Dubai Comedy Festival 2026: Dates, tickets and new headliners announced
Running for an 7th edition year, the dates for the Dubai Comedy Festival 2026 have now been revealed and you're in for a treat.
The Dubai Comedy Festival is set to return for its seventh edition later this year. It will bring some of the world’s best stand-up comics to the Dubai Opera, Coca-Cola Arena and Mall of the Emirates theatres between Friday October 9 and Sunday October 18. And tickets are available now from here. If you like this: The best places in Dubai to find non-cringe comedy With nearly 200 nationalities calling Dubai their home, a diverse line-up of popular comics performing in English, Hindi, Arabic and Russian has been announced among the initial headliners. Since Dave Chappelle headlined the inaugural festival in 2015, with his first-ever Middle East performance at Skydive Dubai, the event has grown exponentially, welcoming comedy legends and rising stars alike. The Dubai Comedy Festival lineup will see more names announced in the coming months and you can find the initial headliners below. A post shared by Dubai Comedy Festival (@dubaicomedyfest)
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