NYC South Asian Comedy Festival – Brown Unhinged

This is stand-up comedy stripped of the polish: edgy, unapologetic, and unmistakably South Asian. If Opening Night was the warm welcome, Brown Unhinged is where the gloves come off.The Lineup: Host: Sandeep Sen – NY Times, 2× Comedy Fight Club Champion, NYC Club Comic; Pallavi Gunalan – Dropout TV, SF Sketchfest, New York Comedy Festival, Kill Tony; Sunil Mashari — Dubai-based comedian and one of the UAE comedy circuit's leading hosts; Dimitri Wejaysingher — NYC comic tackling race, identity, and social commentary, Harlem Comedy Festival alum; Fizaa Dosani – Netflix Is A Joke Festival, ABC/FX/Netflix credits, NYT-featured touring comedy show; Piyali Syam — NYC actor/writer, Today Show–featured comic and PIT SoloCom Festival performer; Ali Mehedi – CBC Canada, Halifax Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Laughing Lassi; Part of the NYC South Asian Comedy Festival — New York’s first, and the world’s largest, South Asian comedy festival, running October 16–18, 2026 across Manhattan. Recommended for mature audiences. The laughs don’t stop when the shows end. Join us for the official NYC South Asian Comedy Festival After-Party from 11 PM onward. Location to be announced during the show.