Laugh It Up: Hoboken Comedy Festival Returns For 2016

HOBOKEN, NJ — Get ready to laugh it up, Hoboken.

For the 7th year running, the Hoboken Comedy Festival will return to the Mile Square City from Monday, Sept. 26 to Sunday, Oct. 2.

Headliners for 2016 include Anthony DeVito from AXS Gotham Live, Nick Vatterott from Letterman and Comedy Central, DC Benny from HBO, Showtime, and the Apollo, Gary Vider from America’s Got Talent, Paul Vrizi --Bill Burr’s opener worldwide, Tim Dillon from Red Eye and Montreal Comedy Festival, Matt Richards from Joking Off, Joe Machi from Last Comic Standing and Drew Michael from Comedy Central.

This year the festival will support the Jersey City’s Liberty Humane Society, a non-profit animal shelter dedicated to adoption services and low-cost vet clinics for animal caretakers which serves all of Hudson County.

To see a full festival schedule, visit www.HobokenComedyFestival.org. Tickets are $20 on weekdays and $25 on weekends with $1 per ticket going to the Liberty Humane Society.

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