Dave Chappelle is joining Netflix Is a Joke 2026 with three nights of shows at the Hollywood Palladium.
The streaming giant has announced that Chappelle will take over the iconic venue from May 7-9 with shows that blend music and comedy. Tickets will go on sale on April 29. Netflix also released a teaser for Chappelle’s performances, which can be seen below.
Chappelle has often blended music and comedy, frequently collaborating with artists like The Roots, Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), and John Mayer among many others.
Chappelle has a long-standing relationship with Netflix going back nearly 10 years. Netflix released four stand up specials by Chappelle in 2017 alone — “The Age of Spin,” “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” “Equanimity,” and “The Bird Revelation.” The releases marked Chappelle’s first specials to be aired publicly since 2004. He has since released five more specials on the streamer, including “Sticks & Stones” and most recently “The Unstoppable.”
Netlfix also famously stood by Chappelle amidst controversy over jokes he made about transgender people in his stand up act and in multiple specials. Chappelle has repeatedly asserted he is not transphobic, recently saying “I did resent that the Republican Party ran on transgender jokes. You know, I felt like they were doing a weaponized version of what I was doing. That’s not what I was doing,” Chappelle told “NPR’s Newsmakers” host Michel Martin.
Netflix Is a Joke is scheduled to run from May 4 to 10 with over 350 events planned all across Los Angeles. Along with Chappelle, the lineup includes a roast of Kevin Hart, John Mulaney at the Hollywood Bowl, and Katt Williams at the Intuit Dome.
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