LaughFest Comedy Showcase Applications Now Open
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View Article10 Things To Do this Weekend: March 8-10, 2019
LaughFest officially kicks off this weekend. It is also opening weekend for the John Ball Zoo. We also have the Women’s Expo, KISS, Fish Fries, Hockey, Pirates, and a free day at the Grand Rapids...
View ArticleNinth Annual LaughFest Gets Kicked Off Benefiting Gilda's Club
From now until March 17th, numerous events will be happening around Grand Rapids Continue reading…
View Article10 Things To Do this Weekend: March 15-17, 2019
This is the final weekend for Laughfest and it’s also St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday. There are a lot of sport related events, we have a Neuroscience Fair and classes about plumbing! We also go back to...
View ArticleLaughfest Comedian Posts Video: "Why Grand Rapids Doesn't Suck"
If you're easily offended, maybe keep scrolling. JP Sears is a comedian performing at Laughfest this year. Continue reading…
View Article10 Things To Do this Weekend: March 13th-15th
We have a few St. Patrick’s Day events this weekend along with LaughFest, Beer Month GR, the Women’s Expo, Hockey, Boxing, and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. In addition, there are a couple of...
View ArticleLaughFest Will Be Mostly Virtual for 2021
In 2020, LaughFest was able to get started under pretty normal conditions, but after the first week everything had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus. Instead of cancelling or postponing the events...
View ArticleWant To Take Part In LaughFest? Registration Is Open!
The virtual version of LaughFest means things will be different, but you can still take part. Here's how. Continue reading…
View ArticleHeadliners For Laughfest 2021 Announced
The 11th annual Laughfest is scheduled and the headliners have been announced. Justin Willman, Ron Funches, Tom Papa, and Michelle Wolf will all be part of the virtual Laughfest this year. Continue...
View ArticleLaughfest Is Bringing Back The Laughs for Grand Rapids in 2022
Gilda’s LaughFest, presented by Gun Lake Casino, returns to in person for the first time since 2019 on March 16-20. Two hilarious headlining comedians will be returning to make up 2020 appearances, so...
View ArticleDISSOCIATION STATION: New Sketch Show Debuts in Grand Rapids
Just in time for Laughfest, The Comedy Project debuts their newest sketch show, Dissociation Station: Next Stop Happy Town! Continue reading…
View ArticleLaughfest 2022: Your Laughter Guide
LaughFest 2022 has started and we're here to let you know what shows are right for you. Continue reading…
View ArticleLaughFest Central Now Open in Grand Rapids Art Museum
Gilda's LaughFest 2015 kicks off in just a few weeks, organizers opened the doors to LaughFest Central on Monday. Laughfest Central serves as the hub for the 10-day festival of laughter. Continue reading…
View ArticleGet Your Free Tickets to Laughfest Presents: Big Jay Oakerson at The Orbit Room!
Gilda's Laughfest has so much to offer to make sure you are laughing this season! While there are some big names coming around this area for the event that can cost you a penny or two. We have a box...
View ArticleKathleen Madigan's on 'Free Beer & Hot Wings'
On "The Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show," we got a chance to talk to comedian Kathleen Madigan. She was the very first comedian Free Beer and Hot Wings ever interviewed...
View ArticleLavell Crawford Cancels Gilda’s LaughFest Appearance Because of Movie Production
Lavell Crawford has canceled his Gilda's LaughFest appearance for Wednesday night because of a movie he's currently filming, festival officials announced this morning. The cancellation of his...
View ArticleGilda's LaughFest Amateur Showcase
On Sunday at The B.O.B., I got to help introduce the Amateur Stand-up Showcase with a bunch of great local and not-so-local comics hitting the stage for laughs. Fourteen up and coming comics each had...
View ArticleBig Jay Oakerson, Ben Roy at The Orbit Room
On Thursday, Gilda's Laughfest and Bud Light is prepared to bring smiles and laughs to The Orbit Room. Featured on Comedy Central's This is Not Happening, Big Jay Oakerson is headlining a night of...
