Just For Laughs VANCOUVER reschedules comedy festival to May 25 to 29

Tickets on sale now for standup acts including Nicole Byer, Marc Maron, Ron Wood Jr., and Andrew Santino

By Janet Smith

Nicole Byer

Andrew Santino

JUST FOR LAUGHS VANCOUVER has moved its festival from February to May 25 to 29, due to pandemic audience restrictions.

The programming team has worked as much as possible to keep the lineup intact, although a few acts have fallen off the roster due to scheduling conflicts. Several other big shows, including Ronny Chieng’s The Hope You Get Rich Tour, have been booked for dates outside the May festival days. The only show to stay in its original February timeslot is Trevor Noah: Back To Abnormal World Tour, at the Rogers Arena on February 26.

The May festival lineup has been spread through the Vogue Theatre, the Rio Theatre, and the Biltmore Cabaret, with headliners including Nicole Byer, Marc Maron, Roy Wood Jr., Andrew Santino, and Maria Bamford.

This is the sixth edition of the festival, formerly called JFL NorthWest; its live in-person event was cancelled altogether in 2021 due to COVID shutdowns.

Here’s the rest of the rescheduled lineup for 2022, with the hope theatres will be back open to full capacity. Tickets are on sale via jflvancouver.com as of today.

• Nicole Byer—May 26, Vogue Theatre

• Marc Maron: This May Be The Last Time—May 28, Vogue Theatre

• Andrew Santino Live - Tito Cheeto Tour—May 27, Vogue Theatre

• Maria Bamford—May 25, Vogue Theatre

• Jimmy O. Yang—May 29, Vogue Theatre

• Roy Wood Jr.—May 27, Vogue Theatre

• Cameron Esposito—May 28, Rio Theatre

• Joel Kim Booster—May 25, Rio Theatre

• ALOK—May 26, Rio Theatre

• Wine & Crime—May 27, Rio Theatre

• Michael Kosta—May 27, Rio Theatre

• Dana Gould—May 28, Rio Theatre

• Rosebud Baker and Brian Simpson—May 28, Biltmore Cabaret

• Jess Salomon & Eman El-Husseini: Still Married—May 27, Biltmore Cabaret

• Atsuko Okatsuka: Atsuko Presents: hi—May 27, Biltmore Cabaret

• James Adomian—May 28, Biltmore Cabaret

• Come Thru:Caleb Hearon & Holmes Holmes—May 28, Biltmore Cabaret

• Gavin Matts—May 29, Biltmore Cabaret

Meanwhile, the following shows will take part outside the Just For Laughs VANCOUVER schedule, still under the umbrella of the fest:

• Andrew Schulz: The INFAMOUS Tour—May 6, Queen Elizabeth Theatre

• Ronny Chieng: The Hope You Get Rich Tour—March 31, Queen Elizabeth Theatre

• Vir Das’ Manic Man World Tour—October 2, Vogue Theatre

And stay tuned for date announcements for the locally focused Best of the West, presented by SiriusXM.  

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