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New York, NY

New York Comedy Festival 2026

6–15 November 2026

The festival, its rooms and the comedians connected to it, with a budget for the trip in USD.

The festivalPlan the trip
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What it is, when and where

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.

Past festivals

Where the shows are

An audience in silhouette from behind, warm orange stage light and haze 02 · The comedians

Who to see

Comedians connected to it

Each name opens their page on Disciples of Comedy.

Dave ChappelleHasan MinhajJon Stewart

From the festival's own story

03 · The city

New York, around the festival

New York is next

The city chapter is on its way: things to do around the shows, by what you like, from food and culture to the outdoors and the night.

04 · Around the show

Before the show and after it

Dinner, the night after and the way back

Places to eat near the rooms, what fits after your last show by the places' published hours, and the way back to your hotel are coming to this guide.

Madison Square Garden on the map ↗Beacon Theatre on the map ↗The Town Hall on the map ↗The Venue on Music Row at Hard Rock Hotel New York on the map ↗
05 · Plan the trip

Plan the trip

Where to stay

Hotels near the rooms and the way in from the airport are coming to this guide. The budget below works now, with your own prices.

Ornate brass cash register in amber light The budget

What will your trip cost?

Use the prices you actually find. The calculator adds up what you enter; it fetches no prices and checks no availability.

Your trip

Stay and shows

Food and getting around

At home while you're away

The rest

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Your ready-to-go list

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Questions

When is the New York Comedy Festival 2026?

6–15 November 2026, in New York, NY.

Where are the New York Comedy Festival's shows?

Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001; Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway, New York, NY 10023; The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036; The Venue on Music Row at Hard Rock Hotel New York, 159 West 48th Street, New York City, New York 10036.

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