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All Laughs During First Ever Free Beer and Hot Wings Live Show at LaughFest 2013

Dave Kim — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:04:08 +0000

It was a busy time for Grand Rapids this past weekend. Not only was St. Patrick's Day coming up, but comedy festival Gilda's LaughFest was entering the final stretch of their 10-day marathon. The first Live at Night With the Free Beer & Hot Wings Show was Friday night (March 15) at The Intersection and one of the many sold out showcases during LaughFest.

LaughFest Kicks Off With A World Record Breaking Stunt

Steven Bohner — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:17:17 +0000

LaughFest 2013 kicked off last night, March 7th in Rosa Parks Circle. Over 1,500 people from all over West Michigan came downtown to help break an odd world record. The record they were trying to beat was the most people with fake mustaches in one area at one time.

Individual Tickets For LaughFest 2013 Go On Sale Friday, January 11

Matt Milhouse — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:10 +0000

LaughFest is only a couple of months away. Ticket packages were on sale, those purchase opportunities are now closed. The first chance at individual tickets arrives on Friday, January 11. LaughFest 2013 is set to be another huge success. The lineup was announced in November and anticipation is growing. Now, let’s get some tickets! Individual [...]

LaughFest Lineup To Be Announced Tuesday!

Funny 1410 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:59:21 +0000

Almost as exciting as this past Tuesday’s election is this upcoming Tuesday’s announcement of the LaughFest 2013 lineup. The comedy festival’s lineup of events and performers is scheduled to be released at an announcement breakfast on Nov. 13 at 7:30 a.m. at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. LaughFest Grand Rapids is scheduled for March 7-March [...]

GRD Laughfest Comedy Spotlight – "WTF with Marc Maron" A Live Podcast Taping

JT — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:44:38 +0000

Probably one of the funniest dudes you’ve never heard of but should. Marc Maron is an icon in the world of comedy. If you’ve ever subscribed to his podcast you’ll know exactly what I’m taking about. His podcast show “WTF with Marc Maron” hits #1 on the iTunes comedy charts regularly, boasting over 36 million [...]

GRD Laughfest Comedy Spotlight – Nikki Glaser

JT — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:57:36 +0000

I love this girl. She brings a fresh new perspective to comedy versus the usual older cantankerous, grizzled & cynical comics you’re normally accustomed to hearing. Nikki’s been doing the comedy thing since she was 18. After becoming a semi-finalist in season 4 of Last Comic Standing, she killed em at the Just For Laughs [...]

GRD Laughfest Comedian Spotlight – Jimmy Shubert (VIDEO) WARNING! NSFW

JT — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000

Whether it’s stealing scenes in major motion pictures or blowing the roof off any comedy club from Hawaii to Halifax, Jimmy Shubert is stand-up comedy’s next breakout star. His full contact comedy has led him to headlining The Improv and Comedy Store in Hollywood to his own stand-up special on Comedy Central. He’s been [...]

Laughfest Comedian Spotlight – Mike Epps (VIDEO) WARNING NSFW!

JT — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:43:18 +0000

You’re gonna love Mike. One of the funniest comedians on the Laughfest 2012 line up in my opinion. Here’s some backline on Mike’s career. *Has starred in a standup special “Mike Epps: Under-rated and Never Faded” on Comedy Central and Showtime, and released his first comedy rap album called “Funny Bidness: Da Album.” The album [...]

Laughfest Comedian Spotlight – Anthony Jeselnik (VIDEO)

JT — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:22:26 +0000

One of my favorite times of the year is March when Laughfest arrives. All kinds of comedy in many different forms takes over our city. Gonna put the spotlight on one of my favorites; Anthony Jeselnik. Jeselnik was most recently a writer on Jimmy Fallon’s Late night Show but now he’s off and running doing [...]

Grand Rapids LaughFest Comedians Announced

JT — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:44:47 +0000

I attended the LaughFest press conference this morning and once I tore myself away from the delicious breakfast bar I found out some really funny comedians are coming to this years festival. Among those announced to perform were Kevin Nealon, Rodney Carrington, Amy Schumer, Jim Gaffigan, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Short with more to be announced [...]

LaughFest Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow

gary.chenoweth — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:01:40 +0000

Individual tickets for the nation’s first-ever community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, will go on sale beginning Friday, Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com (search LaughFest) or by calling 800-745-3000: tickets can also be purchased at the VanAndel Arena box office. Gilda’s LaughFest opens March 10, 2011 and runs through March 20.