Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp carry out onstage throughout the 17th Annual Stand Up For Heroes Benefit offered by Bob Woodruff Foundation and NY Comedy Festival at David Geffen Hall onNov 6, 2023 inNew York City Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, Jim Gaffigan, Norah Jones, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Questlove and Mark Normand are verified for the 18th yearly Stand Up for Heroes advantage, which will certainly happen on Veterans Day,Nov 11, as component of theNew York Comedy Festival
The yearly occasion, which elevates understanding and funds for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, whose goal is to make certain that our country’s experts, solution participants, and their family members have steady and effective futures will certainly happen at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in Manhattan and attribute efficiencies by these and various other celebrities of songs and funny.
At the very least among the artists on the costs has actually verified himself to be skilled at funny too. In the past, Springsteen– that is a routine at the occasion and aced a prolonged cameo on the last period of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm— has actually peppered his collection with unclean jokes such as this set he informed at the 2022 occasion: “During sex, you burn off as many calories as if you ran 8 miles,” he claimed. “But who can run 8 miles in 30 seconds? Got that off the Internet.”
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“For 17 years, at each Stand Up for Heroes, I’ve been impressed to see so many come together to honor the bravery and resilience of our veterans,” claimed Woodruff, an ABC reporter that endured a terrible mind injury in 2006 while covering the Iraq War, and after fighting his back to health and wellness produced the structure. “Our 18th event will be another outstanding tribute to those who served and a reminder to all of us of the debt we owe them and their families for their service and sacrifices.”
Jim Gaffigan executes onstage throughout the 15th Annual Stand Up For Heroes advantage at Alice Tully Hall offered by Bob Woodruff Foundation and NY Comedy Festival onNov 8, 2021 inNew York City Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for SUFH
In 2007, New York Comedy Festival creators Caroline Hirsch and Andrew Fox partnered with Bob and Lee Woodruff to develop this unique occasion as a homage to influenced experts and their enjoyed ones. Since its creation, Stand Up for Heroes has actually elevated $84 million to date to assist all experts and army family members have effective futures. Over the previous 17 years, comics and entertainers consisting of John Mellencamp, Stephen Colbert, Eric Church, Sheryl Crow, Gaffigan, Whoopi Goldberg, The Lumineers, John Mayer, Seth Meyers, Hasan Minhaj, Tracy Morgan, John Mulaney, Trevor Noah, Conan O’Brien, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The War and Treaty and Robin Williams have actually taken the phase to promote for our remarkable solution participants.
“Eighteen years of comedy and music have transformed into a powerful force for good. As Stand Up For Heroes celebrates its 18th anniversary on Veterans Day, alongside the New York Comedy Festival’s 20th, we’re humbled to once again unite comedy’s brightest stars with a shared mission: to honor and support our nation’s heroes. Together, we’ll laugh, inspire, and invest in the futures of those who’ve sacrificed so much for our freedom,” claimed Hirsch, that is a structure board participant.
Jon Stewart executes onstage throughout the 17th Annual Stand Up For Heroes Benefit offered by Bob Woodruff Foundation and NY Comedy Festival at David Geffen Hall onNov 6, 2023 inNew York City Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation
“Stand Up for Heroes, a night of hope, healing, and laughter to honor our nation’s veterans and their families, fittingly takes place on Veterans Day this year,” claimed Anne Marie Dougherty, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of theBob Woodruff Foundation “As a nation, it’s our privilege and our duty to stand with them, and to ensure they receive the support they’ve earned. Our event is a powerful platform to help us spread that message.”
Tickets take place saleSept 5 at the occasion’swebsite
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