About
Born in California, award-winning comedian Turner Sparks started his comedy career in 2009 in Suzhou, China by founding mainland China's first stand up comedy club, Kung Fu Komedy. Sparks lived in China from 2004-2016 while he built and created New York’s successful Mister Softee Ice Cream Truck business in the region, the first foreign-owned ice cream truck in China.
Now a worldwide performer and a headliner across Asia, Sparks has performed in 15 countries and continues to draw rave reviews with his razor sharp punch lines, quick wit and cross-cultural appeal.
Turner Sparks is the host of the “Lost in America” Podcast on Itunes and has recently appeared on “Kennedy” on Fox Business and China Central Television America.
Sparks is a two-time finalist in the Hong Kong Comedy Competition and has beenawarded “Best of the Fest” at both the 2016 Burbank Comedy Festival and 2014 Akumal (Mexico) Comedy Festival presented by Stand Up Records.
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Tickets For Upcoming Shows
- Thu | December 5th - 6:00PM | East Village
- Turner Sparks 'Grow Up Tour'
- Join NYC comedian Turner Sparks as he closes out his nationwide 2024 “Grow Up” Tour right here at home in New York City. Joining him will be a hand-picked selection of Turner’s favorite New York comedians. Need more info? Turner is American, his wife Ye is Chinese and his parents are nuts. That pretty much covers it. As one of America’s premier clean comedians, Turner’s latest stand-up comedy album “Double Happiness” (released in 2022 by Larry The Cable Guy’s “Git R Done Records”) went to #1 in America and is currently in heavy rotation on SiriusXM’s comedy channels.