Canada’s biggest comedy tour is hitting the road for a 12th consecutive year, and it’s on its way to Prince George once again.
A Canadian success story in a market of American comedic giants, The Snowed in Comedy Tour features a rotating line up of four Canadian stand-up comedians, playing 70 shows in 63 cities, from the dead of winter until spring thaw.
The northern capital is one of the first stops with back-to-back shows at the Prince George Playhouse on Jan. 11 starting at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Four very different, very funny performers are uniting for a fantastic evening of comedy.
Three-time female Comedian of the Year Debra DiGiovanni (you may know her from Video on Trial, Match Game or the special Debra DiGiovanni: Single, Awkward, Female) rounds out the rest of the line-up of Snowed in Comedy Tour veterans including five-time Canadian Comedian of the Year nominee Pete Zedlacher, Just for Laughs winner Dan Quinn and the $25,000 Great Canadian Laugh off winner Paul Myrehaug, along with special guest appearances.
The Snowed in Comedy Tour actually got its very Canadian start when Quinn wanted to go on a snowboarding vacation with his comedian buddies, but he couldn’t afford to take time off work.
He then scheduled comedy tour dates strategically around what ski hills he could hit during the day, and paid for his lift tickets and rentals by doing the comedy shows at night.
The grassroots Canadian comedy tour has proven to be a winning equation.
In a market still dominated by American acts, the homegrown show has won fans over one performance at a time, and become the largest comedy tour in Canada with over $2 million in ticket sales, and performed internationally for audiences in Australia, U.S.A., France and Switzerland.
The B.C. leg of the 2020 tour kicks off Jan. 3 and features dates province-wide until Feb. 15.
If you want some more laughs you can also tune into the antics that go on in transporting four comedians across the country through Truck Jokes, a comedy webseries.
The series focuses on the riffing that goes on during the long car rides from gig to gig.
Tickets for the Prince George shows are available through Central Interior Tickets and start at $40.50.
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