YONDR FAN ADVISORY
This event will be a phone-free experience. Use of cellphones, smart watches, smart accessories, cameras, or recording devices will not be permitted in the performance space.
Upon arrival at the venue, all phones, smart watches, and accessories will be secured in Yondr pouches that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their belongings at all times and can access their phones throughout the event at designated Phone Use Areas in the venue. All phones will be re-secured in Yondr pouches before returning to the event space.
Anyone seen using a non-permitted device during the performance will be escorted out of the venue. Guests are encouraged to bring a credit card for purchases inside the venue. We appreciate your cooperation in creating a phone-free viewing experience.
Fresh off his 2026 NAACP Image Award nomination for his standup special Ali Siddiq: My Two Sons, the only independently produced YouTube special to ever receive a major award nomination, Siddiq will perform brand new material in theaters across the country.
Crowned by Vulture as “stand-up comedy’s most prolific storyteller,” Ali Siddiq has built a dedicated massive fanbase clamoring to attend his live shows and watch his masterful independently produced and released specials. He premiered his four-part stand-up series “The Domino Effect” 1-4 in 2022-2024 which has amassed over 47 million views. The storytelling saga cemented Ali’s reputation as a master craftsman of narrative comedy. Each chapter became a cultural event, landing Ali among the top-viewed comedians on YouTube year after year.
Also during that time, Ali released the special “Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” (2023) which has amassed 6 million views. In 2025 alone he released 3 more hour standup specials, “My Two Sons” (12M+ views), “Rugged” (7M+ views) and “Mondays” (3M+ views). Deadline included Ali in their list of “Comics Who Won 2025” and “My Two Sons” earned Siddiq a 2026 NAACP Nomination for “Outstanding Variety Series or Special.” He will be releasing 3 more new hour specials in 2026 that have already been filmed. An emerging comedy mogul, Ali also executive-produces and distributes multiple specials for other comedians including Malik S. and Ryan Davis, with a 2nd special from Marcus D. Wiley coming up on February 1.
From Houston, TX, Ali developed his unmistakable voice in one of the most unlikely places — behind the walls of incarceration, where storytelling was survival, currency, and community. Comedy Central would later sent him back inside a Texas jail to film “It’s Bigger Than These Bars” (4M+ views). Today, that same voice has made him one of the most watched, respected, and consistently viral comedians in the world.
