Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy are teaming up for a single night of stand-up in Las Vegas this December, timed to land right in the middle of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo's biggest week of the year. The two comedians will perform together at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 9 p.m., placing their show on night two of the 10-day rodeo spectacle.
The booking was first reported by FOX5 Vegas, which described the pairing as a comedy show featuring two of the genre's most commercially successful names. Foxworthy is billed as the best-selling comedy recording artist in history, known for his redneck jokes and observations about family and human nature, while Larry the Cable Guy carries his own multi-platinum recording credentials. General tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. PT through Ticketmaster, with presales running throughout the week beforehand, according to the same report.
The 2026 Wrangler NFR runs December 3 through December 12 at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV, according to the NFR Experience. The 2024 edition of the rodeo pulled in roughly 170,045 spectators over its 10-day run and generated an estimated $156 million in direct economic impact for the city, with another 310,827 shoppers passing through the associated Cowboy Christmas gift show at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
A Rodeo Week Reunion, Two Decades in the Making
This is not the first time Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy have paired up at Planet Hollywood during rodeo season. The two previously shared a two-night NFR-week booking at the resort back in December 2014, a history that makes this December's date feel less like a novelty pairing and more like a recurring tradition for rodeo-week crowds.
Their connection traces back to the original Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which launched in 2000 with Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White. The tour grew into one of the highest-grossing comedy franchises in history, spawning feature films, multi-platinum albums, and its own dedicated SiriusXM channel. Whether Engvall or White might make any kind of appearance elsewhere in Las Vegas during the same week remains an open question.
Foxworthy has also built a substantial career beyond the stage, having written more than 26 books. Larry the Cable Guy, born Daniel Whitney, grew up on a pig farm in Nebraska and built his act through radio call-ins before creating the persona now known worldwide for the catchphrase “Git-R-Done” — and he never actually worked as a cable installer. He also voices Mater in Disney/Pixar's Cars franchise, and per the Larry the Cable Guy tour, his 2026 shows mark roughly 25 years since the Blue Collar Comedy Tour's initial breakout.
Competing for Rodeo Crowds on a Crowded Strip
The December show lands inside a uniquely stacked entertainment calendar. During NFR week, Las Vegas hosts more than 110 live concerts and performances across more than 30 venues, according to Visit Las Vegas, as casinos race to capture rodeo fans looking for something to do once the action wraps at Thomas & Mack each night. Hoodline recently covered another act aligning its own headline Vegas debut with NFR's opening night, underscoring just how much the rodeo has become a magnet for touring acts of every genre.
PH Live, the venue hosting Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy, seats 7,000 for standard concerts and comedy shows. The theater reverted to the PH Live name in August 2024 after cycling through previous identities including Bakkt Theater, Zappos Theater, and The AXIS, according to information compiled on Wikipedia.
Why Vegas Keeps Betting Big on December
The rodeo's roots in Las Vegas run deep and are getting deeper. Las Vegas Events and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association signed a contract extension in June 2024 that locks the NFR into the city through 2035, committing more than $264 million in contestant and stock contractor payouts over the 12-year agreement, according to the Associated Press. That kind of long-term commitment is a big part of why resorts like Planet Hollywood keep scheduling marquee comedy and country bookings around the same 10 days each year.
Hoodline previously reported on the scale of that annual surge, detailing how the 2025 rodeo's 40th anniversary brought record attendance and citywide economic impact to Las Vegas. For Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy, a single Friday night at PH Live is a small piece of that much larger December machine — but for fans of the Blue Collar brand, it is a rare chance to see two of its founding names share a Las Vegas stage again.
