Just for Laughs have just unveiled the bulk of their lineup for the 2015 edition of the festival, set to run from July 8th – 28th in various clubs, theatres (and an arena) throughout Montreal.
Highlights for this year include a free outdoor Weird Al show, a conversation with Mike Myers, Kevin Hart’s gigantic Bell Centre show, Neil Patrick Harris as a gala host, and a whopping six shows for Dave Chappelle.
Other notable names include Bill Burr, Patton Oswalt, Trevor Noah, Jane Lynch, Chris Hardwick, Jason Reitman, T.J. Miller, Chris D’Elia, Jerrod Carmichael, Sebastian Maniscalco, Reggie Watts, Natasha Leggero, Danny Bhoy, Margaret Cho, J.B. Smoove, Pete Holmes, Rob Schneider, Mike Ward, Rachid Badouri, Gilbert Gottfried, Jimmy Carr, Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Tom Papa, Omid Djalili, Janeane Garofalo, Harland Williams, Colin Jost, Wyatt Cenac, Eric André, Kyle Kinane, Brian Posehn, Ari Shaffir, Brent Morin, Andy Kindler, Hasan Minhaj, Rhys Darby, Jen Kirkman, Alonzo Bodden, Orny Adams, Duncan Trussell, Dana Gould, Moshe Kasher, Tom Segura, Jake and Amir, and Sabrina Jalees.
The best deal of the fest, the JFL-Off series, with tickets beginning at $20, also has a great lineup this year, including Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show), Hasan Minhaj (The Daily Show), Colin Jost (Saturday Night Live), Janeane Garofalo (Reality Bites), Ari Shaffir (Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening), Harland Williams (Half Baked), Tom Segura (Your Mom’s House podcast), Jen Kirkman (Chelsea Lately), Duncan Trussell (The Joe Rogan Experience), Chris Gethard (Broad City), Eric André (Man Seeking Woman), Andy Kindler (Everybody Loves Raymond), Brian Posehn (The Sarah Silverman Program), Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) Eddie Pepitone (Last Comic Standing), Jake and Amir (CollegeHumor), Sabrina Jalees (The Nightly Show), Kurt Braunohler (Drunk History), Moshe Kasher (John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show), Joel Creasey (It’s a Date) and Kyle Kinane (Drunk History).
Stay tuned for more details on today’s lineup. In the meantime, pre-sale tickets for all shows go on-sale tomorrow at 10am via http://www.hahaha.com/.
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