By Sean Orr A terrifying chorus of drones swarm like wasps over a desolate landscape. Gnawing and building and growing…
Coiling Flat, Fake Jazz, V Vecker, Vancouver
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 Johnny Papan VANCOUVER — If there’s one thing a Canadian can understand it’s the dream of drinking at work….
BC, Biltmore Cabaret, British Columbia, Comedy Mix, JFL Northwest, Stop Podcasting Yourself
By Jenny Grant CALGARY – Once again, Dustin Bentall masters the art of keeping things simple. His two new songs,…
Dustin Bentall, Ironwood Stage & Grill
