The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival is a touring outdoor stand-up festival that brings big name comics to Prince’s Island Park over a late August weekend. The Calgary edition features multiple nights of headliners plus local entertainment, food trucks, and drinks.
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The weekend mixes headliner sets with local openers, general admission and VIP seating, food trucks, and drinks under the open sky. Friday and Sunday shows begin at 5:30 PM, with Saturday starting at 2:00 PM. Part of the proceeds goes to local charities through the festival’s community fund.
The festival launched in Edmonton in 2021, produced by Trixstar LIVE, and has since expanded to multiple Canadian cities plus Spokane. Since launch it has donated more than $550,000 to local charities across its markets.