NEW ULM – Comedian Ali Sultan will be performing his standup act at the New Ulm Ulm Public Library.

The show starts at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29 and is free to the public.

Sultan saw his first stand up comedian when he moved to America from Yemen at the age of 15. He grew the desire to go on stage but first he needed to learn English. Ali became the first Yemeni-Ethiopian American to make a stand up television network debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Ali has been on Comedy Central’s Hart of The City with Kevin Hart. He filmed his Half Hour comedy special in Dubai for Comedy Central Arabia. He represented Minnesota and won the Best in The Midwest competition at Gildas LaughFest. His album “Happy to Be Here” and “Funny First” can be heard on Spotify, Siius Xm and has over 1 millions streams on Pandora. His last special from Drybar has over a million views on YouTube.

The program is made possible by the New Ulm Public Library.