Just For Laughs

Month : July
Place : Montreal, Canada
Famous For : Comedy Festival
Attractions : Laughter Shows

Just for Laughs is a much awaited comedy festival celebrated in Montreal, Canada. Held every year in the month of July, the Just for Laughs festival is the largest festival of its kind in the world. Popularly known as 'Cannes of Comedy', is the world's largest festival of comedy, delivering laughs galore through street performances, stand-up, theater, film and television appearances. This feast of laughter continues for eleven days.

Major Attractions

The Just for Laughs festival is also a popular event for both established comedians and writers and talent scouts looking the big new funny thing. Over the eleven July days of the festival, local and international, celebrity and unknown comedians perform in over 2,000 shows, more than half of which are usually free and held outdoors. More than a million people make up the audiences who enjoy street theater centered around Montreal"s Latin Quarter during the day and attend ticketed programs and local venues in the evenings. In 1996 the Comedia Comedy Film Festival was added to the Comedy Festival Program. For the more serious visitor there are also workshops and comedy seminars. The first half of the event traditionally showcases French speaking comedians, while the second half English speakers.