Jann Arden, Shaun Majumder among comedy festival headliners
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The Winnipeg Comedy Festival has announced the gala headliners for its 25th anniversary show, running April 20-26 at various locations, including the Gas Station Arts Centre and the Burton Cummings Theatre.
“For our 25th year we really wanted to bring back a lot of our audience favorites – the comics that helped build the festival and put it on the map – as well as the country’s hottest new comics who are poised to be the stars of the future,” said artistic director Dean Jenkinson in a release.
The Mega Shows, held at the Burt will feature hosts Brooke Lynn Hytes (Canada’s Drag Race), Juno winner Dave Merheje, This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Shaun Majumder and Chris Wilson, and singer-songwriter Jann Arden.
Tickets for these gala performances are $40 and available now online.
The always popular tapings of CBC’s The Debaters, hosted by Steve Patterson, will take place April 25 and 26 at Jubilee Place; tickets are $45 at wpgcomfest.com.
More acts and shows will be announced in the coming weeks.
