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Anthony Jeselnik touring, Josh Gondelman, Michael Che & more upcoming comedy shows

Plus: Mike Birbiglia, Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Todd Barry, Jean Grae, John Hodgman, Sasheer Zamata, and more laffs.

NYC comedy roundup: Aparna Nancherla, Max Silvestri, Josie Long & more

There is never a shortage of comedy events to attend in NYC. Here’s a roundup of some of the funny things coming up in the next couple months…

Janeane Garofalo, Judy Gold & more playing 2017 Cinder Block Comedy Fest

Janeane Garofalo, Judy Gold, Jeffrey Joseph and Nikki Carr will headline the second edition of the diverse The Cinder Block Comedy Festival (which is presented by The Meatball Shop this year) which runs September 7 – 10 at a handful of venues in Williamsburg and Bushwick, Brooklyn…

What's going on Monday?

Tonight’s NYC shows include Deerhunter, Scream, Shellac, GZA (playing Liquid Swords), Terry Malts, “NYC’s Premier Dambuilders Tribute Band” (featuring actual Dambuiders), and more.

Speedy Ortiz add tour dates, playing Griff and Joe's Earth Day Earthtacular

Griffin Newman (who’s on Colin Quinn’s web series Cop Show, HBO’s Vinyl and more) and comedy writer Joe Garden (The Onion, AdultSwim.com) are roomates and holiday lovers, and for this reason they like to team up and throw holiday shows together. They’ve done Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas, and this month they’ll do one for Earth Day with musical guests Speedy Ortiz.

2015 NYC Podfest line-up & schedule: Kevin Allison, Yo La Tengo, Todd Barry, 'The Daily Show,' Gilbert Gottfried & more

Now in its third year, the NYC Podfest brings the best of, you guessed it, podcasts from across the country to New York for a fun-filled audio-based weekend (January 9 – 11)…