IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE WANDA SYKES SHOW
🕒 KEITH ROBINSON will begin at 8:00 PM and WANDA SYKES will close the show.
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📵 This event will be a phone-free experience powered by YONDR. Use of phones, smart watches, and accessories will not be permitted in the performance space.
💧 Per the artist's request, caps on all beverages will be removed upon entry and at concessions stands.
🍸 Enhance your experience in the CityView Lounge, featuring an exclusive lounge, private bar, and more. Visit the Lounge entrance on the 2nd Balcony level to upgrade in person.
🎟️ Patrons who purchased tickets in Balcony 1, Balcony 2, Headliner, and Spotlight sections, please use the Race Street Entrance. Patrons who purchased Reserved floor tickets, please use the Mehring Way Entrance. For a venue map, CLICK HERE.
🚇 The Andrew J Brady Music Center® is accessible via the Central Riverfront Garage and is within walking distance to several parking lots and the Cincinnati Bell Connector. For Directions and Parking, CLICK HERE.
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Stand-up comedian Wanda Sykes has announced an additional date on her ‘Please & Thank You Tour’, with a show at The Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, OH on Friday, February 13, 2026.
ABOUT WANDA SYKES
WANDA SYKES is an Emmy winning stand up comic, writer, actress and producer who has been entertaining audiences for over twenty years. She has ranked among Entertainment Weekly's “25 Funniest People in America” and her peers have called her “one of the funniest stand-up comics” in the field.
In 2023 Wanda was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Nominations; Two for her Netflix special Wanda Sykes; I’m an Entertainer (her sixth stand-up special) and another for her role as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers, a role she originated in 2004. Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer was also nominated for her first Grammy Award and GoldenGlobe Award, a Critics Choice Award and a People’ Choice Award. In 2020, she received Emmy nominations for both her role as real-life comic ‘Moms Mabley’ in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and for her voice work as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers. Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth standup special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal, is streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards; “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination.
Wanda can currently be seen in season 4 of the Netflix’s comedy The Upshaws, which she is writing, co-showruning and starring in. The Upshaws centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints. Season one was nominated for a People’s Choice Award and a 2022 NAACP Image Award. Sykes was also nominated for an NAACP Image award for supporting actress in 2024. She also is currently on her Please and Thank You Tour with tour dates in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe.
WANDA SYKES owns all rights in the content and materials delivered during her performance (the “Materials”). Any use of the Materials without the express prior written consent of WANDA SYKES is strictly prohibited and is punishable to the full extent of the law.
