Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival Finally Arrives In Spring 2022

A comedy festival two years in the making, Netflix has finally announced that their highly-publicized Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival is set to premiere in spring 2022.  

Originally set for 2020, but delayed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Netflix Is A Joke festival will take over 25 of Los Angeles’ biggest and best venues with some of the biggest and best names in comedy from April 29 to May 8, 2022.

The streaming service’s controversial star Dave Chappelle is scheduled to headline the festival. This will be the first appearance with the company since the release of his last stand-up special The Closer. The Grammy nominee was originally scheduled to headline the festival back in 2020 with many of his top-tier peers who are also set to perform at the festival.

While the dates were unveiled back in the summer, we now know that along with Chappelle, the partially to-be filmed festival will also feature Amy Schumer, Tina Fey, Wanda Sykes, Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman, Chris Rock, Ali Wong, Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng on-stage at the likes of Dodger Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl. In fact, a solo Gabriel Iglesias will be the first comic to headline the giant home of the City of Angels’ MLB team.

In addition, Grace and Frankie’s Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Pete Davidson, Ray Romano, Seth Rogen, Tig Notaro, Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Iliza Shlesinger, Chelsea Handler, Conan O’Brien, Deon Cole, Eddie Izzard, and Ellen DeGeneres will be performing too at this Coachella of comedy, along with many more – as you can see on the event poster to the left.

“We were so disappointed to postpone the event last spring and our line-up of comedians can’t wait to bring much-needed laughs to audiences in LA and around the world on Netflix,” said the streamer’s Stand-up and Comedy Formats director Robbie Praw this morning. “Netflix Is A Joke Festival is going to give comedy fans the opportunity to see the greats and discover new voices in one of the greatest cities in the world.”

Replenishing Netflix’s stand-up special vault, a number of the shows will be filmed to be shown on the streamer at a later date. Presales for the laughfest start tomorrow and tickets for Netflix Is A Joke 2022 go on sale on December 10.