Comic Chelsea Handler to headline 2025 Rochester Fringe Festival
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Chelsea Handler coming to ESL Rochester Fringe Festival
Chelsea Handler is a renowned comedian, television host, and seven-time New York Times best-selling author. She’ll perform Saturday, September 13th at 8 pm at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Handler’s won “The Comedy Act” of 2021 at the People’s Choice Awards following the success in her nation-wide tour Vaccinated andHorny.
She’ll perform Saturday, September 13th at 8 pm at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
Every year, for one night only a major comedian is selected to headline the festival. Chelsea Handler will take her place next to a growing list of A-list performers to share her talent.
“I thought I’d round out this year with a few new shows considering our country needs a large dose of laughter and medicine right now,” said Chelsea.
Handler is a renowned comedian, television host, and seven-time New York Times best-selling author. She has traveled around the world sharing laughter and positivity to every audience she reaches. Handler earned a Grammy nomination following the release of her comedy special Evolution in 2020. She launched her iHeart Radio advice podcast Dear Chelsea in 2021. Handler’s won “The Comedy Act” of 2021 at the People’s Choice Awards following the success in her nation-wide tour Vaccinated andHorny. Handler continues her celebratory run after premiering her new Netflix comedy special The Feeling in March 2025 and hosting the Critics Choice Awards for the third consecutive year. Most recently Handler wrapped up her European standup tour An Abroad Broad.
The ESL Rochester Fringe Festival is a twelve day event that showcases the best talent Rochester has to offer. One of the nations largest festivals that has hosted more than 5,700 performances since 2012 and is the current winner of CITY Magazine’s Best of Rochester Award for Best Arts Event.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday, June 20 at 10:00 a.m. at . Fans can also access presale tickets starting Wednesday, June 18 at 10:00 a.m., using the code (FRINGEFAN).
Comedian Chelsea Handler set to headline 2025 Fringe Festival
Chelsea Handler will be performing at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Handler hosted E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” for seven years. The full lineup for this year’s festival will be announced on July 16.
Handler hosted E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” for seven years. She also launched her own documentary series “Chelsea Does,” her own talk show “Chelsea,” on Netflix in 2016 and has published seven New York Times best-selling books, her most recent being “I’ll Have What She’s Having.”
Handler will be making her way to Rochester on Saturday, September 13 and will be performing at 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 20 here.
The full lineup for this year’s festival will be announced on Wednesday, July 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the annual Big Reveal press conference. The festival begins on Sept. 9 and goes until Sept. 20.
To learn more about the festival, click here.