See you in 2025 Houston, Texas

The Riot Comedy Festival & Block Party is back for it’s second year in Montrose from April 4th – 7th , 2024. The Riot Comedy Festival is an annual community event created by the founder of The Riot, award-winning comedian and entrepreneur Brian Gendron. Alongside his team of associate producers and dozens of volunteers The Riot Comedy Festival puts on over thirty comedy shows including standup, podcasts, music, a national comedy contest, and more. 

Famous national touring comedians such as Robert Kelly, Rocky Dale Davis, Kim Congdon, Tom Thakkar, Jourdain Fisher, and over fifty other performers from across the country take to three indoor stages throughout the weekend. 

The vision for the festival is to connect fans with comedians through a fun and intimate experience and to bring the comedy industry to Houston. The Riot comedy Festival achieves this in a big way by throwing a four-day block party held on the stretch of Waugh Drive in front of Rudyard’s between Welsh and Indiana. The party includes Vendors, Award-Winning Food, Cold Beer & Cocktails, Games, Street Performers all overlooked by the centerpiece of the festival a 30-foot inflatable astronaut gripping a microphone stand decorated with the Texas flag in one hand and the H-Town hand sign up high with his opposite hand. 

The Block party is free to attend this year! Comedy shows require tickets or passes to enter. Gates open at 6pm on Thursday, April 4th and Close at 11pm on Sunday, April 7th. Individual show tickets start at $25. Day passes to all shows start at $49. Full weekend passes to see all shows are $139 ($179 for VIP)