The Riyadh Comedy Festival and the comedians attending

i would like to shine a spotlight on these fine comedy fellows:

• Aziz Ansari
• Hannibal Buress
• Bill Burr
• Jimmy Carr
• Dave Chappelle
• Louis C.K.
• Whitney Cummings
• Pete Davidson
• Chris Distefano
• Omid Djalili
• Zarna Garg
• Kevin Hart
• Gabriel Iglesias
• Jim Jefferies
• Jimeoin
• Maz Jobrani
• Jessica Kirson
• Jo Koy
• Bobby Lee
• Sebastian Maniscalco
• Sam Morril
• Mark Normand
• Nimesh Patel
• Russell Peters
• Jeff Ross
• Andrew Santino
• Andrew Schulz
• Tom Segura
• Chris Tucker

they are all slated to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia starting today, September 26th, 2025, extending through until October 9th (haha what the fuck??). special shout out to gay comedian Tim Dillon who was going to perform until Saudi Arabia found out he made a slavery joke about them. :(

ugh typical removed Saudi Arabia

anyway, just wanted to mention this for no particular reason!