Winnipeg Comedy Festival
winnipeg comedy festival wcf annual national comedy festival held winnipeg manitoba weeklong festival take place several venue throughout city featuring standup sketch improvisational comedy performance festival broadcast radio series cbc radio one television series comedy network cbc television highest rated comedy festival series cbc television winnipeg comedy festival created comedian lara rae cbc radio producer tom anniko pitched idea weekendlong comedy festival could recorded aired cbc radio partnering gas station art centre winnipeg osborne village wcf established soon anniko—who time working executive producer radio comedy drama cbc—saw festival opportunity try new show could developed radio claim cbc debater one show came festival along various pilot special comic headliner inaugural year dave broadfoot cathy jones david steinberg comedian brian hartts performance year gemini award individual performance comedy program series th gemini award official winnipeg comedy festival