4 Comedy Tours to Book Now for 2027, From Eric André to Giggly Squad
The 2027 calendar filled up this month. Buy the ticket now and you'll have something to look forward to that isn't a dentist.
By the Heckle Desk · · 2 min read
Every October the comedians of the world look at next year, notice it's empty, and fill it with you. It's a kind of farming. They plant tour dates in the fall and harvest your credit card in the spring, and the crop never fails, because the one thing Americans will always pay for is the promise that a year from now they'll be out of the house.
These four went on sale in the last few weeks. I've picked them for range: a madman, a pair of best friends, a Brit with a calculator for a heart, and a Brit with a whole cathedral of contempt. There's something here for everybody except the people who wait. Waiting is how you end up in the balcony behind a pillar, which is also how most of us end up in life.
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Eric André, 'Subtle' (40 North American theater dates, March 10 to Aug. 15, 2027)
It opens at the Majestic in San Antonio and closes at the Orpheum in New Orleans, with the Wiltern in L.A. on June 26, the Chicago Theatre on July 9 and the Beacon in New York on Aug. 6. Calling an Eric André show Subtle is like calling a house fire Cozy. Tickets went on general sale Oct. 23.
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Giggly Squad, the Gehls Gehl Tour (Jan. 15, 2027, Miami, through spring)
Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner take the podcast to Toronto, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, the London Palladium and Dublin's 3Arena, which they moved up to from Vicar Street because of demand. Madison Square Garden went from two nights to four, Feb. 18 to 21. Four nights at the Garden is what the Knicks get, and the Knicks have to play defense.
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Jimmy Carr, 'Killing Jokes' (39 U.S. dates, June 17 to Nov. 13, 2027)
Carr starts in Portland, Maine, breaks for the summer, comes back in Chicago in September and finishes with three nights at the Wynn's Encore Theater in Las Vegas. Chortle counts 138 shows in the full world run. The man tells one-liners the way a vending machine dispenses: fast, cold and exactly what you paid for.
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Ricky Gervais, 'Legend' (UK now, Europe and beyond through 2027)
Netflix bought the hour before the tour started, making it his fifth special for them, and it's expected to be filmed toward the end of 2027. New arena dates include Zagreb on June 19 and Amsterdam's AFAS Live on July 2. Gervais has been telling us for twenty years that nothing matters, and charging arena prices for the news.