Winnipeg Comedy Festival 2025 promises to be "Seriously Funny"

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is back and bringing laughs from April 29 to May 4, 2025. This year's theme is "Seriously Funny" and CBC is a proud sponsor. 

From a Queer Comedy Night at Good Neighbour Brewing to CBC's The Debaters live at Jubilee Place and so much more! Click HERE for tickets and all the event details.

Get a sneak peek of the fun right now with the 2024 Winnipeg Comedy Festival streaming on CBC Gem.

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Up To Speed5:40100% Canadian Winnipeg Comedy Festival Line Up this year.

With all the talk of tariffs and a trade war with the United States, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival reminds audiences that they can tax our lumber, but they can't tax our laughs! Find out why they're going 100% Canadian this year with their lineup. 

Saskatoon Morning8:15Shy Sapp brings Indigenous stories to the Winnipeg Comedy Festival

She’s your friendly neighborhood aunty with a mic — and one of the sharpest voices in comedy right now.Shy Sapp is quickly becoming a rising star in storytelling comedy, best known for her breakout role on the hit sitcom Acting Good.This week, the Saskatoon-based comedian is taking the stage at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival with not one, but two performances.Saskatoon Morning host Stephanie Massicotte talks with Sapp before leaving for the festival.