12/13/2025
Comedian Roy Wood is coming to in 2026.
We’re excited to announce our second headliner for the 2026 TC Comedy Fest!
Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer, and WGA-nominated writer. He served for eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning “The Daily Show” (2015-2023). In 2023, Wood Jr. guest hosted “The Daily Show” and headlined the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to its highest ratings since 2017. Wood Jr.’s fourth stand-up special, “Lonely Flowers,” premiered on Hulu on January 17, 2025.
Wood Jr. is the host of CNN’s “Have I Got News for You,” an American adaptation of a long-running UK comedy series, which premiered in September 2024 and returns with new episodes in Winter 2026. Wood Jr. will appear alongside Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in the upcoming comedy “Outcome” and will next be seen in the Sundance film “Love, Brooklyn.” He recently released his debut memoir with Crown Publishing, “The Man of Many Fathers,” on October 28, 2025.
Wood Jr. co-starred alongside Jon Hamm in Paramount Pictures’ long-awaited Fletch remake, “Confess, Fletch” (2022), and has guest appearances in “Only Murders in the Building,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” He will also appear in the upcoming Amazon “Barbershop” series due to come out in 2026.
Wood Jr. will perform at the City Opera House on Friday, April 17. He is the second headliner to be announced for the 2026 Traverse City Comedy Fest after Gary Gulman, who will perform at the City Opera House on Saturday, April 18.
👉 Tickets for both shows are on sale now at TraverseCityComedyFest.com
Stay tuned for more TCCF announcements coming soon!