Jo Koy returns to Albany’s Palace Theatre this November for his third appearance at the Clinton Avenue venue — having played here in 2023 and 2024, he arrives in 2026 on the back of his most commercially significant stretch to date. The show is part of the Koy Meets World Tour, a sprawling run that has taken him through European capitals and across arenas up and down North America this year. Showtime is 7:30 PM on Sunday, November 22, 2026.
About Jo Koy
Born Joseph Glenn Herbert Sr., Jo Koy has spent the better part of three decades building a stand-up career rooted in his Filipino-American family life — the kind of specificity that, when it connects, commands rooms far larger than the Las Vegas coffeehouse where he started. His Netflix special Live from Brooklyn, released in June 2024, ranked among the platform’s most-watched titles that year, accumulating over 240 million minutes viewed. A second Netflix special, filmed in Stockton, California, arrives later in 2026.
Beyond stand-up, Koy starred in Easter Sunday (2022), the Universal Pictures production recognized as the first major studio film featuring an all-Filipino cast, and hosted the 81st Golden Globe Awards in 2024. DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island, which features his voice work, is scheduled for September 2026. Pollstar and Billboard consistently place him among the top 10 grossing stand-up comedians working today, and the Koy Meets World Tour has generated sold-out dates on multiple continents, with several markets requiring added performances to meet demand. Live shows run 90 to 110 minutes with no intermission, the material drawing on parenting, culture, travel, and the elastic character work that defines his headline sets.
The Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre at 19 Clinton Avenue seats 2,844 and stands as one of the A-List venues anchoring Albany’s live entertainment landscape. There is something to be said for catching a comedian who routinely fills arenas in a house this size — the geometry shifts, and so does the dynamic between performer and room.
Tickets
Tickets for Jo Koy: Koy Meets World Tour at Palace Theatre go on sale May 22, 2026 at 10 AM via Ticketmaster. Get tickets here.