{"id":38016,"date":"2025-07-27T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=38016"},"modified":"2025-07-27T13:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:15:09","slug":"riyadh-comedy-festival-announced-for-autumn-2025-first-headliners-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/riyadh-comedy-festival-announced-for-autumn-2025-first-headliners-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh Comedy Festival Announced for Autumn 2025 \u2013 First Headliners Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia will host the <strong>first Riyadh Comedy Festival this autumn<\/strong> as part of its growing calendar of entertainment events. Running <strong>from September 26 to October 9<\/strong>, 2025, the festival will take place in Boulevard City and is set to feature over 50 comedians from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Turki_alalshikh\/status\/1948020636162408546\">event was officially announced<\/a> by Turki Al Al Sheikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), through his X (formerly Twitter) account. It will be part of Riyadh Season 2025, the Kingdom\u2019s cultural and entertainment initiative that supports Vision 2030 goals for tourism and economic diversification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-38018\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_497321549_18542040193062610_8746651100901294698_n-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_497321549_18542040193062610_8746651100901294698_n-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_497321549_18542040193062610_8746651100901294698_n-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_497321549_18542040193062610_8746651100901294698_n-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_497321549_18542040193062610_8746651100901294698_n-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_497321549_18542040193062610_8746651100901294698_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\">First Headliners of Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025<\/h3>\n<p>The festival\u2019s opening lineup already includes well-known international comedians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kevin Hart<\/strong>, one of the most recognised names in global comedy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sebastian Maniscalco<\/strong>, known for his energetic stage presence and sharp storytelling<\/li>\n<li><strong>Russell Peters<\/strong>, a Canadian comedian of Indian descent, popular for his cross-cultural humour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional performers will be announced soon, with <strong>more than 50 comedians expected<\/strong> to take part across multiple days of programming.<\/p>\n<p>Stand-up fans in the region will also have <strong>another opportunity to see American comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/sebastian-maniscalco-coming-to-abu-dhabi-for-one-night-comedy-show-on-october-8\">Sebastian Maniscalco in Abu Dhabi this October<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37693\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_472114892_3063657110456960_8639870342358513560_n-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_472114892_3063657110456960_8639870342358513560_n-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_472114892_3063657110456960_8639870342358513560_n-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_472114892_3063657110456960_8639870342358513560_n-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_472114892_3063657110456960_8639870342358513560_n-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SaveClip.App_472114892_3063657110456960_8639870342358513560_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Riyadh Comedy Festival will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live stand-up performances<\/li>\n<li>Comedy-focused talk shows<\/li>\n<li>Interactive sessions<\/li>\n<li>Comedy workshops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And if you\u2019re based in the UAE, don\u2019t miss the similar event happening in Dubai this October. The <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/dubai-comedy-festival-october-2025\"><strong>current line-up of Dubai Comedy Festival 2025<\/strong><\/a> features 13 comedians performing in five languages, with more updates expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia will host the first Riyadh Comedy Festival this autumn as part of its growing calendar of entertainment events. Running from September 26 to October 9, 2025, the festival will take place in Boulevard City and is set to feature over 50 comedians from around the world. The event was officially announced by Turki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":38017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0623\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":15508,"slug":"riyadh","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/riyadh\/","api_id":283,"title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}