WHAT
A LOT OF LAUGHS
The Grindstone Comedy Festival is an annual independent stand-up, improv and sketch comedy festival hosted at Edmonton’s Grindstone Theatre which brings both national performers and rising local talent together under the Edmonton spotlight.
WHERE
THEATRE + BISTRO + PATIO
Main Venue:
The Grindstone Comedy Theatre & Bistro
10019 81 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 1W7
Secondary Venue:
The Howl & Roar Records Stage
10014 81 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 1W7
Located inside Trinity Lutheran Church
Offsite Venue:
Campus St-Jean 8406 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury, Edmonton, AB T6C 4G9
Auditorium (Room 1-08)
Workshop Studio:
Mill Creek Studio 9562 82 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB T6C 0Z8
(Downstairs below the Mill Creek Cafe)
2022 LINE UP
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2022
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Ryan Belleville w/ Sunee Dhaliwal, Sterling Scott & Dana Smith
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Stand-Up Stand-Off Competition Finals
TIME: 11:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Open Mic
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2022
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Christina Walkinshaw w/ Sterling Scott, Sunee Dhaliwal & Andrew Crone
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: HOWL & ROAR RECORDS STAGE
DESCRIPTION: Directors Cut ft. Aaron Reed, Amber Nash, Kirsten Rasmussen, Tim Gray, Leslie Johnson & Kevin Gillese
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: CAMPUS ST JEAN
DESCRIPTION: (Thunder)CATS
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Quarter Slots (Amber Nash & Leslie Johnson) w/ Kirsten Rasmussen & Kevin Gillese
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: HOWL & ROAR RECORDS STAGE
DESCRIPTION: Garrett Jamieson w/ Sophie Buddle, Sunee Dhaliwal & the Stand-Up Stand-Off winner
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: CAMPUS ST JEAN
DESCRIPTION: 11 O'Clock Number w/ Ryan Belleville
TIME: 10:30 PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Opening Karaoke Party
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2022
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Kirsten Rasmussen w/ HUNKS
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: HOWL & ROAR RECORDS STAGE
DESCRIPTION: Sophie Buddle w/ Christina Walkinshaw, Erika Ehler & Brittany Lyseng
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: CAMPUS ST JEAN
DESCRIPTION: (Thunder)CATS
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Aaron Read w/ Stand-Up Stand-Off Winners, Brittany Lyseng & Siobhan Theobald
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: HOWL & ROAR RECORDS STAGE
DESCRIPTION: Che Durena w/ Erika Ehler, Will Hannigan & Andrew Crone
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: CAMPUS ST JEAN
DESCRIPTION: God is a Scottish Drag Queen
TIME: 11:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Quarter Slots (Amber Nash & Leslie Johnson) w/ Donovan Workun & Chris Borger
TIME: 12:00AM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Dance Party
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2022
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: HUNKS w/ The Debutantes
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: HOWL & ROAR RECORDS STAGE
DESCRIPTION: Che Durena w/ Sophie Buddle, Andrew Crone & Siobhan Theobald
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: CAMPUS ST JEAN
DESCRIPTION: (Thunder)CATS
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Kirsten Rasmussen w/ Donovan Workun & Kevin Gillese
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: HOWL & ROAR RECORDS STAGE
DESCRIPTION: Garrett Jamieson w/ Aaron Read, Brittany Lyseng & Matt Nightingale
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: CAMPUS ST JEAN
DESCRIPTION: 11 O'Clock Number w/ Ryan Belleville
TIME: 11:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Grindstone Comedy Fest Showcase w/ Sean Lecomber, Sterling Scott, Will Hannigan, Siobhan Theobald, Andrew Crone, Brittany Lyseng, Matt Nightingale, Erika Ehler & Aaron Read
TIME: 12:00AM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: After Party
SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2022
TIME: 7:00PM
VENUE: GRINDSTONE THEATRE
DESCRIPTION: Live HUNKS Podcast Recording
OPEN MIC
STEP RIGHT UP
Open Mics are where jokes are born! Where comics strain and grunt to push out mushy, slime covered balls of noise they will one day work into useful parts of their act!! It’s also a place for comics to grow, to poop their pants and cry and to try figure out what the hell they are doing on stage!?!! Featuring Edmonton’s Best Comedians, right alongside first timers, up-and-comers and just plain bad comics, all side by side fighting for your laughs! Join us Wednesday, July 6th for this little miracle of an open mic!!
Wednesday, July 6th at 11:00PM
Free event!
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STAND-UP
STAND-OFF
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN
It’s the Stand-Up Stand-Off Comedy Competition Finale! Hosted by Adam Dyck! After four weeks of competition it all comes down to this; the final countdown, the minute of truth, the clash of the titanics! It’s the Stand-Up Stand-Off Finals where one comedian will be the winner and the others will be given a participation badge.
Disclaimer: no actual badge will be given, metaphorical badges only.
Featuring last year's winner, Simon Glassman!
PARTIES
HITTING THAT DANCEFLOOR
OPENING KARAOKE PARTY
Thursday, July 7th 10:30PM
DANCE PARTY
Friday, July 8th 11:59PM
AFTER PARTY
Saturday, July 9th 11:59PM
WORKSHOPS
TIME TO IMPROVISE
SOLO SKETCH WORKSHOP
Instructor: Kirsten Rasmussen
Date: Saturday July 9 from 2-5PM
Where: Grindstone Theatre
THE ART OF STAND UP
Instructor: Ryan Belleville
Date: Saturday July 9 from 2-5PM
Where: Grindstone Studio
MUSICAL IMPROV
Instructors: Byron Martin & Simon Abbott
Date: Sunday July 10 from 1-4PM
Where: Grindstone Studio