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Laughs + Libations, A Night of Comedy

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DateOctober 16, 2024

Time7:00 pm – 10:30 pm

LocationThe Fort Garry Hotel

Tickets Sold Out!

Event details

A fantastic evening of delicious cocktails, mocktails and food, hilarious comedy, and live and silent auctions awaits on October 16, 2024.

This annual event is not to be missed. It promises to be a night filled with laughter, all while showing support for the patients and residents of Riverview Health Centre. This year Laughs + Libations is being reimagined, instead of a dinner, the event will start a little later and will focus on comedy, auctions, delicious snacks, and having a great evening out.

Mark your calendars and get ready for a fun experience!

Doors open at 7:00 pm

Program begins at 7:30

Comedians at the event are:

 

 

Matt Falk: is a comedian, writer and actor who the CBC called, “Effortlessly Funny.”

You’ve heard him on Sirius Satellite Radio, Laugh Out Loud and The Debaters.

His Dry Bar Comedy specials have millions of views collectively online and 3 of his comedy albums reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy charts.

You’ve seen him at The Halifax Comedy Festival, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.

He was named one of the “BEST OF THE FEST” at the Burbank Comedy Festival in California and he placed 2nd in The World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas.

 

 

 

Big Daddy Tazz: turns mundane events into side-splitting stories! He is the act that has no act. His quick wit, improv style, crowd interaction, clean show and amazing stage presence bring audiences to their knees in laughter and to their feet with applause and adulation, with no two shows being the same.

His amazing stand-up comedy shows have been featured on Just for Laughs, the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC’s “The Debaters” and the Comedy Network. Tazz once set a record for the longest standup comedy show at 8 ½ hours as a fundraiser for one of the many charities he supports.

After thirty years of denying he had the mental illnesses that were controlling his life, Tazz realized that being a manic-depressive, attention deficit, socially anxious, obsessive-compulsive dyslexic could either destroy or enhance his life: the choice was his. Today, audiences are happy to join him on his rapid cycle ride down the road to recovery that has led him from the psych ward at the Calgary Foothills Hospital to speaking engagements across North America.

Whether it’s a corporate event or charity fundraiser, comedy show or keynote seminar, Tazz will make you laugh until you cry and then laugh some more, it’s the bi-polar way.

 

Jared Story: is the host and producer of the Winnipeg Comedy Showcase, which recently celebrated 10 years of laughs at the Park Theatre.

Jared’s material ranges from personal to observational, from punchy one-liners to more high-concept constructions.

A big thinker from the backwoods, his act is partially inspired by his rural upbringing in the tiny town of “Around Dauphin.” Jared’s country-turned-city-boy experience allows him to relate to any audience, whether they drive a Tesla or a John Deere. His debut comedy album, Good Ideas, was released in April
2024.

 

 

 

 

Comedian performing in front of a smiling crowd at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
The audience with their eyes on the stage at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
The silent auction prize table at the 203 Laughs _ Libations event.
The table set up at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event. The table is complete with bags of flavored popcorn and the center piece which is short flowers with a bathtub on them with a duck floating on the bubbles.
A photo of the silent auction table at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
The stage at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event. On it there is a comedy club stage door, a podium, a red curtain, a brick wall, wooden barrels and crates and an old timey streetlamp.
A gorgeous hand-carved birdhouse that was a prize at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Volunteers at the duck ornament and Hilary Druxman Jewlery table pose for a picture.
A man checks out the silent auction prize table.
Guests and speakers at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event poes for a picture.
Beau and the Chair of the RHCF Board pose for a picture.
Two guests of the 2023 RHC Gala posing for a picture.
Bridgette Parker, Executive Director of RHCF poses with guests.
Kathleen Klaasen, CEO of RHC poses with other RHC staff.
Guests of the 2023 Laughs + Libations event pose around their table.
A speech underway at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Guests of the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Guests of the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
People being served at one of the food stations at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Phil Cesario, recipient of the Friends of Riverview award posing with his wife and daughter.
Guests serving themselves at the sushi food station at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Guests serving themselves at the sushi food station at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event
Cindy Stevens, Chair of the RHCF board gives a speech at the podium of the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Recipient of the Friends of Riverview award, Phil Cesario accepts his award.
Recipient of the Friends of Riverview award, Phil Cesario gives a speech at the podium of the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A couple browses the silent auction items at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
A table poses for a picture at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
The auctioneer standing at the podium at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
The auctioneer standing at the podium at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
People lining up and serving themselves at the dessert table at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Doug Speirs, Chair of the Laughs + Libations Committee giving a speech at the 2023 Laughs + Libations Event
Comedian on stage at the 2023 Laughs + Libations Event.
Comedian on stage at the 2023 Laughs + Libations Event.
Comedian onstage at the 2023 Laughs + Libations Event.
Audience looking at the stage and laughing at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.
Comedian on stage in front of the laughing crowd at the 2023 Laughs + Libations event.

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