Comedian Kathleen returns to Hard Rock Live Orlando on Jan. 22 with her Flying Cats Tour
- Alastair Mac
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Kathleen Madigan’s 33-year comedy career is showing no signs of slowing down bringing her latest tour to Orlando this weekend.
Comedian Kathleen Madigan has announced that she is bringing her latest tour, the Flying Cats Tour to Orlando. Returning to the stage at Hard Rock Live on Friday, January 22, 2027!
2027 will mark her 35th year as a touring comic, regularly performed 250+ dates per year over her three decade career, Over the years, Madigan has always approached stand-up as a job, and by doing so has established herself as one of the most successful road comics ever as her career continues to explode.
Tickets for Madigan's show in Orlando go on sale Friday, August 28 at 10 am
Presale is available now for the 2027 Flying Cats Tour at https://kathleenmadigan.com/pages/tour - use code FLYINGCATS for ticket access.
In addition to touring, Madigan has released seven stand-up specials including her most recent 2025 special, The Family Thread, on Amazon Prime. The special was critically acclaimed and received raved reviews as The Los Angeles Times named it one of the best specials of 2025 and The New York Times said, “Madigan is one of the most impressive joke writers in stand-up.”
Kathleen Madigan is an exception. Over the past three decades, most comedians haven’t built and sustained the sort of touring and specials business she has without some sort of major TV show or movie role. Coming from a long line of Midwestern union workers, Madigan has always approached stand-up as a job, and by doing so has established herself as one of the most successful road comics ever as her career continues to explode.
In addition to touring, Madigan has released six stand-up specials including her most recent 2023 special, Hunting Bigfoot, on Amazon Prime. The special won the Interrobangs’s 2023 Comedy Special of the Year as voted on by fans. Her previous special, Bothering Jesus, released on NETFLIX, became the highest selling album and most played comedy album on streaming services since 2015. This April, Madigan filmed her highly anticipated 7th stand-up special at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, WI. The special will premiere later this fall with a date to be announced soon.
Over her career, she’s squeezed in over 40 appearances on late-night & day-time talk shows, appeared on Comedians in Cars getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld and has multiple comedy specials airing on Amazon, NETFLIX, MAX, SHOWTIME and Comedy Central.
In 2020, taking advantage of time off touring on the road because of the pandemic, Madigan created “Madigan’s Pubcast” which has garnered over 13 million streams and over 200 episodes. She shares her thoughts on everything from Taylor Swift to Area 51. It’s equal parts silly and sincere and feels as natural and comfortable as chatting with Madigan herself.
After a recent performance at the Chicago Theater, The Chicago Tribune wrote, “She has all but perfected the art of crafting and delivering a perfect joke. That singular dedication to the craft shows in both the evolution of her material over the years and the way she can make a complicated joke with a hidden nub of wisdom seem both effortless and offhand.”
“I just wanted to tell jokes,” she said. “I didn’t start doing open mic night to become an actor or a celebrity. Those things never crossed my mind. For a few of us working, telling jokes was our main and only goal. I don’t have any more goals. Can’t you just have a goal, reach it and enjoy it? Why do we have to set more? I don’t get it. Grab a beer and enjoy what you’ve done.”
She’s won the American Comedy Award for “Best Female Comedian” and the Phyllis Diller award for “Best Female Comedian.” She’s done multiple USO tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. “The USO shows are the best. Trust me, no crowd is more appreciative and fired up to see a show. I’m glad I have the chance to give back for what they do for all of us.”
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