Welcome to New York Comedy Festival tickets, your source for all the latest info on the biggest comedy festival in the country. If you are here you must be hip to what should be one of the most hilarious evens of the year. There are tons and tons of comics performing, including some of the biggest names in the business, so you know that the NY Comedy Festival is sure to be one of the hottest events ever. Make sure that you are there to see all the fun and get some NY Festival tickets ASAP.

Happening in 10 Venues around New York City during five hilarious days, there are more than 150 comedians performing more than 30 shows! See stars like Tracy Morgan, Dane Cook, Artie Lange and many more right before your eyes. You cannot pass up a chance at seeing these behemoths of comedy in person, so make sure you get your NY Festival tickets right now. All the side-splitting action starts on November 4 at some very, very big venues, including Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall and even Town Hall.

Now entering its sixth year, the NYC Comedy Festival has grown in stature each year and the 2009 festival claims jut about the biggest names comedy has to offer. There are some of the biggest comedians on Earth performing in some of the most historic venues in the country. Some of the starts appearing at the NY Festival include Tracy Morgan, Dane Cook, Artie Lange, Andy Samberg, Ricky Gervais, Mike Birbiglia, Bill Maher, Mike Epps, Patton Oswalt, Bill Burr and many more. We are talking about THE premier comedy show of the year, and you can get tickets to the NY Comedy Festival right now!

“Headlining one of the most prestigious comedy festivals in the world is an amazing honor for me. The fact that it’s at the beautiful and historic Carnegie Hall makes it all the more wonderful,” says Gervais. “It’s just down the road from my apartment. I can walk to work. (I won’t walk obviously. I’ll take a limo. But I could walk if I had to).” And if you don’t wanna listen to Ricki, check out Huff post’s Nine Reasons to attend the NY Comedy Festival.

With a lineup like this you better believe NY Festival tickets are gonna be flying outta here so do not wait. That cat Tracy Morgan is hilarious, and audiences got a glimpse of what Artie Lange is capable of on the Joe Buck Show. The Festival also stars Bill Burr, of Chappelle’s Show, Mike Epps of The Hangover, and you know that Bill Maher will get serious while seriously tickling your funny bone. Mega star Dane Cook is gonna bring his own enthusiasm, if not jokes, to what promises to be an outrageous set.

The NYCF is being produced by Carolines on Broadway and United Entertainment Group. “We are so proud to celebrate this year’s sixth annual New York Comedy Festival with such a hilarious and diversely talented group of performers whose work is among the most cutting-edge in the world of comedy today,” said Caroline Hirsch, festival co-founder. “The 2009 line-up builds on the overwhelming success of previous years to reach an even wider audience than ever before.” The NY Comedy Festival is associated with Comedy Central, and many of the sets will be taped for upcoming “Comedy Central Presents” airings. So who knows, your New York Comedy festival tickets may even land you on TV (your laugh at any rate). There will also be a Andy Kauffman Award handed out as the festival is starting out.

Ever since its inception the New York Comedy Festival has showcased some of the biggest names in comedy. Past NY Comedy Festival performers include Robin Williams, Steven Wright, Sarah Silverman, Katt Williams, Louis CK, Brian Regan, Denis Leary and many more. In 2007 the Festival introduced “Stand Up for Heroes” that benefits the Bob Woodruff Foundation, which in the past has featured stars like Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Conan O’Brien, Regis Philbin and Bruce Springsteen. You can learn more about the festival at NYCF on MySpace or check out the official NY Comedy Festival site.

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