laugh your head off, it’s the Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Can’t wait to see these titans of free speech’s sets over there.


EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with more details: Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, Pete Davidson, Russell Peters, Jim Jefferies, Whitney Cummings, Zarna Garg, and Jessica Kirson are in talks to perform at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival, taking place in the Saudi Arabian capital this fall, sources tell Deadline.

Reps for the stand-ups couldn’t be reached for comment. While no deals have been finalized, reps for WME, which is consulting on the festival, confirmed ongoing discussions with several top-tier acts.

Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia‘s General Entertainment Authority, announced the festival on X in May, writing, “The best 50 stand-up comedians in the world are coming to the Riyadh Comedy Festival from September 26 to October 10.

Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, Pete Davidson, Whitney Cummings & More In Talks For Riyadh Comedy Festival With WME Consulting – Update

A new Riyadh Comedy Festival has been set for fall, with Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, and Pete Davidson among the comics in talks to appear.

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So, to go along with sports-washing they've got comedians to do image rehab?

Segura, at least, should know better.

 

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So, to go along with sports-washing they've got comedians to do image rehab?

Segura, at least, should know better.

Also Dave Chapelle, Russell peters , Jimmy Carr , Bill Burr Andrew Schultz

 

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Also Dave Chapelle, Russell peters , Jimmy Carr , Bill Burr Andrew Schultz

Burr should know better, too. The rest have always been fairly mercenary.

 

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If the worst natural disaster ever happened in America you couldn’t get this line up of comedians.

 

[Bok Tuklo]

 

[Sven Karma]

"So, a woman in a hijab walks into a bar ..."

 

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Can’t wait to see these titans of free speech’s sets over there.


EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with more details: Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, Pete Davidson, Russell Peters, Jim Jefferies, Whitney Cummings, Zarna Garg, and Jessica Kirson are in talks to perform at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival, taking place in the Saudi Arabian capital this fall, sources tell Deadline.

Reps for the stand-ups couldn’t be reached for comment. While no deals have been finalized, reps for WME, which is consulting on the festival, confirmed ongoing discussions with several top-tier acts.

Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia‘s General Entertainment Authority, announced the festival on X in May, writing, “The best 50 stand-up comedians in the world are coming to the Riyadh Comedy Festival from September 26 to October 10.

Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, Pete Davidson, Whitney Cummings & More In Talks For Riyadh Comedy Festival With WME Consulting – Update

A new Riyadh Comedy Festival has been set for fall, with Kevin Hart, Tom Segura, and Pete Davidson among the comics in talks to appear.

deadline.com

There’s a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia. What do they do for laughs? Flog rape victims to death?

Mark