Riyadh Comedy Festival
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The Riyadh Comedy Festival was a Saudi Arabian government–sponsored comedy festival held from 26 September to 9 October 2025, at Boulevard City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The festival featured many high
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Stavros Halkias
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Stavros Emmanuel Halkias is an American comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. Active since the early 2010s, he is a nationally touring comic who came to prominence as a founding co-host of the podca
Riyadh Comedy Festival
…at the event to call for the release of journalists and activists imprisoned in the Middle Eastern country. Comedians Mike Birbiglia, Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, Leslie Liao, Atsuko Okatsuka and "Weird Al" Yankovic were invited to perform, but they ultimately declined and spoke out against the event. Some…
Halkias in 2024