George Lopez and Marlon Wayans are teaming up for a single night of stand-up in Las Vegas, co-headlining Big Boy's Comedy Fiesta at the Pearl Concert Theater inside Palms Casino Resort on Thursday, October 15. The show also features Big Boy himself alongside J. Valentino, Luz Pazos and Eric Blake, rounding out a lineup that blends established sitcom and film stars with rising stand-up names.
The event was first detailed by FOX5 Vegas, which reported that general tickets go on sale Friday, August 21 at 10 a.m. through AXS.com, with prices starting at $49 before fees. According to organizers, Big Boy hosts Big Boy's Neighborhood, the syndicated iHeartRadio morning show that has made him a fixture of West Coast radio.
Lopez brings a packed résumé into the Pearl Concert Theater. He currently appears on NBC's “Lopez vs Lopez” and remains widely known for the earlier ABC sitcom “George Lopez,” per FOX5 Vegas. He also released the stand-up special “Muy Católico” on Amazon Prime Video in February 2025, capping a three-season run co-starring with his daughter Mayan Lopez on “Lopez vs Lopez.”
A Comedy Partnership With History
Big Boy and Lopez have a personal connection that predates October's show. When Big Boy received the 2,701st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 8, 2021, Lopez served as one of the guest speakers alongside Dr. Dre to unveil it, according to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That ceremony took place in front of Amoeba Music on Hollywood Boulevard.
The Las Vegas date also extends a live-event brand Big Boy has run in Southern California. He staged a Cinco de Mayo edition of Big Boy's Comedy Fiesta on May 5 at the Long Beach Terrace Theater that likewise featured Lopez as headliner, complete with a live mariachi band and regional stand-up comedians, per the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.
Wayans Rides Scary Movie Momentum Into Vegas
Wayans arrives with credits including “Scary Movie” and “White Chicks,” and he currently appears in “Scary Movie 6,” per FOX5 Vegas. He co-wrote and starred in that June 2026 Paramount and Miramax release, which reunited him with brothers Shawn and Keenen Ivory Wayans alongside original cast members Anna Faris and Regina Hall, according to Wikipedia. The Wayans family returned to the franchise 26 years after creating the 2000 original, a series with a $1.1 billion box-office history that Hoodline previously detailed in coverage of Shawn Wayans's Columbus tour dates.
Both co-headliners were already fixtures at MGM Grand's Aces of Comedy series earlier this summer, performing solo sets before joining forces for October's show. Lopez performed two stand-up shows at the David Copperfield Theater on June 19 and 20, a booking Hoodline first flagged in its report on MGM Grand's shifting magic lineup. Wayans followed with two nights at the MGM Grand Theater on July 24 and 25, which Hoodline covered in a piece on Wayans and Tim Allen's Aces of Comedy run.
Inside the Pearl Concert Theater
The Pearl Concert Theater, which opened in March 2007, features a multi-level layout that seats between 2,263 and 2,500 guests depending on stage configuration. It was designed so that the furthest seat from the stage is only 150 feet away, according to the venue's own event information. The theater sits inside Palms Casino Resort, which reopened in April 2022 under the ownership of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation after the tribe purchased the off-Strip property from Red Rock Resorts for $650 million following a two-year closure, per Boise State Public Radio. That made it the first Las Vegas casino resort fully owned and operated by a Native American tribe.
Palms Casino Resort has been busy on other fronts too. Hoodline recently reported the property is adding a non-smoking gaming area, and the Pearl Concert Theater itself hosted an AEW professional wrestling taping earlier this month, as Hoodline detailed in its coverage of Darby Allin's title fight at the venue.
Meet the Supporting Lineup
Rounding out October's bill is J. Valentino, whose full name is Julian Valentino Terriquez. He's a Los Angeles-based comedian and DJ hybrid who folds live turntablism and crowd interaction into his stand-up sets, according to the Improv Comedy Club, and he built a large online following through comedy-and-DJ social media videos before touring West Coast comedy clubs. Luz Pazos and Eric Blake are also confirmed for the night, per FOX5 Vegas, though the outlet's report did not detail additional background on either performer.
Big Boy has built a national broadcast profile over nearly 30 years on the air, having been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2015 and winning three Marconi Awards from the National Association of Broadcasters, according to Wikipedia. With Big Boy's Comedy Fiesta set for October 15 and tickets opening Friday at 10 a.m. through AXS.com, Las Vegas comedy fans have just days to plan for a lineup years in the making between Big Boy and his longtime collaborator Lopez.
