2017 Comedy Festivals Winnipeg Comedy Festival, April 4 2017 Leif Norman 8 years ago Volunteer for the Winnipeg Comedy Festival! Funny Lady Host Carole Cunningham Ali Hassan Spencer Adamus started doing stand-up comedy about a year ago. He has performed at various open mics all over Winnipeg, at the Winnipeg comedy showcase at The Park Theatre, and recently placed second in Rumor’s funniest person with a day job contest. Rob Pue Benji Rothman used to play chess. He was the Grade 1 Manitoba provincial chess champion. Now he does comedy, which is similar to chess in that soul-crushing failure awaits you at every turn. Comedy is different from chess in that chess is played on a board with stone or porcelain pieces, and comedy is most often performed on a stage by a person or people. Oh, and if Richard Pryor and Steve Martin had a baby, that would be a groundbreaking scientific event. K cool. Martha Chaves Tim Nutt