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Appearing in the 2008 fourth annual Comedy Festival, featuring performances in live stand-up, sketch comedy and film, as well as special events and screenings, in several venues at Caesars Palace.

Steadily making his way to the top of the heap in the United States, Russell Peters is already a comedy superstar in much of the world, selling out engagements from London to Sydney to Toronto, and even at the famed Apollo Theater in New York. This year, he joined the exclusive ranks of comedians who have headlined and sold out Madison Square Garden. He also was the first comic of South Asian heritage to do so. In Hollywood, the industry refers to this phenomenon as “The Legend Of Russell Peters,” because his success ? without a network sitcom, a hit movie or a high-profile comedy album to anchor it ? is practically unprecedented. He’ll be joined in his show by three rising stars: Tom Segura, Nick Thune and Dom Irerra.

Russell Dominic Peters (born 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comic of Anglo-Indian descent. His comedy focuses primarily on his cultural background, but also on cultural and racial stereotypes of ethnic groups especially Indians and other Asians.

Peters has performed in the UK, Australia, China, Singapore, Denmark, South Africa, the Caribbean, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the United States. He has been nominated for four (Canadian television) Gemini Awards. He has also been nominated for Best Male Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards. Peters has been featured at such shows as Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh Festival. He hosted the Canada Day Comedy Festival 2006.

Peters' comedy focuses largely around his Indian upbringing and racial stereotypes, as he often parodies his parents and South Asian culture. Much of his material explores the cultural divides between many different ethnicities and upbringings.

His comedy special