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Just for Laughs announces tons of new names for the 2018 edition (David Cross, Maria Bamford, Russell Peters, Ken Jeong, and many more)

Just for Laughs has just revealed a huge chunk of the lineup for this summer’s edition of the festival, running from July 11 – 29.

Howie Mandel (who is now a part-owner of the festival) and Ken Jeong will each host a gala, while Russell Peters, Iliza Shlesinger, David Cross, Maria Bamford, and Katherine Ryan will each headline their own shows.



Other acts announced this morning include Kenya Barris, Tom Green, Doug Benson, Dylan Moran, Roy Wood Jr, Hannah Gadsby, Neal Brennan, Judah Friedlander, Chris Gethard, Michael Ian Black, Nick Thune, Tom Papa, Andy Kindler, Godfrey, Fortune Feimster, Scott Rogowsky, Big Jay Oakerson, Anthony Atamanuik, Aparna Nancherla, Todd Glass, Gary Gulman, Sabrina Jalees, K. Trevor Wilson, Mike Ward, Melisssa Villaseñor, Mark Forward, Rebecca Kohler, Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe, Joel Dommett, Lauren Pattison, Paul Chowdhry, Ronnie Karam, Ben Mandelker, Adam Ray, Jesse David Fox, Barry Katz, Graham Chittenden, Arthur Simeon, Gavin Matts, Courtney Gilmour, Sterling Scott, Tranna Wintour and Thomas Leblanc.

They join previously announced artists including Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, Tiffany Haddish, Jo Koy, Jimmy Carr, Nikki Glaser, Orny Adams, Maz Jobrani, Robert Kelly, and Brad Williams, among others.

Tickets for all shows are on pre-sale now via the Jsut for Laughs site (password: JFLMTL).

Gabriel Sigler

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