Comic mastermind Louis C.K. will be at the Beacon for this year’s New York Comedy Festival
November 9-13
Multiple venues, $30-$100
www.nycomedyfestival.com
Tickets for the New York Comedy Festival are now on sale, but they’re going fast, as it seems that Gothamites are in deep need of some relatively expensive laughs these days. Although some of the events are already sold out, keep checking, because good seats are often released closer to the show date. Wanda Sykes will play the Town Hall (11/10, $61.85-$74.30), Louis C.K. will be at the Beacon (11/10, 7:30 & 10:15, $47.25-$70.80), Russell Peters’s “Back on the Grind” is at Carolines on Broadway (11/10-13, sold out), Bill Burr’s “That’s What You Get” reveals how to get to Carnegie Hall (11/11, $30.50-$45.50), John Pinette’s “Still Hungry” will feed fans at the Town Hall (11/11, $46-$58.70), Tracy Morgan will offer folks “The Experience” at the Beacon (11/11, $52.35-$81.05), “An Evening with Bill Maher” takes place at the Beacon (11/12, $63.15-$103.05), Sarah Silverman & Friends will gather at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House (11/12, $36-$46), Kathy Griffin’s “Tired Hooker” will be soliciting at Carnegie Hall (11/12, $44-$80), the great and powerful Norm MacDonald brings his live show to the Town Hall (11/12, $44.95-$57.50), “A Conversation with Ricky Gervais” occurs at the 92nd St. Y (11/13, sold out), and Jo Koy’s Lights Out Tour brightens the Town Hall (11/13, $42.85-$49.10). Tickets might be more than you’re used to paying to see stand-up comedy, but at least there won’t be two-drink minimums at most of these shows.