Dave Chappelle continues his partnership with Netflix, will appear at Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival in 2022

Netflix, which has rolled out a number of comedy specials and comic book-led series, has announced a major comedy festival that will take place in Los Angeles in 2022. But listing dozens of them. The name Netflix has announced is a controversial choice: Dave Chappelle, who recently caused turmoil for the company after fans commented on some misleading comments in his special, Closer.

Chappelle inspired a the way out of the whole company after Netflix boss Ted Sarandos backed him Harmful comments about the transgender community, seems to still be included in corporate events. In the special, Chappelle calls herself “Team TERF” (Trans-Monopoly Radical Feminist), also delivering some obvious jokes about transgender women.

The show will be hosted by Netflix’s cross-platform comedy brand, Netflix Is A Joke, which produces standups, sketches, comedy series, movies and more. Netflix Is A Joke: The festival will include an “unprecedented” amount of live shows, fan events, and specials.

The 11-day comedy festival in Los Angeles will feature over 130 artists including Ali Wong, Amy Poehler, Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari, Bert Kreischer, Bill Burr, Chelsea Handler, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, Cristela Alonzo, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Deon Cole, Eddie Izzard, Ellen DeGeneres, Felipe Esparza, Fortune Feimster, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng, Iliza Shlesinger, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Jerry Seinfeld, John Mulaney, Jonathan Van Ness, Ken Jeong, Kevin Hart, Kevin Smith, Larry David, Margaret Cho, Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum, Michael McIntyre, Mike Birbiglia, Mike Myers and David O.Russell, Nick Kroll, Nicole Byer, Patton Oswalt, Pete Davidson, Ray Romano, Sandra Bernhard, Seth Rogen, Theo Von, Tig Notaro, Tim Robinson, Tina Fey, Wanda Sykes, etc.

Robbie Praw, Director, Stand-up and Comedy Formats, Netflix said: “It is thrilling that Netflix is ​​hosting a comedy festival of this magnitude in Los Angeles. “We were disappointed to postpone the event last spring, and our comedians can’t wait to bring much-needed laughs to audiences in LA and around the world on Netflix. The Netflix Is A Joke Festival will give comedy fans the chance to see great works and discover new voices in one of the greatest cities in the world. ”

Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival will run from April 28 to May 8, 2022. Tickets will go on sale on event website starting December 10th.