2026 Riot Comedy Festival
THE OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD CELEBRATION OF COMEDY LANDS IN HOUSTON APRIL 1-4, 2026
30+ SHOWS & 3 VENUES
All-You-Can-Eat BBQ Cookoff
30+ SHOWS & 3 VENUES
Shows at The Riot Comedy Clubs in Houston & Conroe and The Gordy (Stages) in Montrose,.
50+ PERFORMERS
All-You-Can-Eat BBQ Cookoff
30+ SHOWS & 3 VENUES
Past headliners include Chris Redd, Sam Tallent, Bobby Kelly, Rocky Dale Davis, Casey Rocket, Gionmarco Soresi, Hans Kim, Chad & JT, Catherine Blanford, Jermiah Watkins, Caitlin Pellufo, and more! LIneup announcements Fall 2025.
All-You-Can-Eat BBQ Cookoff
All-You-Can-Eat BBQ Cookoff
All-You-Can-Eat BBQ Cookoff
Catch the Festival Day Party, Bar Crawls, and other fun events Including our 2nd annual BBQ Cookoff featuring all-you-can-eat BBQ from Houston's Best Pitmasters.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE RIOT COMEDY CLUB
The Riot Comedy Festival is coming back for its forth year in Houston, TX from April 1-4, 2026. 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 events including famous comedians, standup, podcasts, improv, music, a national comedy contest, and more.
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. This years festival has expanded but remains in the Montrose neighborhood!
We will be hosting shows at The Riot Comedy Club located above Rudyards and at The Gordy Theatre (Stages) a short walk from the club. We will also have six shows at our new Conroe Location Riot Comedy Club at GuadalaHARRY's in downtown Conroe.
We have a lot of fun activities planned this year throughout the weekend including exclusive parties and our second annual all-you-can-eat Riot Comedy & BBQ Cookoff on Saturday, April 4th 3-5pm on The Gordy Lawn.
Our Venues
We are excited to return to The Gordy in 2026!
Festival headquarters is at The Gordy with food and vendors in the lobby, onthe front lawn for our BBQ Cookoff event. We will host shows in the 160-seat "black box" comedy room, and a 300-seat Comedy Theater.
The Riot Comedy Club
This 150-seat comedy room is regarded as one of the best small venues in the country by nationally touring headline comedians
The Riot Comedy Club Conroe
Our latest addition to The Riot Comedy Club is our 150-seat space about 50 minutes north of Downtown Houston.
Our 2025 Sponsors & Partners
