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Winnipeg Comedy Festival 2016 Coverage

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  April 2, 2016 @ 12:36pm

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival celebrates its 15th year in 2016, and is once again bringing many of Canada's top comedians – along with a few favourites from the U.S. – out to the middle of nowhere (ie. ShowbizMonkeys.com's headquarters of Winnipeg) to make a whole bunch of people laugh.

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Winnipeg Comedy Festival 2015 Coverage

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  April 8, 2015 @ 7:40pm

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is in full swing, and we've got you covered!

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2013 Winnipeg Comedy Festival Coverage

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  April 8, 2013 @ 11:49pm

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival has long been considered a comics' festival. The comedians who come to the prairie city to perform over a week in April absolutely love their time here. The festival treats the performers incredibly well, and the crowds are friendly, responsive, and plentiful.

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2012 Just for Laughs: Interviews and coverage live from Montréal

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  July 23, 2012 @ 12:23am

Our year of festival coverage continues! Beginning with the Academy Awards at the end of February, we've been bringing you on-the-ground coverage of some of the biggest and coolest events and festivals in North America. Now it's time to head east for the biggest comedy festival on the planet: Just for Laughs.

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2012 Winnipeg Comedy Festival Coverage

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  April 6, 2012 @ 12:20am

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival has been steadily growing, adding performers, shows, and days to the festival year after year.

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Just for Laughs Interview: Evany Rosen and Cheryl Hann of Picnicface

Posted by: Paul Little  •  July 28, 2011 @ 3:07am

Halifax-based sketch comedy troupe Picnicface has a big second half of 2011 ahead. Besides their brand-new eponymous television show, which debuts this fall on The Comedy Network, they've also completed a feature film, Roller Town, which they hope will hit theatres this fall, as well.

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2011 Montreal Just for Laughs Festival Coverage

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  July 26, 2011 @ 1:01am

Just for Laughs has become synonymous with comedy -- not just in Canada, but around the world. The Montreal-based festival, which began in 1983, has served as the launching point for comedians for decades, while also featuring some of the world's biggest comedy names year after year.

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Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Young and versitile comedian John Hastings

Posted by: Paul Little  •  April 8, 2011 @ 9:49am

A short five years ago, John Hastings decided to enter the world of stand-up comedy, and he's already made quite the name for himself across Canada. While comedy was something he grew up enjoying, stand-up comedy wasn't something he pursued until he was told it might be a way to make some money.

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