Friday Night Comedy: Kathleen McGee with Ben Cannon

Presented by Blake Brewhouse and Distillery

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Friday, May 24

7:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

$25 / $21.25 members

Kathleen is the girl your parents warned you about. She will make you laugh and blush all at the same time. She's often labeled as dirty but she prefers honest. The darkest thoughts you've had, Kathleen says them out loud.

Kathleen McGee is a stand-up comedian from Edmonton. Her performance at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival was nominated for a 2019 Canadian Comedy Award. Her debut full-length album, 2019's "Deliciously Vulgar", was produced by Grammy winner Dan Schlissel for his label Stand Up! Records.

Kathleen has been seen on the Just For Laughs 'Nasty Girls Show', JFL Northwest 'Nasty Show', Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and CBC's The Debaters. She can be heard regularly on SiriusXM and on her popular new podcast 'Kathleen McGee is a Hot Mess'. She has worked with some of the biggest names in comedy today including Russell Peters, Ari Shaffir, Doug Stanhope & Hannibal Buress.

Kathleen's unapologetic and dark sense of humour has won her a cult following, don't miss what everyone has been talking about!

HOST

Scott Dumas

Scott Dumas (Yuk Yuk’s, Sirius XM Radio, YYC Comedy Festival, Fargo) is a comedian, actor, writer and model who has been performing stand up since 1997. He has showcased for Just For Laughs (2001, 2004, 2007, and 2010) and has headlined clubs from coast-to-coast. He has had the pleasure of working with the likes of Harland Williams, Tommy Chong, Emo Phillips, Lee Camp, Mike Mcdonald, Judah Friedlander, Ari Shaffir, and Gilbert Gottfried. He also performed at the 2014 YYCOMEDY Festival in Calgary as well as the 10th Anniversary show for the prestigious and long running, Comedy Monday Night.

Opening Act

Ben Cannon

Ben is a recent graduate of the University of Calgary where he was the president of the comedy club. Since that title has been stripped away he has set his sights on rising the ranks of even larger comedy communities that aren’t just him and three other guys. He is the 2014 Joke of Thrones champion and 2015 runner up in the Yuk Yuk’s Calgary amateur competition.

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