Get ready to laugh until you cry at the 25th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Festival Society's comedy extravaganza! This year, the festival is hosting a range of events across Canada from Victoria to Vancouver, Calgary to Edmonton, and beyond, featuring workshops, grad shows, competitions, and a grand 11-night festival. Whether you're an aspiring comedian looking to hone your craft or a comedy enthusiast eager to enjoy the hilarious performances, FunnyFest 2025 promises an unforgettable comedy experience.

FunnyFest 2025: A Celebration of Comedy Across Canada

Learn from the pros through a hilarious and non-competitive Comedy WRITING Workshop! Collaboratively we will augment and complement your comedy notions AND comedy writing to massively assist in improving the quality of funny AND add more funny to your comedy writing --- Fresh perspectives and creative ideas GUARANTEED. This fast paced workshop is an opportunity to improve your comedy writing skills, to add more laughter to your presentations, speeches, special occasion, general public speaking, OR stand up comedy — FunnyFest Comedy will teach you the 30 essential secrets to writing comedy! This highly interactive, comedy workshop is perfect for any person interested in comedy writing and/or applying proven stand up comedy techniques to your personal and business life. Stand up comedy is an art and science. Laughter is a Gift and a useful tool. The FunnyFest Comedy WRITING Workshop will make you think, work and improve. These universal principals you can apply in your business and everyday life. PLUS you will have NON-STOP fun while you learn!

Comedy WRITING WORKSHOP - 30 tips

Nelson & District Community Complex

Delta Hotels Bessborough

Library Square Tower Shops & Food

Comedy Workshop - Stand Up Comedy 101 – The Secrets of Stand Up Comedy - WEEKEND COURSE @ 10 am to 4 pm, for 2 DAYS from Saturday, MARCH 22, 2025 AND Sunday, MARCH 23, 2025, in EDMONTON, Alberta (With a professional, public attending GRADUATION SHOWCASE held on SUNDAY @ 5 pm)

Edmonton / YEG - Weekend - FunnyFest Comedy Workshop

Royal Hotel West Edmonton

How to become and Outstanding Emcee? “Laugh while you Learn” Over 30 proven tips, methods and insider ways to entertain and win over the audience and keep the event rolling … like the Russian Army. The Course is delivered by a life-time stand up comedian, who has been the Emcee of over 1000 events! Learn from the pro through a hilarious and Applied EMCEE / MC Workshop! Collaboratively, with mic stands and microphones, we will augment and complement your EMCEE talents, comedy delivery ability AND comedy writing to assist in improving the quality of your EMCEE / MC abilities.

Emcee / MC WORKSHOP - 30 tips

The Canadian Brewhouse

Join us for an evening filled with laughter and fun as we celebrate the graduation of the 25th Annual FunnyFest COMEDY Workshop STUDENTS! This in-person event will take place at THE CANADIAN BREWHOUSE UNIVERSITY, where you can enjoy great food, drinks, and of course, hilarious comedy performance. Don't miss out on this opportunity to witness the comedic talents of 8 workshop graduates, PLUS laugh with 2 HEADLINE COMEDIANS as they bookend the hilarity. Mark your calendars and get ready for a night of non-stop laughter!

Saturday, March 15 @ 7pm - FunnyFest COMEDY Workshop Graduation-Calgary/YYC

Join us for an evening filled with laughter and fun as we celebrate the graduation of the 24th Annual FunnyFest COMEDY Workshop STUDENTS! This in-person event will take place at The UBC, where you can relax, meet new friends and have a few tasty beverages and light snacks, and of course, hilarious comedy performance. Don't miss out on this opportunity to witness the comedic talents of 10 workshop graduates, PLUS laugh with 2 HEADLINE COMEDIANS as they bookend the hilarity. Mark your calendars and get ready for a night of non-stop laughter!

