Feature Act - Mike Rita

Comedian Mike Rita is exactly what you think a comic should be... funny, smart & relate-able. He was the winner of the Second City's 'Cream of Comedy' and the runner up for Now Magazine's 2014 & 2015 'Best Male Stand-up'.

Mike has worked with the likes of Joe Rogan, Bobby Lee, Mike MacDonald, Ari Shaffir & The Portuguese Kids. Mike is a comedian who is always working hard to have his voice heard and is always looking to make new audiences laugh.

Middle Act - Greg Palone

Greg Palone is a comedian from Oakville Ontario. He has amassed over 20 million views online across all platforms and been performing on stages across Canada since 2019. Since then he has been featured on the Dark Comedy Festival, and has opened for the likes of Jordan Thewlis and Dauood Naimyar.

Often described as a charismatic performer coupled with high energy on stage. Greg's quick witted and honest humour makes him one of the top upcoming talents in the country.

MC - Laurie Elliott

Laurie Elliott is a stand-up comic, actor and television writer. She is a winner of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award and is a four-time winner of Best Female Stand Up at The Canadian Comedy Awards.

Her stand-up credits include the Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival (where she was chosen by the late, great Joan Rivers to perform on her final Gala show), the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Comedy Factory in Rotterdam, Raw Comedy Club in Stockholm, the SheDot Comedy Festival in Toronto, and a gala run at the Cape Town International Comedy Festival in South Africa.

She has had recurring roles/appearances on MuchMusic’s Video on Trial, CBC's The Red Green Show (she married Harold!), The Jon Dore Television Show, Match Game and The Debaters. Laurie's voice can be heard on many animated series such as Total Drama Island, Scaredy Squirrel, and Camp Lakebottom. Laurie was also a regular on WWF star Chris Jericho's award winning web series, But I'm Chris Jericho.

Feature Act - Rob Ross

Rob Ross is a sought-after Canadian headlining stand-up comic and accomplished award winning television writer based in Toronto.

Performing credits include:
A one hour Comedy Now special on The Comedy Network and CTV, CBC's Halifax Comedy Festival, CBC's Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs, CTV's Open Mike and CBC's 9 O'Clock Show. He was just 24 years old when he did his first nationally televised special COMICS! on CBC.

Ross was head writer and creative producer for the popular MTV Canada show MTV Live and was a producer for CBC's award winning hit series Canada's Smartest Person. Other credits include CBC's Still Standing, Rick Mercer Report, Andrew Lloyd Weber's Over The Rainbow, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Street Cents, The NHL Awards, Gemini Awards and The Junos on CTV.

Original, energetic, fast paced and engaging, Ross involves his audiences in laugh packed performances from start to finish.

Middle Act - Max Sheldrick

MC - Kyle Lucey

With millions of views online, Kyle Lucey is becoming one of Canada's fastest rising stars. Growing up in a trailer park, Kyle became an expert at making light of bleak circumstances. Pair that with an extensive background in improv/ theatre and you get a comedian with raw, honest material performed in the most ridiculously fun way!

His comedy has been featured on CTV, Sirius XM and MTV. He has also been nominated for The I Heart Jokes Awards twice.

Kyle is the winner of the Durham Comedy Festival and the Finalist for festivals such as, The Border City Comedy Festival, The Beaver and Bacon Comedy Festival, Comedy Wonder Fest, Brampton's Funniest Comic and Go Yuk Yourself Comedy Contest. Other Festivals Kyle has been featured on are: The Dark Comedy Festival, The Brantford Comedy Festival, 905 Comedy Festival, No Refunds Comedy Festival, Wasaga Beach Comedy Festival, Durham Comedy Month Festival, 420 Comedy Festival and Off B-Side Comedy Festival.

Kyle is also the producer of “Renegade Comedy” a live comedy event that tours across the country at sold out comedy clubs and theatres.