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Saturday, November 14, 7:00 pm–10:00 pm
Ryman Auditorium
116 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN 37219
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ABOUT THE SHOW Jim Gaffigan brings his clean-cut humor, sharp observations and endlessly relatable comedy to Ryman Auditorium on Saturday, November 14th and Sunday, November 15th, 2026. Genre: Stand-Up Comedy • Observational Comedy • Clean Comedy • Comedy For Fans Of: Nate Bargatze • Brian Regan • Jerry Seinfeld • Mike Birbiglia • Sebastian Maniscalco • Tom Papa Jim Gaffigan is an eight-time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, two-time New York Times best-selling author, three-time Emmy winning top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling recording artist. He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor, which largely revolves around his observations on life. His 11th special, The Skinny, premiered on Hulu in 2024 as the streamer’s first ever original stand up special for their new comedy vertical, Hularious, and garnered almost 100 million clip views online. In total, he has released a total of sixteen comedy albums. Gaffigan is currently on his Everything is Wonderful standup comedy tour. Gaffigan is a top ten comedian according to Forbes’ most recent comedy list and top ten earning comedian in Pollstar. He released his 10th comedy special, Dark Pale, in 2023 on Amazon Prime Video, an unprecedented achievement for the comedian/actor. Dark Pale was met with critical fanfare with The New York Times calling it, ‘his best yet.” Gaffigan performed a co-headlining with Jerry Seinfeld for a sold-out multi-city arena tour and in May of 2024, sold out two shows at The Hollywood Bowl during the Netflix Is Joke Festival. Jim also starred in Broadway’s All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich - directed by Tony Award-winner Alex Timbers. In 2021 Gaffigan released his 9th special, Comedy Monster, on Netflix which was nominated for a Grammy Award. He was also awarded for being the first comedian to reach one billion streams on Pandora. Gaffigan can currently be seen opposite co-stars Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, James Marsden, and Hugh Grant in Netflix’s Unfrosted, which debuted as the #1 movie in the world on Netflix. He can also be seen as the lead in the well-reviewed and certified fresh Sci-Fi drama, Linoleum, which was named one of Vulture.com’s best movies of 2023 and is currently streaming on Hulu after a theatrical release. Jim most recently wrapped production on a variety of films including the indie feature Outside of Cleveland opposite Alex Wolff, Joshua Caldwell’s Three People in the Woods, period thriller New England Toys with Willa Fitzgerald & Jason Schwartzman, and Crosshairs with Alec Baldwin. He is currently in production on season 4 of The Gilded Age portraying Grover Cleveland. Gaffigan starred as Mr. Smee in Disney’s Peter Pan and Wendy, opposite Jude Law and Yara Shahidi. Also premiering recently, Gaffigan joined the cast of HBO Max’s Full Circle, a limited series from Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon which follows an investigation into a botched kidnapping, connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day NY. On the silver screen, his many credits include Three Kings, Super Troopers 1 & 2, and Chappaquiddick. 2019 was Gaffigan’s biggest year in film to date with an astonishing eight films releasing, three which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival including Troop Zero with Viola Davis and Alison Janney, Them That Follow and Light From Light – with many festival goers and press calling Gaffigan the “King of Sundance.” Gaffigan was also recently heard in Disney/Pixar’s highly anticipated animated film, Luca, opposite Jacob Tremblay and Maya Rudolph. Gaffigan had two films in which he debuted as the lead. The comedic film Being Frank, and American Dreamer, a dark thriller which features him as a ride share app worker who moonlights as a private driver for a drug dealer. Gaffigan can also currently be seen opposite Ethan Hawke in IFC Films Tesla, as well as opposite Josh Hartnett in Saban Films’ Most Wanted. In addition to two seasons of the critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical The Jim Gaffigan Show, which he wrote and produced with his wife Jeannie, Gaffigan has guest starred on many television comedies and dramas, ranging from Portlandia and Bob’s Burgers to the HBO cult hits Flight of the Concords to dramatic roles in Law & Order. Gaffigan regularly does humorous commentaries on CBS Sunday Morning for which he has won 3 Emmys. In 2018 Jim served as master of ceremony at The Al Smith Memorial dinner. In 2015, Gaffigan had the great honor of performing for Pope Francis and over 1 million festival attendees at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia. He and his wife currently live in Manhattan with their five loud and expensive children. For more info on his current Everything is Wonderful standup comedy tour, go to: jimgaffigan.com/tour-dates.
Ryman Auditorium does not operate its own parking lot. The Fifth + Broadway garage sits essentially across the street, and numerous paid garages surround the venue downtown — reserving a spot in advance is recommended on show nights, when prices climb. Valet is offered at select shows for $20. The venue is in the heart of downtown, steps from Lower Broadway's honky tonks.
9:00 am–4:00 pm
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Added to MUSAY Oct 23, 2026.
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