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Comedy boomtime No joke: Laughs galore as performers from all backgrounds hit city stages with more venues than ever before By: AV Kitching, Ben Sigurdson, Alan Small, Eva Wasney and Jen Zoratti Posted: Last Modified: Updates
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It’s possible there’s never been a better time to be funny in Winnipeg.
New comedy nights and venues keep popping up in settings old and new, with open-mic nights and showcases featuring comics in all genres and of all ages and backgrounds.
Free Press arts and life writers talked to a cross-section of those involved in our city’s diverse comedy scene — from old-school orators to fresh-faced folks plying their jokes in both English and French, from the city’s Indigenous comedians to those playing host to this cavalcade of comics — to find out just what is tickling the city’s proverbial funny bone.
Adding to the abundance of local laughs is the return of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, which starts Tuesday and runs through May 7. It seems Winnipeggers truly will, for once, get the last laugh.
THE VENUES
Wee Johnny’s, Kilter Brewing, Stone Angel Brewing Co., the Limelight, the Basement Speakeasy, 1928 Eatery & Pub, the Silver Heights Restaurant — these are just some of the many venues now playing host to local comics for standup, improv and open-mic events. But none truly heralded the recent rise of comedy in Winnipeg quite like the addition of a Canadian comedic institution — Yuk Yuk’s.
This is Yuk Yuk’s second foray into Winnipeg’s comedy scene, after a stint in Osborne Village in the late 1980s and early ’90s.
For longtime local comic Lara Rae, the club’s return to the city, in the Club Room of the Fort Garry Hotel, offered the
Meet RVF spokesperson Le FLO FRANCO
Le FLO FRANCO, the franco-Ontarian hip hop artist, is on a cross-country tour for the month of the Francophonie, and he is also on a mission to spread positivity, resilience, and his love for the French language and culture.
FLO, which stands for Fierté Loyauté Originalité, is one of this year’s Rendez-Vous de la Francophonie spokespeople, alongside Franco-Manitoban comedian Micheline Marchildon. His unique blend of multicoloured urban pop resonates with thousands across Canada.
Le FLO FRANCO was born in France to Haitian parents. He was raised in Ottawa, deeply immersed in the city’s Haitian and Francophone communities. As a youth, artists like La Compagnie créole, Michael Jackson, Puff Daddy, MA$E, and LMDS (Les Messagers du Son) inspired him and helped to shape his unique style. FLO started rapping in Ottawa’s independent hip hop scene at the age of 14, going on to collaborate with rapper and educator Yao in the RenESSENCE duo in 2005.
FLO released three EPs between 2012 and 2017 and his first full-length album, Force inhérente, came out in 2019. 2022 saw the release of his second album, Trajectoire divine.
Sophia Désir, coordinator of the Language Portal of Canada’s Our Languages blog, interviewed FLO about the role that languages play in his life and music for this year’s RVF.
Check out Danser avec toi, which was voted the “chanson francophone de l’année” at Manie Musicale 2023, for an excellent example of FLO’s musical and lyrical artistry.
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