Mohegan Sun Arena Welcomes Back Jeff Dunham

Tickets on sale Friday, March 31st

Jeff Dunham has sold-out global concert tours, shattered ratings for broadcast specials, set a few Guinness Book of World Records, and now returns to Mohegan Sun Arena at 8:00pm on Saturday, September 2nd.

Tickets are $69, $59, $49, and $39 and go on sale Friday, March 31st at 10:00am via ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, April 1st, subject to availability.

Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is a comedy superstar and one of the world’s most inventive entertainers. After graduating from Baylor University, he moved to Los Angeles to base his global touring and never looked back. The man Slate called “America’s favorite comedian” has 11 record-breaking comedy specials to his credit – three were Comedy Central’s most viewed specials of their respective years (Me the People in 2022, Minding the Monsters in 2012, and Controlled Chaos in 2011), and his Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special from 2008 remains the networks’ highest rated program of all time.

His NBC primetime special, Unhinged, ranked as the time period’s top non-sports program on the Big 4, rebroadcast six weeks later on Comedy Central to become its top rated special of 2016. His most recent special, Me the People, arrived as the highest rated stand-up special since Jeff Dunham: The Unrehearsed Pandemic Special two years ago, and the most watched comedy special of 2022.

His autobiography, All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed and Me, landed Dunham on The New York Times’ Best Seller list three weeks in a row. He was also named Billboard’s Top Comedy tour for three consecutive years. The versatile entertainer created an animated film for Country Music Television, hosted the Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship, guest starred on ABC’s Ellen, NBC’s 30 Rock, Disney’s Sonny with a Chance, did commercials for Hertz, and appeared in Jay Roach’s Dinner for Schmucks, featuring Steve Carrell and Paul Rudd.

Mohegan Sun Arena finished 2021 with its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its capacity in the world according to Pollstar and VenuesNow, ranked among the top 10 venues in the U.S. regardless of size based on ticket sales, and was named “2021 Innovator of the Year” by Celebrity Access for its ViacomCBS residency.  In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been the “#1 Casino Venue in the World,” “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” and a seven – time national award – winner for “Arena of the Year.”  For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711.

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Comedian Theo Von Brings Return of the Rat Tour to Mohegan Sun Arena

General on sale Friday, March 3

Comedian and podcast host Theo Von has been selling out theaters across the country due to high demand, and his next stops include Mohegan Sun Arena.  Theo Von will make his Mohegan Sun Arena debut during his Return of the Rat Tour at 8:00pm on Friday, July 21st.

General on sale begins Friday, March 3 at 10:00am via ticketmaster.com and TheoVon.com/tour. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, March 4, subject to availability.

Theo Von currently resides in Nashville and Los Angeles but grew up in the stray animal belt of southern Louisiana. He can be seen and heard weekly on his widely popular podcasts – This Past Weekend and King and the Sting — which garner millions of streams and views a month.

Theo’s new comedy special Regular People was filmed at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and is now streaming on Netflix.

In the spring of 2020, Theo completed his two-year Dark Arts Tour, which took him across America, Australia, and Europe. He’s currently on the road with his Return of the Rat Tour. If you want to know how Theo is doing, he is probably doing the best he can, which varies.

About Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena finished 2021 with its first “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its capacity in the world according to Pollstar and VenuesNow, ranked among the top 10 venues in the U.S. regardless of size based on ticket sales, and was named “2021 Innovator of the Year” by Celebrity Access for its ViacomCBS residency.  In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been the “#1 Casino Venue in the World,” “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” and a seven – time national award – winner for “Arena of the Year.”  For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711.

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Jim Jefferies’ Stand-Up Tour Comes To Mohegan Sun Arena

Comedian will perform live on Friday, October 27th


UNCASVILLE, CT (July 11, 2017) – Presented by COMIX Mohegan Sun, the hilarious Jim Jefferies is set for a stand-up comedy performance in the Theater at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, October 27th.

Tickets are $60.00, $50.00 and $40.00 and go on sale Friday, July 14th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000.  Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, July 15th, subject to availability.

Jim Jefferies is one of the most popular and respected comedians of his generation, entertaining audiences across the globe with his controversial, belief-challenging, and thought-provoking comedy. Jefferies is currently starring in the new Comedy Central hit late show, The Jim Jefferies Show. The Weekly series features Jim traveling across the globe to tackle the week’s top stories and controversial issues of the day.

His international stand-up tour, The Unusual Punishment Tour, kicked off last summer to rave reviews. Last summer also marked the release of his fifth major stand up special in seven years, Freedumb. The special is Jim’s second to air on Netflix and follows the huge success of Jim Jefferies: BARE, in which he delivered a now iconic routine on guns and gun control in the United States. Jim created, wrote, produced, and starred in the critically acclaimed FX series, Legit, which ran for two seasons and has since gained a cult following.

Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Today. It has won “Casino of The Year” at the Country Music Awards in 2008 & 2010 and in 2013, was voted “Arena Of The Year” at the G2E Global Gaming Conference in Las Vegas.  Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.”  Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.

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Tim Allen’s Stand-up Comedy Coming To Mohegan Sun

Comedian will perform live in Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, June 23rd
The popular movie star and stand-up comedian, Tim Allen, will bring a night full of laughs to Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, June 23rd at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $35.00 and go on sale Friday, March 11th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster.  Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge by Phone number 1.800.745.3000 or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.  Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, March 12th, subject to availability.
Tim Allen honed his talents as a stand-up comic throughout the eighties, providing the perfect lead-in to his highly successful ABC television series Home Improvement where he garnered a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy nomination and was honored with the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Male Performer in a Television Series” for an unprecedented eight years in a row.  While passionately ensconced in a hit sitcom, Tim still found time to expand his talents by starring in the movies like The Santa Clause, Wild Hogs and, of course, all three of the incredibly successful Toy Story animation films, lending his voice as the beloved space ranger, Buzz Lightyear.
Mohegan Sun Arena was ranked the 4th busiest venue in 2009 by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com.  For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.

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