Upcoming Calgary Stand Up Comedy Shows

Kids Up Front is dedicated to providing children with access to exciting local events, including sports games, concerts, and cultural experiences. By offering free tickets, we ensure that every child has the opportunity to create lasting memories and experience the joy of community events that many take for granted.

Why We Need Your Support With your help, we can expand our reach and provide even more children with the opportunity to attend local events they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford. Your generous donations directly fund ticket purchases, transportation, and related costs, ensuring that these children can fully participate in enriching experiences.

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Steve Simeone made his Comedy Central debut on Gabriel Iglesias' "Stand Up Revolution" in 2014. This year, Steve returns to Comedy Central on Ari Shaffir’s “This is Not Happening” Storytelling show. Steve was chosen by Honda to represent their summer "Cheerance" Campaign featuring his comedy in a series of national spots. His first album "Remember This" went to the top of the charts on both Billboard and ITunes. Steve developed his unique high-energy approach to storytelling by competing for laughs with his two brothers around the family dinner table. His positive, family friendly approach to comedy has delighted audiences around the world and made him a paid regular at Hollywood's most prestigious comedy clubs including The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, and Laugh Factory. Tune into Steve’s popular podcast "Good Times" or catch him on Joey Diaz’s “The Church of What’s Happening Now” and become one of his buddies.

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Charles Haycock is a unique comedian in many ways. Charles drops all the pretense and offers up a quirky playful style that makes the crowd WANT to listen. His humour is subtle, yet uproariously funny. 

Dave Nystrom is an acclaimed comedian who has performed stand up all over the world. This includes a tour of the United Kingdom, ​HBO​ prestigious ​US Comedy Arts Festival​ in Aspen, Colorado, filmed a stand up special for ​Comedy Central​ in New York and his own one hour TV special for the ​Canadian Comedy Network​.

Join us as 10 of Canada’s top comedy headliners hit the stage for an incredible charity fundraiser. 100% of ticket sales go directly to the Calgary Drop-In Centre, supporting those who need it most.

Huge thanks to the hilarious Dale Ward for making it all happen (again)! Don’t miss your chance to laugh for a cause! 

Dave Nystrom is an acclaimed comedian who has performed stand up all over the world. This includes a tour of the United Kingdom, ​HBO​ prestigious ​US Comedy Arts Festival​ in Aspen, Colorado, filmed a stand up special for ​Comedy Central​ in New York and his own one hour TV special for the ​Canadian Comedy Network​.

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Lori has been a professional stand-up comic for over 20 years. She began her love for comedy in 1988. A bit of a fairytale beginning…while working as a waitress, one of her regulars offered to sponsor her dream of stand-up comedy as a career. Soon after Lori was voted B.C.’s Funniest New Comic and four years later B.C.’s Funniest Woman. Lori has toured all over Canada and the United States, she has graced the stages of Yuk Yuk’s, The Improv, The Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store…just to mention a few. Lori has also made television appearances on CTV, CBC, WTN and The Comedy Network, as well as CBC Radio’s Madly Off In All Directions.

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Raised in a small town in Canada and now residing in the big city of New York, Michael Harrison has become a favourite at clubs all over North America, Asia, and Europe! With an engagingly relatable and energetic style, Michaels's humour garners accolades in whatever situation you put him in, whether it be a college, corporate, church, comedy club, cruise ship, or bar. Besides amassing a ridiculously busy touring schedule, Michael has found the time to parlay his talents into film and TV. He has acted and been featured in several projects, including Much Music’s Video on Trial, NBC’s The Bridge, Queer as Folk, the TBS movie The Jazzman and as a co-host on E-West. His stand-up was also featured in his very own nationally syndicated half-hour comedy special! Avid radio listeners may have also heard his comedy on several programs all over Sirius XM, where he is in constant rotation. This has led to the release of the upcoming album “Freak Laugh,” which will be released later in 2019. Michael has also been featured in several prestigious comedy festivals, including Just for Laughs in Montreal, the Clean Showcase show at Laughfest, and as the main headliner at the Windsor Comedy Festival. Charming, candid, and laugh-out-loud funny, Michael Harrison is an act you will want to see over and over again.

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Eddie Ifft – has been called one of the most underrated comics in America by the Onion and has proudly told jokes around the world to sold-out crowds in over 15 countries. Eddie is the host of one of the most successful podcasts in the comedy world called “Talkin’ Sh*t”. 

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Former unimpressive Canadian collegiate athlete turned comedian, Ryan Williams is one of western Canada’s most exciting comics. His energetic performances, coupled with sharp material, make him a performer not to be missed. Ryan has appeared on CBC's The Debaters, at JFL42, JFL Northwest, was a finalist in SiriusXM's Canada's Top Comic and was featured on JFL Northwest's 'Best of the West' compilation album.  

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!

Tracey MacDonald is originally from Nova Scotia and performing at Yuk Yuk’s across Canada helped her hone her act to what it is today. 

Tracey has been seen/heard on CBC, CTV, The Comedy Network, Elle Canada, MacLean’s Top 30 under 30, CBS, Comedy.TV, The E! Network, Logo TV, Spike TV, Comics Unleashed and The Bob and Tom. Her five fantastic comedy albums can be heard on XM Satellite Radio,Pandora and Spotify. 

Tik Tok @traceymacdonaldcomedian 

She lives in Los Angeles but often headlines in Canada and is available for Corporate events, Fundraisers and cruises. 

Check out our Amateur Night.  The shows can be good, bad or so bad they're great!