Louis C.K. Sets Netflix Is A Joke Fest Show At Hollywood Bowl
is set to headline a show at the Hollywood Bowl, as part of , on May 5, festival organizers announced on Thursday. The show will be C.K’s first at the festival.
Netflix also announced today that they’ll release Ridiculous, a new comedy special from C.K., which he directed and exec produced alongside Lea Cohen Zuckerman and Brady Nasfell, this summer.
Tickets for C.K.’s Hollywood Bowl show will go on sale Monday, April 6 at 10 a.m. PT.
These days, C.K.’s career is generally discussed in terms of all of his accomplishments as a preeminent comic, series creator and actor before November 17, when allegations of sexual misconduct emerged in reporting from The New York Times, and everything he’s done since.
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While C.K. was considered “cancelled” at the time, he only stepped back from the spotlight for around nine months after confirming the veracity of the allegations against him and expressing remorse for his behavior. He began performing stand-up again in 2018 and since then has released multiple specials, including the Grammy-winning Sincerely Louis C.K., while continuing to sell out venues like Madison Square Garden. His return to Netflix for the first time since the special Louis C.K. 2017 is notable, as his first outing with a major streamer since the revelations of 2017, and particularly given the fact that C.K. has tended to self-release his work, even before then.
C.K. released his most recent special, Louis C.K. at The Dolby, in 2023, and released his debut novel, Ingram, last fall. He is repped by Cinetic Media and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes.
