The Comedy Festival

HBO and AEG Live team up once again to make Las Vegas "the home of funny" with the third annual edition of The Comedy Festival. The four-day event will feature dozens of performances and special events in a variety of venues within Caesars Palace, including The Colosseum.

Emmy-winning talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres presents a throwback to the beloved variety specials of the past with “Ellen’s Really Big Show” on Thursday. Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock will perform back-to-back stand-up on Friday and Saturday night.

The Comedy Festival will also have the world’s best comedic talent including: The Sopranos’ Steve Schirripa hosting The Vegas Va-Voom Variety Spectacular, Artie Lange, Blue Collar Comedy: The Next Generation, with host Bill Engvall, Eddie Izzard, Frank Caliendo: All Over The Place, The Kims of Comedy, Bill Burr & Marc Maron, Nick Swardson and Jamie Kennedy, The Lucky 21, Wanda Sykes, Kevin Nealon, Joy Behar, Stephen Lynch, Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam with host D.L. Hughley, Chelsea Handler, Jim Breuer and many more.