Looking to see some comedy this week? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are funny events happening in or around Vancouver from January 16 to 22, 2017.

Standup

BFF Club Comedy

When and where: January 16 at Yagger's Downtown at 7:30 p.m.
What to expect: Live standup comedy the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. Hosted by Brad Dorion, Jenny Toews and Stefan MacNeil. Featuring the best comedians in and around Vancouver.
Price: $5
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Laugh Gallery

When and where: January 16 at Havana Theatre at 9 p.m.
What to expect: Join Graham Clark and friends for a night of laughs, larfs, guffaws, giggles and snorts. Plus a chance to win one-of-a-kind-prizes. 
Price: $5
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Stacked Comedy

When and where: January 16 at Yagger's Kitsilano at 9 p.m.
What to expect: Looking for something fun to do on a Monday night? Look no further. We have another absolutely fantastic night of comedy featuring an awesome lineup of some of Vancouvers best Comedians with the hilarious Byron Bertram as your headliner.
Price: $5
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The Comedy Mix

When and where: January 17-21 at the Comedy MIX. Tuesday-Thursday at 8:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 and 9:30 p.m. shows.
What to expect: Plant yourself in a plush booth, graze on some pub grub, sip a beer or two, and laugh along with some new and hot stand-up comedy. Oh, by the way, nobody else is responsible if you laugh so hard beer comes out of your nose. Just warning you. Pro-am night on January 17, Comedy Showcase on January 18, Simon King headlines on January 19-21.
Price: Varies on the night
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Stand-Up & Deliver! Comedy Open Mic

When and where: January 18 at Seven Dining Lounge at 8 p.m.
What to expect: Have you ever wanted to try standup comedy? This open mic is very receptive to new comics. Bring some friends and make a night of it.
Price: Free
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Yuk Yuk's

When and where: January 17-21 at Yuk Yuk’s. Tuesday-Thursday at 8:00 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 and 9:30 p.m. shows.
What to expect: Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver comedy club provides the best live comedy in the city of Vancouver. Top Talent showcase on January 17. Amateur Night on January 18. John Beuhler headlines on January 19-21.
Price: Varies on the night
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Jokes Please!: The Fall

When and where: January 19 at Little Mountain Gallery at 9 p.m.
What to expect: Jokes Please! is an award-winning standup comedy show that happens every Thursday at Little Mountain Gallery. Hilarious comedians who have performed on Conan, Just For Laughs and The Debaters frequent this cool, indie theatre. This week's theme is The Fall because of the whole Trump thing, ugh. Probably will be more jokes about pomelos than Trump to be honest.
Price: $5
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The Fighter and the Kid Live

When and where: January 18-19 at Commodore Ballroom at 9 p.m.
What to expect: Live presentation of the weekly podcast featuring former UFC heavyweight Brendan "Big Brown" Schaub and actor-comedian Bryan Callen.
Price: $25 (plus service charges and fees) at www.livenation.com/
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We Know Nothing About Art: A Comedy Show

When and where: January 20 at Hot Art Wet City Gallery at 8 p.m.
What to expect: Do you love art? Does art confuse you? Have you ever though that art historians could just be making everything up on the spot? Join comedian Abdul Aziz and his friends as they do their best to make sense of the world’s most treasured works of art, with little to no formal training in the field.
Price: $10/7
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Vancouverite: A Comedy Show

When and where: January 21 at Hot Art Wet City Gallery at 8 p.m.
What to expect: Brent Constantine and Amber Harper-Young host a comedy show featuring some of the city’s best local comedians’ stories about Vancouver, adjusting to life here, and leaving home.
Price: $10/7
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Improv/Perfomance

 

Vancouver TheatreSports League

When and where: January 18-22 at The Improv Centre. 
What to expect: Some of the world's most daring and innovative improv. Firecracker! (Wed, 9:15 pm); Improv After Dark (Fri and Sat, 11:15 pm); OK Tinder (Thu, 9:15 pm); Rookie Night (Sun, 7:30 pm); TheatreSports (Wed, Thu, Fri, and Sat, 7:30 pm; Fri and Sat, 9:30 pm).
Price: Varies on the night
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Quizplace

