By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER – There’s an old Saturday Night Live skit that popularized the distinction between things that are “funny ha-ha”…
comedy, puddles the clown, Rio Theatre
By Jordan Yeager Westward Music Festival has announced the first round of performers for their annual four-day, multi-venue music festival,…
MRG Concerts, Westward Festival
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By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER — We can all agree that working retail sucks. Between entitled customers, power-tripping bosses, and the annoying…
Alicia Tobin, BC, British Columbia, Come Draw with Me, Hot Art Wet City, JFL Northwest, Retail Nightmares, Stop Podcasting Yourself
By Colin Gallant CALGARY — die Laughing (lowercase is stylistically intentional) is Calgary’s deadliest new monthly party. The death toll…
AB, Alberta, die Laughing, stand-up comedy, Wine-Ohs
By Team BeatRoute VANCOUVER — Sometimes you need to smile to keep from crying. It’s been a long, hard few months,…
BC, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, Trevor Noah
By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER — “I think I first started writing about depression in my act when I was sort…
Aparna Nancheria, BC, Biltmore Cabaret, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, JFL Northwest Comedy Festival
By Amber Harper-Young VANCOUVER — Early in his career, Nashville native comedian Nate Bargatze moved to Chicago in 2003 to…
BC, Biltmore Cabaret, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, Nate Bargatze
By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER — Chris D’Elia is not into being pigeon-holed. While you may know him from the sitcom…
BC, British Columbia, Chris D’Elia, JFL Northwest, Vogue Theatre
By Graeme Wiggins VANCOUVER — With a young child, a weekly podcast, a fairly rigorous tour schedule, and a desire…
BC, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, Tom Segura, Vogue Theatre, Your Mom's House
By Beth d’Aoust VANCOUVER — A prankster at heart, Todd Glass is famous among friends for surprising guests with absurd,…
BC, British Columbia, JFL Northwest, Todd Glass, Vancouver Yuk Yuk's, Yuk Yuk's
By Beth d’Aoust VANCOUVER — A mere 38 hours after narrowly surviving a hit-and-run collision with an 18-wheeler en route…
Barry Crimmins, BC, Biltmore Cabaret, British Columbia, JFL Northwest
By Philip Clarke Three weird features that will shock and delight Freaks Weds., April 24 @ 6:00 pm Globe Cinema…
