Netflix Announces Standup Comedy Festival Headlined by Dave Chappelle

[2CT]

The weeklong festival will take place at over 20 venues in Los Angeles.
Netflix announces a weeklong comedy festival headlined by Dave Chappelle. The weeklong series of events entitled the “Netflix Is A Joke” festival will consist of over 100 live shows at over 20 venues in Los Angeles, it will take place from April 27 through May 3. Other big names involved in the festivities include Kevin Hart, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock and many, many more.

According to Variety, locations include the Hollywood Bowl, the Greek Theatre, the Hollywood Palladium and The Largo. Additional acts set to take the stage include David Letterman, Whoopi Goldberg, Ali Wong, and Sarah Silverman to name a few others. Chappelle will headline with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl. An LGBTQ+ comedy showcase is also set to take place featuring Wanda Sykes, Hannah Gadsby and Graham Norton.

 

[jdubnyce]

Netflix's deep pockets stay feeding us

 

[Supa]

The alphabet people have their own showcase

 

[2CT]

Netflix's deep pockets stay feeding us

they deserve props for throwing Dave a big enough bag to cause a career resurgence

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Those are some big names

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

dope

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

they deserve props for throwing Dave a big enough bag to cause a career resurgence

Dave caused his own career resurgence. Netflix caused Dave a financial resurgence.

 

[CJ]

Get that money Dave

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Damn, I wish they'd take this on the road. It sounds similar to what Funny or Die did with the Oddball Comedy Festival, which Chappelle participated in a few years ago

 

[beenz]

Netflix over saturates the stand-up comedy market tho. No one has time to watch all this show with all the quality scripted programming out in these streets.

 

[2CT]

Dave caused his own career resurgence. Netflix caused Dave a financial resurgence.

yeah cause he was really about to drop 4 standup specials in a row
without Netflix

y'all Film Room nikkas love to try to argue without properly reading the post you tryna argue with

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

yeah cause he was really about to drop 4 standup specials in a row
without Netflix

y'all Film Room nikkas love to try to argue without properly reading the post you tryna argue with

Two of the specials he already had completed as he'd been back and touring for over a year or two and was in films as well. So career wise, he was already back.

 

[Black Ball]

yeah cause he was really about to drop 4 standup specials in a row
without Netflix

y'all Film Room nikkas love to try to argue without properly reading the post you tryna argue with

Breh Chappelle started performing heavy in 2013/2014. Everything he did was buzzing. He did the whole Radio Music Hall shyt which sold out fast, all before Netflix came knocking.

He could have done business with HBO, Showtime or whoever and made the same comeback. His own mystique, talent & demand drove his comeback. You think Netflix was his only life saving opportunity?

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Damn, I wish they'd take this on the road. It sounds similar to what Funny or Die did with the Oddball Comedy Festival, which Chappelle participated in a few years ago

Yup, you mean this joint....

Dave Chappelle To Headline Funny or Die's ODDBALL Comedy Tour

from 7 years ago...ages before the Netflix deal that some folks erroneously think resurged Dave's career.

 

[Abraxus]

Meanwhile somewhere, Monique is headlining at a smoke filled club in the South, on the chitlin circuit.