TBS and Montreal’s Just for Laughs have partnered to create the first-ever TBS PRESENTS A “VERY FUNNY” FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS in Chicago, June 17-21 that will feature performances from such top-name comedians as Ellen DeGeneres, George Lopez, Bill Engvall, Lisa Lampanelli, Jimmy Fallon, David Alan Grier, Russell Peters, Louis CK, Jim Jefferies, Bob Odenkirk and Andy Dick. In addition, TBS will tape three specials to air in June.
More than 70 shows will take place at various venues across the Chicago area, with special presentations such as concert events at The Chicago Theatre and the Rosemont Theatre. The Festival will include The Nasty Show, a favorite from favorite from Montreal’s Just For Laughs, featuring Louis C.K., Jim Jeffries, Nick DiPaolo and Patrice O’Neal held at The Vic Theatre; a collection of cutting-edge talent at the Lakeshore Theater; and homegrown performances featuring the best local Chicago comedians, sketch and improv performers and troupes at such venues as iO Theater, The Lincoln Lodge, The Playground Theater and Annoyance Theater.
The festival was also recently listed as one of the most-anticipated comedy events of the year.