View ArticleGilda's LaughFest
GRD got to give away a bunch of tickets this week so people could get in to see the Big Jay Oakerson show with Ben Roy at The Orbit Room in Grand Rapids. It was all part of Gilda's LaughFest on...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt Literally Brings Down House at LaughFest Show When Backdrop...
Anything can happen at a live show, including pieces of the set falling apart-- which is what happened at Pat Oswalt's LaughFest performance on Friday night. Continue reading…
View ArticleLaughFest’s National Comedy Showcase Featured Six Fantastic Comics
On Saturday night, I got to help host the National Comedy Showcase at Dr. Grin's for Gilda's LaughFest. There were five touring comics and a great local comic who did a great job of keeping the...
View ArticleLaughFest’s Amateur Comedy Showcase Introduces Us to Lots of Great Comics
I love the Amateur Comedy Showcases, not because they're non-stop hilarity, but because you never know what you're going to get! Gilda's LaughFest hosts several amateur showcases every year during the...
View ArticleLaughFest Will Return for a Sixth Season
The nation’s first-ever festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, announced Wednesday that the event will return for its sixth season. LaughFest 2016 is scheduled...
View ArticleSeth Meyers, Kathy Griffin, and More Headlining Laughfest 2016
This morning, Gilda's Club of Grand Rapids held their annual Laughfest Lineup Announcement at the GRAM, and boy do we have some great acts coming this year! Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live alum and...
View Article15 Things All Grand Rapidians Should Do at Least Once
There's no doubt about it, Grand Rapids is an awesome city. We've got lots of attractions and fun things always going on, we're a family friendly city and appeal to the younger crowd as well. Grand...
View ArticleJim Norton Talks Morning Comedy and Headlining at Laughfest – Free Beer and...
On Friday's Segment 16, the guys spoke with comic Jim Norton about his show on Saturday night at the Fountain Street Church for Laughfest. Jim was calling from the car, after having performed a...
View ArticleComedian Bert Kreischer Talks to Free Beer & Hot Wings About Book Writing &...
During the hour that Bert was in studio we discussed writing a book and forgetting to change the names of friends he mentioned, nearly killing himself when jumping off an aircraft carrier, and stories...
View ArticleThe Best Jokes From LaughFest Kids Joke Time in Grand Rapids
Hilarious, brave kids took the stage at Grand Rapids Public Library last night for LaughFest's second of three Kids Joke Night events. Continue reading…
View ArticleGilda’s LaughFest Announces First Round of Talent and Introduces New Festival...
Joanne from the nation’s first-ever community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, stopped by The River on Wednesday, December 7th and announced the first round of talent and shows scheduled...
View ArticleGilda’s Laughfest Single Tickets Are Now On Sale
Individual ticket sales for all Gilda’s LaughFest began Friday, Jan. 27, at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, the Van Andel Arena & DeVos Place Box...
View ArticleTop 5 Things Your Kids Will Love at LaughFest 2017
LaughFest returns to Grand Rapids, March 9 - 19. Here are the best ways to get out with the family and enjoy it with the kids! Continue reading…
View ArticleLaughfest and Free Beer Gives Away a Live at Night Spoiler – FBHW Segment 16
Today on Segment 16, the guys talk about some of the Laughfest 2017 shows this week, and Free Beer hosting Iliza on Friday night. Then, Free Beer goes insane and tries to give away a big secret piece...
View ArticleMollie Rehner Teaches the Guys Improv – FBHW Segment 16
Today on Segment 16, Mollie Rehner, from Rehner and Nixon, stopped by to talk about her improv show at Laughfest, and then began to teach the guys how to actually perform improv. Don't forget to ask...
View Article10 Things To Do this Weekend: March 9th-11th
We have outdoor and indoor activities this weekend. There is bobsledding, birthday celebrations, animals at the zoo, concerts, a circus, monster trucks and more. And don’t forget to “Spring Forward”...
View Article10 Things To Do this Weekend: March 16th-18th
Laughfest wraps up this weekend. It is also St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday. There is hockey and basketball, fishing and boating. On stage it’s Peter and the Wolf, Pink and more! Plus a free day at the...
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