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2025 Nashville Comedy Festival Returns with Leno, Hall & more April 3-13

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The 2025 Nashville Comedy Festival is returning to Nashville this spring!

Some very exciting late-night legends will be taking the stage!

Emmy-award-winning late-night legends Jay Leno and Arsenio Hall will make their historic Ryman debut on April 12, joining the festival lineup that includes Wanda Sykes, Nikki Glaser, Jim Jefferies, Mark Normand and more!

The 2025 Nashville Comedy Festival takes place from April 3 through 13.

2025 NASHVILLE COMEDY FESTIVAL – RYMAN LINEUP

  • April 3 – Mark Normand
  • April 6 – Handsome: Live with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster & Mae Martin
  • April 7 – Kid Rock’s Comedy Jam
  • April 8 – Nateland Presents: Good Clean Funny -  featuring Ryan Hamilton, Dustin Nickerson, Derrick Stroup, Lace Larrabee, Mia Jackson, Paula Kosienski, Special host Aaron Weber
  • April 9 & 10 – Nikki Glaser
  • April 11 – Jim Jefferies
  • April 12 – Jay Leno & Arsenio Hall
  • April 13 – Wanda Sykes

Details and tickets can be found here.

Adventures in Iceland: Tourists credited with saving Iceland after economic collapse

My friend and colleague Carrie Sharp had a lot of fun last week, on an adventure to a country more than three thousand miles away! She’s back now – sharing her Adventures in Iceland through stories, and incredible images of this remarkably beautiful and unique island nation (kudos to Chief Photographer Catherine Steward)! But did you know Nashville has something very important in common with Iceland? Tourism! Here, Carrie explains how a volcanic eruption decades ago helped save the country’s economy from collapse!

-Rhori Johnston