Halifax Comedy Festival

Comedy festival in Nova Scotia, Canada

The Halifax Comedy Festival (often spelled in promotional materials as Ha!ifax Comedy Festival) is an annual comedy festival held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The festival is sponsored by the CBC which tapes and broadcasts the comedians' sets as a series of television specials, and is usually about one week long. Shows frequently take place at the Halifax Casino in The Schooner Showroom among other venues.

Live tapings of CBC Radio's hit show The Debaters have become a part of the annual festival, frequently using comedians who are performing in the festival as the 'debaters'.

Past performers include

Irwin Barker
Ryan Belleville
Mark Critch (frequently hosts)
Debra DiGiovanni
Cynthia Dunsford
Derek Edwards
Glen Foster
Stewart Francis
Doug Funk
Cathy Jones
Barry Julien
Paul Myrehaug
Gilson Lubin
Mike MacDonald^[1]
Darcy Michael
Tim Nutt
Steve Patterson^[1]
Kevin Pollak
Ron Sparks
Winston Spear
Tim Steeves
Pete Zedlacher
MJ Miller

References

^ ^a ^b "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

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CBC Television programming

Primetime

Arctic Vets (since 2021)
Allegiance (since 2024)
Bollywed (since 2023)
Back in Time for Dinner (since 2018)
Black Life: Untold Stories (since 2023)
CBC Docs POV (since 2017)
CBC Music Backstage Pass (since 2013)
Canada's Smartest Person (since 2012)
Canada's Ultimate Challenge (since 2023)
Coroner (since 2019)
Diggstown (since 2019)
The Detectives (since 2018)
Dragons' Den (since 2006)
Endlings (since 2020)
Exhibitionists (since 2015)
Extraordinary Canadians (since 2017)
Fakes (since 2022)
The Filmmakers (since 2017)
The Great Canadian Baking Show (since 2017)
Halifax Comedy Festival (since 1995)
Heartland (since 2007)
High Arctic Haulers (since 2020)
Hockey Night in Canada (since 1952)
Humour Resources (since 2021)
The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down (since 2024)
In the Making (since 2018)
Moonshine (since 2021)
Murdoch Mysteries (since 2012)
The Nature of Things (since 1960)
Northern Rescue (since 2019)
One More Time (since 2024)
Plan B (since 2023)
Push (since 2023)
Race Against the Tide (since 2021)
Run the Burbs (since 2022)
SkyMed (since 2022)
Son of a Critch (since 2022)
Sort Of (2021-23)
Still Standing (since 2015)
Stuff the British Stole (since 2023)
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (since 1993)
True North Calling (since 2017)
Under New Management (since 2019)
Winnipeg Comedy Festival (since 2002)
Wild Cards (since 2024)
You Can't Ask That (since 2019)

The Art Show (since 2017)
Beat Bugs (since 2016)
Becca's Bunch (since 2018)
Big Block SingSong (since 2012)
Big Blue (since 2021)
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (since 2012)
Dino Ranch (since 2021)
Dot. (since 2016)
Holy Baloney (since 2018)
Jessie & the Gumboot Kids (since 2018)
Kingdom Force (since 2019)
Lazoo (since 2017)
Molly of Denali (since 2019)
PJ Masks (since 2015)
Remy & Boo (since 2020)
Scout & the Gumboot Kids (since 2015)
The Studio K Show (since 2017)
Super Agent Jon Le Bon! (since 2018)
The Thrillusionists (since 2018)
True and the Rainbow Kingdom (since 2017)
Ukulele U (since 2022)
Wandering Wenda (since 2017)
Will's Jams (since 2014)
You & Me (since 2014)

Late night/specials

Canadian Reflections (since 1978)

Absolutely Canadian (since 2012)
CBC News Network (simulcast; 2016)
The Fifth Estate (since 1975)
Marketplace (since 1972)
The National (since 1954)
The Passionate Eye (since 1993)
Rosemary Barton Live (since 2020)

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