The 2026 Netflix is a Joke Festival has been announced, happening May 4-10 in Los Angeles. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday, January 23 at 10 AM Pacific.
The lineup is, as usual, a sprawling Who’s Who of comedy that includes shows, podcast tapings, special events and more with John Mulaney, Tig Notaro, Ego Nwodim, Conan O’Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Seth Rogen, Adam Sandler, Eric André, Fred Armisen, Maria Bamford, Nate Bargatze, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Bloom, Joel Kim Booster, Bill Burr, Michelle Buteau, Nicole Byer, Steve Carell, Dana Carvey, Ronny Chieng, Margaret Cho, Larry David, Pete Davidson, Danny Elfman, Flight of the Conchords, Ben Folds, Jim Gaffigan, Shane Gillis, Nikki Glaser, Ilana Glazer, Brett Goldstein, Stavros Halkias, Chelsea Handler, Kevin Hart, Patti Harrison, Jimmy Kimmel, Bert Kreischer, Nick Kroll, Bobby Lee, David Letterman, Lizzo, Hasan Minhaj, Tom Segura, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Bill Simmons, Jon Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Julio Torres, Ali Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Ramy Youssef, Joel Madden‘s “Artist Friendly” podcast, a Tribute to Pee-wee Herman, and more.
Head to the Netflix is a Joke website for full details on all the shows.
For Flight of the Conchords, it’ll be their first performance in eight years. The Pee-Wee Herman tribute, meanwhile, will be hosted by Patton Oswalt and feature The B-52s, Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale of DEVO, Danny Elfman, Fred Armisen, Sheng Wang, Bob The Drag Queen, Patti Harrison, Julio Torres, Michael Carbonaro and Puddles Pity Party, with appearances from David Arquette, Cheri Oteri, and Natasha Lyonne.
