Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan, Louis Anderson Announce Stand-Up Comedy Shows in New Orleans

Comedians Jim Gaffigan and Louie Anderson will both come to New Orleans for separate shows—on the same night.

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Louie Anderson.

Gaffigan, a Grammy-nominated comic and New York Times best-selling author, will perform at the Saenger Theatre on Friday, April 21. The comedian recently celebrated the end of the first season of TV’s Land’s The Jim Gaffigan Show, which was renewed for a second season that will begin this summer.

Tickets for Gaffigan’s show will go on sale this Friday, February 24 at 10am.

Emmy Award-winner Louie Anderson will bring his show to New Orleans on Friday, April 21 as well, though this one will take place across the street at the Joy Theater. Named by Comedy Central as “One of the 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time,” Anderson recently found himself in the spotlight once again as a co-star on Zach Galifianakis and Martha Kelley’s new FX series Baskets.

Tickets for Anderson’s show will go on sale this Friday, February 24 at 10am.