The legendary shipyard welder turned folk singer turned stand-up comic turned actor will bring his unique brand of multi-layered tangential storytelling to the Queenstown Events Centre on February 7.
All 1800 tickets were sold out by January 15.
The gig is part of the tartan troubadour's 16-show tour across both islands that starts in Timaru on February 3 and ends in Auckland on March 1.
It will be his 12th tour of New Zealand since 1981.
Glasgow's favourite son entertained 64,000 people over 28 sold-out shows when he last toured the country in 2004.
He tickled the ribs of more than 1600 Wakatipu residents in the Queenstown Events Centre.
Lakes Leisure Ltd events manager Karen Gemmell said it was great to have such a high-profile comedian return to Queenstown and it was important for the resort to be on same playing field as Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin.
"It shows we're able to deliver and sell out the venue to international performers and it allows residents to access and enjoy acts of that calibre."
Connolly, who owns a shirt made of souvenir tea towels depicting scenic highlights of New Zealand, is no stranger to these shores.
The ribald raconteur has been visiting since the 1970s.
He co-starred with Tom Cruise in the blockbuster The Last Samurai, which was filmed in part in Taranaki, New Plymouth and Auckland in 2003.
After the politically incorrect funnyman's two-month Too Old To Die Young tour in March 2004, he went on to film Billy Connolly's World Tour Of New Zealand for the BBC.
The eight-part documentary, the fourth in the popular series, followed Connolly on his custom Harley Davidson motor-trike as he explored far-flung corners of Aotearoa, interspersed with clips from his stand-up tour.
The smallest gig was in front of 450 residents in the Stewart Island Community Hall and the largest was before 16,000 over two nights at the Westpac Arena in Christchurch.
New Zealand was where he performed one of the longest shows of his life - more than four hours.
Connolly was in mid-flow in a Dunedin concert when he glanced at his watch at 11.30pm.
He told the audience he always wanted to come off stage on a different day than the one he went on and asked the crowd if they were up for it.
A huge roar came from the audience, so he stayed on until a minute after midnight.
