Roanoke Comedy Fest Presents: Neko White LIVE
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Friday, Aug 16, 2024 9pm - 10:30pm
Location
City Market Building
32 Market Sq SE
Details
RCF is pleased to welcome one of NYC's hardest-working and funniest headliners on Friday, August 16th, at the historic Roanoke City Market Building.
Neko regularly works New York's hottest comedy clubs and performs hundreds of sets per year. For one night only, you can have the true New York club experience, complete with a headliner regarded by his peers as a next-generation master of the craft.
ABOUT: Funny, smart, fresh, and magnetic, Neko White is a star. The comedian Born and raised in Harlem, Neko has brought his unique perspective and sharp comedy from New York to international audiences. Beginning his career at just fourteen years old, the then high school freshman was sitting in class when a teacher asked, “does anyone have a talent?” something in Neko’s mind said “go tell jokes “He went up in front of his classmates, and it worked. Then, as they say, the rest is history.
As a stand-up, Neko has been featured on Netflix’s Pete Davidson presents: The Best Friends, Cracked Comedy Club, TruTV’s Laff Tracks, AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live, STARZ’s New York’s Funniest, and Kevin Hart’s LOL Network. He was named one of the New Faces in the Just For Laughs Festival, Netflix is a joke fest, won Caroline’s prestigious March Madness competition. Neko released a comedy album titled, Marscellus, then produced one of the most original filmed specials in recent memory with his self-released, DARK OUT. Shot with no audience, pitch-black background, into an old-fashioned microphone, Neko’s special received critical acclaim. One publication said DARK OUT made Neko one of the “innovators changing comedy.” Neko also produced his first hour special Neko White: “Introducing Me.” He was also the subject of the award-winning documentary “One MIC”
Neko is also an accomplished television personality. He hosted Vice News’s popular series, How To Be A Person and has been a regular guest on MTV2’s Hip Hop Hollywood Squares. Comedy Central’s DARK HUMOR, Neko made his film premiere with a role in the movie, MIDLIFE.
