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Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley in Atlanta for New Year’s Comedy Jam

Others on the lineup at State Farm Arena Dec. 29: Deon Cole, Earthquake and Michael Blackson.
The New Year's Comedy Jam on Dec. 29, 2024 at State Farm Arena features headliners Deon Cole, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley. BET+/CBS/Bounce

Credit: BET+/CBS/Bounce

Credit: BET+/CBS/Bounce

The New Year's Comedy Jam on Dec. 29, 2024 at State Farm Arena features headliners Deon Cole, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley. BET+/CBS/Bounce
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Oct 30, 2024

If you’re looking for laughs before 2024 is out, two former Kings of Comedy, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley, will headline a New Year’s Comedy Jam on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at State Farm Arena.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, through Ticketmaster.

Cedric and Hughley will be joined by fellow veteran stand-up comics Deon Cole, Earthquake and Michael Blackson.

Combined, the five comics have more than 100 years experience on the stand-up stage and hundreds of hours of TV show episodes.

Cedric the Entertainer is currently starring in his seventh season on CBS’s “The Neighborhood.” Hughley has a popular syndicated talk show and is a producer and recurring character of Bounce TV’s “Johnson,” which has aired three seasons.

Cole stars in BET+’s drama “Average Joe,” which shot its first season in metro Atlanta and has been renewed for a second season.

Earthquake hosts a radio show on Sirius XM’s Kevin Hart channel. Last year, Blackson starred in a sitcom on BET “The Michael Blackson Show.”

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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