When and where: January 16 at Displace Hashery at 8 p.m.
What to expect: The award-winning Quizplace Free Monday Night Trivia brings you another four rounds of questions! So put your teams together, or come on your own and enjoy a night of laughs with your resident hosts: Patrick Maliha (Vancouver stand-up legend) and Gregory Milne (The Radical Improv Comedy)! Food and drink specials all night.
Price: Free
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Queer Prov Monday Late Show at XY

When and where: January 16 at XY at 9 p.m.
What to expect: The third Monday of every month is the Queer Prov late show at XY. This weeks show is hosted by Out TV personality and Youtube star Josh Rimer. The cast includes Pearce Visser (Vancouver TheatreSports, Comic Strippers), Briana Rayner (Co-Artistic Director of Instant Theatre), Amir Khan, Michael Sousa and David Borja. Queer Prov is Canada's only LGBT live improv comedy troupe and they have been in operation in Vancouver for over 10 years. The show runs every Monday night at XY at 1216 Bute Street.
Price: Free
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R/Improv and Writing Prompts

When and where: January 17 at Café Deux Soleils at 8 p.m.
What to expect: Time to get Intimate and Interactive with The Fictionals! Join some of the funniest comedians in Vancouver for Reddit-inspired laughs and an audience-powered Storytime at Cafe Deux Soleils!
Price: $7
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Teen Angst Night

When and where: January 17 at Cottage Bistro at 8 p.m.
What to expect: Teen Angst Night is a comedic reading series hosted by Sara Bynoe since 2000 where people share excerpts of their old teenage notebooks. Readers can share anything (poetry, songs, letters, journals, diaries, essays, stories, plays, lists, etc) so long as it follows these rules:
1. The work must be your own.
2. You must have written it between the ages of 10-19.
3. You cannot be proud of the work you share. It’s best if you’re super embarrassed.
Price: $10 at the door
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Rock Paper Portside

When and where: January 18 at Portside Pub 9 p.m.
What to expect: Rock Paper Scissors Tournament - with prizes! Participants battle to see who is the ultimate Rock Paper Scissors champion, with a live referee and comedian hosting the event. Food and drink specials are available, with a great atmosphere for anyone and everyone to join.
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CAGEMATCH: Ultimate Comedy Showdown

When and where: January 20 at Havana Theatre at 10:30 p.m.
What to expect: Cagematch pits the fiercest and most hilarious improvisers against each other to determine who has the best improv in the city. For 15 years, Cagematch is an underground hotbed of talent where improvisers pull out all the stops for a chance to win $500 cold hard cash. Three teams will go head to head to make you laugh the hardest in an effort to win your vote. You determine the winner who moves on to the next round, so join us every Friday night for the hottest competitive comedy in the city.
Price: $8 or $5 with a receipt from Havana
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Guys We Fucked: The Experience - SOLD OUT

When and where: January 20 at Rio Theatre at 8 p.m.
What to expect: JFL NorthWest presents Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson as they bring their hit podcast to life through games, audience participation, rants, stories, standup comedy, and never-before-seen video.
Price: $21.50
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Kits Kits Bang Bang Episode One

When and where: January 20 at Little Mountain Gallery at 8 p.m.
What to expect: Grad School Improv Presents: KITS KITS BANG BANG. Action! Spies! Dastardly villains with evil plans! Everything you love is at risk. Your life will never be the same. So go save the world, hero.
Price: $5
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DOUBLE DOWN: Spontaneous Comedy Duos

When and where: January 22 at Havana Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
What to expect: Instant Theatre Company proudly presents DOUBLE DOWN: A Night of Spontaneous Improv Duos! You’ve seen very structured and methodical improv, where groups have worked together for weeks and months to put on a show. Now, we’re going to break all of those rules. Come watch as four brand new improv duos will be created on the spot from 8 names drawn randomly from a bowl! No preparation, no safety net, just Spontaneous improv fun!
Price: $8
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STREETFIGHT: an Improv Comedy Battle Royal

When and where: January 22 at Havana Theatre at 9 p.m.
What to expect: STREETFIGHT is a hilarious hour of head to head short form improv that you don’t want to miss. Every week we get ten of the funniest improvisers in town (or amazing special guests!) who compete back and forth with short improvised scenes vying for your laughter! Audience suggestions, participation and votes will crown one sole improviser as that night’s STREETFIGHT Champion!
Price: $8
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