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Jamestown, New York – February 11, 2019 –  The National Comedy Center, the nation’s first museum and visitor experience dedicated to the comedic arts, announced today that Sebastian Maniscalco and John Mulaney will headline the 2019 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, August 7-11. Tickets for their performances will go on pre-sale for National Comedy Center members only — starting Wednesday, February 20 at noon ET at  www.ComedyCenter.org . Public on-sale date will be Friday, February 22 at noon ET. Many festival events have yet to be announced, in a lineup that will celebrate comedy’s contemporary stars, rising voices, and historic legacies. Sebastian Maniscalco and John Mulaney are two of the most popular and acclaimed comedians in the country in 2019 — Maniscalco breaking several comedy box office records over the past year, and Mulaney named “one of the best stand-up comics alive” by  Entertainment Weekly . John Mulaney will be performing on Friday, August 9...

Jerry Seinfeld,will be performing his signature stand-up routine during the 2015 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena. Seinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere. Seinfeld now sets his sights on performing both nationally and internationally in 2015. His tour will visit the Jamestown Savings Bank Arena for two performances on August 1 at 7pm & 9:30pm. These shows are on sale Monday, February 9 at 10am. Members of the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum & Center for Comedy will be able to participate in an exclusive pre-sale period beginning Monday, February 2 at 10am. “Jamestown celebrates the best in comedy, and Jerry Seinfeld is exactly that,” said Journey Gunderson, festival producer and executive director of the Lucy Desi Center for Comedy and National Comedy Center. The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival will take place July 30 – August 2, 2015....