, with some shows in Arabic and Hindi. Its main stages include Dubai Opera, Pepperoni Comedy Club and the New Covent Garden Theatre inside Mall of the Emirates, and a side calendar of events around the city adds concerts, parties and smaller comedy nights.
The 2026 festival
The Dubai Comedy Festival 2026 runs 10 days, from Friday 9 October 2026 to Sunday 18 October 2026, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On its stages: stand-up and improv. Tickets, times and the full programme are on the festival's own site.
Where the shows are
Pepperoni Comedy Club
25 Jump Street, 25h Hotel, One Central, World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
New Covent Garden Theatre
Mall of the Emirates
On the 2026 bill
The festival's own line-up as of 6 October 2026. Line-ups change, and the festival's site has the last word.
Redouane BougherabaAbbas BukhariAhmed AhmedAlexander MerculAline AhmarAmit TandonBrandon JohnsonCeleste NtuliChadi MarounDarren MauleDinara KereyEnissa AmaniImad KehdyJamie LeverJohn AchkarKatherine RyanLaurie DouglasMario BassilMo GilliganMunawar FaruquiNeema NazNino ArialRafi BastosReem EdanSean FawazShane ToddSteven BriggsVafa NaraghiVir DasZarna Garg
Questions
When is the Dubai Comedy Festival 2026?
9–18 October 2026 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Where does the Dubai Comedy Festival happen?
Dubai Opera, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai, Dubai; Pepperoni Comedy Club, 25 Jump Street, 25h Hotel, One Central, World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE; New Covent Garden Theatre, Mall of the Emirates.
Where do I book for the Dubai Comedy Festival?
On the festival's own site, dubaicomedyfest.ae, which also has the latest programme and any changes.