This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-language stand-up comedy in the year 2021.
January January 8: Cliff Cash's album Half Way There on Stand Up! Records. January 10: Tig Notaro's special Drawn on HBO. January 12: Chris Rock's special Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut on Netflix. January 15: Mike Lebovitz's album Two Slob Household on Stand Up! Records.
February February 2: K-Von's special Women Can Make Anything An Insult on Dry Bar Comedy. February 20: Ed Hill's special Candy and Smiley on Comedy Dynamics. February 21: Rose Matafeo's special Horndog on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. February 23: Brian Regan's special On the Rocks on Netflix. February 26: Richard Pryor's albums Richard Pryor and Craps (After Hours) reissue on Omnivore Recordings.
March March 5: James Acaster's specials Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 and Make a New Tomorrow on Vimeo. March 9: Fern Brady's special Power & Chaos on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. March 16: RebellComedy: Straight Outta the Zoo on Netflix. March 18: Nate Bargatze's special The Greatest Average American on Netflix. March 19: Chris Knutson's album Rewound on Stand Up! Records. March 23: Loyiso Gola's special Unlearning on Netflix.
April April 16: Jim David's album Gay Jokes for Straight Cruisers on Stand Up! Records. 2020
May May 8: Dylan Moran's special Dr Cosmos live-streamed on DICE. May 14: Simon Bird's special Debrief on All 4. May 27: Soy Rada's special Serendipity on Netflix. May 30: Bo Burnham's special Inside on Netflix.
June June 3: Alan Saldaña's special Locked Up on Netflix. June 3: Josh Johnson's special #(Hashtag) on Comedy Central.
July July 9: Lee Su-geun's special The Sense Coach on Netflix. July 16: Dave Losso's album A Careless Whisper of a Man on Stand Up! Records. July 23: Richard Pryor's album Live At The Comedy Store, 1973 reissue on Omnivore Recordings.
August August 10: Phil Wang's special Philly Philly Wang Wang on Netflix. August 12: Lokillo's special Nothing's the Same on Netflix. August 19: Marlon Wayans's special You Know What It Is on HBO Max. August 31: Drew Lynch's special Concussed on YouTube channel.
September September 3: Doug Mellard's album I'm Worried About Me on Stand Up! Records. September 7: Shane Gillis's special Live In Austin on gillyandkeeves.tv. September 17: Bill Bailey's special Larks in Transit on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. September 27: Jo Firestone's special Good Timing With Jo Firestone on Peacock.
October October 5: Dave Chappelle's special The Closer on Netflix. October 6: Arnor Dadi's album Big, Small Town Kid on Stand Up! Records. October 14: One Night in Paris on Netflix. October 19: Theo Von's special Regular People on Netflix. October 23: Ricky Velez's special Here's Everything on HBO. October 27: Haroun on Netflix. October 29: Roy Wood Jr.'s special Imperfect Messenger on Comedy Central.
November November 4: Aida Rodriguez's special Fighting Words on HBO Max. November 5: Jake Flores's album Bad Omen on Stand Up! Records. November 5: Joyelle Nicole Johnson's special Love Joy on Peacock. November 16: Michael Che's special Shame the Devil on Netflix. November 18: Carlos Ballarta's special False Prophet on Netflix. November 23: The Jonas Brothers Family Roast on Netflix. November 30: Mo Amer's special Mohammed in Texas on Netflix.
December December 4: Drew Michael's special Red Blue Green on HBO Max. December 7: Nicole Byer's special BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo) on Netflix. December 8: Carolin Kebekus's special The Last Christmas Special on Netflix. December 17: Darryl Lenox's album Super Bloom on Stand Up! Records. December 18: Louis C.K.'s special SORRY on his website. December 21: Jim Gaffigan's special Comedy Monster on Netflix. December 25: Jimmy Carr's special His Dark Material on Netflix.
See also List of stand-up comedians List of Netflix original stand-up comedy specials
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