Sam Jay - Lafayette Comedy Festival

Name: Sam Jay - Lafayette Comedy Festival
Start: 2026-08-08T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-08-08T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Club 337

Schedule

Sat Aug 08 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Club 337 | Lafayette, LA

As part of the second annual Lafayette Comedy Festival, we are proud to welcome -
SAM JAY(as seen on HBO, Netflix, Roast of Tom Brady) on Saturday, August 8th at 7:00 PM at Club 337, inside the Doubletree Hotel.
Doors open for 6:30 PM.
You can purchase a weekend pass, a day pass, or individual show passes for all the festival shows. Weekend & Day Passes are available at https://www.lafayettecomedy.com/shows/lcf2026
Stand-up comic and Emmy-nominated writer SAM JAY is best known as the Host and Executive Producer of HBO’s weekly late-night series Pause with Sam Jay. She also co-created and co-starred on the Peacock series Bust Down, with Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, and Chris Redd. She is a two-time Emmy nominee and WGA award nominee for her writing on Saturday Night Live. Sam’s first HBO special, Sam Jay: Salute Me Or Shoot Me, is now available to stream. Sam’s solo show We The People, just wrapped a hugely successful run at Edinburgh Fringe Fest in which the show was nominated for Best Comedy Show, and won The Uprise Award, which recognizes shows that dare to provoke, disrupt and reframe discussions.
Sam was a standout on the dais at Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady. In 2018, she wrote for The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and in 2020 she wrote for the BET Awards. Sam was recently featured both on and off camera as the “Voice of God” announcer at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC. In 2023, Sam recorded a set as part of Netflix’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, along with Margaret Cho, Sandra Bernhard, Billy Eichner, and Eddie Izzard—now streaming on Netflix. Sam was named as one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2018, and a Comedy Central Comic to Watch in 2015, and in 2017 was selected for Just For Laughs: New Faces Showcase. She has performed on Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!; and released her Comedy Central Presents half hour to rave reviews. Sam has performed internationally at comedy clubs and festivals, including the Vodafone Dublin Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot Festival, 208 Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Portland’s Bridgetown Festival, The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival, Boston’s Women In Comedy Festival, among others. Sam’s 2020 special, Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning, is now available to stream on Netflix.
Sam can currently be seen opposite Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Kenya Barris-directed feature film, You People, now on Netflix. Sam’s other TV credits include her hosting role on Ricking Morty, the Rick and Morty post-show on Adult Swim. Additional TV credits include The Eric Andre Show; HBO Max’s That Damn Michael Che; MTV’s SafeWord; a recurring role on TV Land’s Nobodies; Starz’s Take My Wife, Comedy Central’s White Flight, Crank Yankers, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, and Broad City; and Viceland’s Party Legends and Flophouse.
FESTIVAL INFO:
Get ready, Lafayette! The Lafayette Comedy Festival is happening August 6-9, 2026. We're bringing together an incredible lineup of top-tier comedians, unforgettable themed shows, and one epic weekend of laughter you won’t want to miss.
Headliners, you can’t miss including TODD BARRY, KIM CONGDON, and SAM JAY!
Theme shows include STONED vs DRUNK vs SOBER, a live recording of the WE'RE DYING DOWN HERE PODCAST, BEST OF THE FEST SHOWCASE, CEREAL KILLERS, and closing out the festival will be GLITZ & GIGGLES - A STANDUP COMEDY & BURLESQUE BRUNCH AFFAIR.
The festival’s main stage will be at Club 337, located inside the DoubleTree Hotel — the perfect space to catch a packed weekend of shows and named the "best club in the south" by comedian Mark Normand, Sam Tallent, and others. We are also exited to announce that the Sunday Brunch Show will take place at Artmosphere.
Weekend Passes gets you entry to EVERY show, including the big shows with TODD BARRY, KIM KONGDON, and SAM JAY. Wanna add some VIP treatment? Weekend VIP passes get you into every show AND reserved seating in the first 3 rows at Club 337!
Day passes are also available, as are individual show passes.
Schedule:
Thursday, Aug. 6th
7:00 PM - Todd Barry @ Club 337
9:00 PM - Best of the Fest Showcase @ Club 337
Friday, Aug. 7th
7:00 PM - Kim Congdon @ Club 337
9:00 PM - Best of the Fest Showcase @ Club 337
Saturday, Aug. 8th
11:00 AM - Cereal Killers Brunch Show @ Club 337
3:00 PM - We're Dying Down Here Podcast @ Club 337
7:00 PM - Sam Jay @ Club 337
9:00 PM - Stoned vs Drunk vs Sober @ Club 337
Sunday, Aug. 9th
12:00 PM - Glitz & Giggles - A Brunch Affair @ Artmosphere
Day of show pricing (we charge the same at the door as we do online. This price includes taxes and fees, the same as online:
VIP Weekend Pass: $120 (a savings of $75)
GA Weekend Pass: $100 (a savings of $55)
Thursday Day Pass: $40 VIP; $35 GA (a savings of $5/$10)
Friday Day Pass: $40 VIP; $35 GA (a savings of $5/$10
Saturday Day Pass: $50 VIP; $45 GA (a savings of $35/$20)
Sunday: $10 GA only, or $30 Brunch Combo - Includes bottomless mimosas and a biscuit sandwich
All prices do not reflect taxes/service fees, which will be added at checkout.
Unless otherwise stated, please consider all of our shows as “adult subject matter.”
No refunds will be issued unless the show is canceled or rescheduled.
Club 337 is located inside the Doubletree Hotel located at 1521 W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA. (Free Parking)
Club 337 has theater-style seating as a first-come basis | Drinks can be purchased at the bar | 2 full bars with a restaurant on site.