Sunday, MARCH 9 @ 5 pm - FunnyFest COMEDY Workshop Grad Show - VANCOUVER

The University of British Columbia

Comedy Workshop - Stand Up Comedy – The Secrets of Stand Up Comedy - WEEKEND COURSE @ 10 am to 4 pm, for 2 DAYS from Saturday, MARCH 8 AND Sunday, MARCH 9, 2025, in beautiful Vancouver, BC / YVR

VANCOUVER / YVR - Stand Up Comedy WORKSHOP

Join us for an evening filled with laughter and fun as we celebrate the graduation of the 25th Annual FunnyFest COMEDY Workshop STUDENTS! This in-person event will take place at The VIC HOTEL, where you can relax, meet new friends and have a few tasty beverages and light snacks, and of course, hilarious comedy performance. Don't miss out on this opportunity to witness the comedic talents of The Comedy Workshop Graduates, PLUS laugh with 2 HEADLINE COMEDIANS as they bookend the hilarity. Mark your calendars and get ready for a night of non-stop laughter!

FunnyFest COMEDY Workshop Grad Show

The Vic, Ascend Hotel Collection

Comedy Workshop - Stand Up Comedy 101 – The Secrets of Stand Up Comedy - WEEKEND COURSE @ 10 am to 4 pm, for 2 DAYS from Saturday, MARCH 1 AND Sunday, MARCH 2, 2025, in beautiful VICTORIA, BC (With a professional, public attending GRADUATION SHOWCASE held on SUNDAY @ 5 pm)

Victoria YYJ - Weekend - Stand Up Comedy Workshop -Laugh and Learn 200 Ways

Comedy WRITING WORKSHOP - 30 Methods

• STU HUGHES --- Stu is completely over-the-top, but a must see for his cleverly eccentric ability to create belly laughs through his point of view on modern society. Stu is the Creator and FOUNDER of now Canada's largest and longest running comedy festival --- The FUNNYFEST COMEDY FESTIVAL (now in its 25th year)!

BENDER Bar and Grill Presents FUNNYFEST COMEDY Tour

Goodsoil Hotel

Valentine Comedy Extravaganza. Presented by the 2025 or 25th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Society.

VALENTINE COMEDY Extravaganza

Finally, a public speaking course that does it all! Learn from professionals on the Art & Craft of STAND UP COMEDY --- How to perform and write comedy, in a truly supportive, fun, non - competitive and progressive environment. If you never go on to be a stand up comic, this life - changing course will provide you with over 200 performance techniques AND 30 comedy writing methods. More over you will have the NEW confidence to deliver original comedy in your presentations and speeches. FUNNYFEST Comedy is so confident you will see immediate and practical - results, the Comedy Workshop is 100% GUARANTEED to Exceed your Expectations OR your money refunded!

Stand Up Comedy WORKSHOP

Capitol Hill Community Association

COMEDY COMPETITION - Comedians Compete bookended by 2 headline Comics to try WIN $5000 in cash / prizes and a spot in FunnyFest COMEDY Fest.

Comedy Competition - 25th Annual - 10 nights with 50 Comedians-Calgary YYC

11 Nights of COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZAS with 6 Comedians per show and 70 performers total! ALL Live Shows at 11 venues in Calgary !

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25th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Festival-11 Nights YYC

• Stu Hughes - Completely over - the - top. Every show is different, just like Stuey. Stu is Clever, eccentric and right - out - there awesome!

FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival Society

17 - 21 Apr, 2025

Comedy Competition - 25th Annual - 10 nights with 50 Comedians-Calgary YYC

May 29 - Jun 8, 2025

25th Annual FunnyFest Comedy Festival-11 Nights YYC

10 - 12 Jul, 2025

STAMPEDE of LAUGHS - 3 Headline Comedians-Calgary

Mar 29 - Jul 16, 2025

Comedy WRITING WORKSHOP - 30 tips

Mar 29 - Jul 16, 2025

Comedy WRITING WORKSHOP - 30 tips

22 - 23 Mar, 2025

Edmonton / YEG - Weekend - FunnyFest Comedy Workshop

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