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LaughFest 2013 Brings In Over 53,000 People

Matt Milhouse — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:30:26 +0000

LaughFest 2013 brought in thousands of people and raised thousands of dollars. In other words, LaughFest 2013 was seriously successful! 53,566 people attended 261 events at LaughFest 2013. Visitors came from 33 states and Canada. LaughFest raised about $285,000! $210,000 net proceeds from the festival and $74,790 from the Wege Foundation. Laughfestgr.org has reaction to [...]

Kid Comedians Take The Stage At LaughFest's Kids Joke Night In Grand Rapids

Matt Milhouse — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:24:11 +0000

Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Hilarious kids at LaughFest on Thursday night! Kid comedians and their friends and family packed a room at the Grand Rapids Library for a lot of fun! Each kid was introduced with their name, age, and what they want to be when they grow up. Future aspirations of Thursday night’s comedians [...]

LaughFest 2013 Comedians Talk About First Weekend Of LaughFest On Twitter

Matt Milhouse — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:13:01 +0000

LaughFest 2013 is off to a seriously great start after the first weekend! Relive the laughs, sold out shows, and adventures of visiting comedians through Twitter. Hours ahead of his LaughFest show, comedian Joel McHale asked what many Grand Rapidians would consider a rhetorical question: Good beer in Grand Rapids? Sorry. Only [...]

LaughFest Coloring Competition For Strawberry Shortcake Tickets

Matt Milhouse — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:27:10 +0000

Once your kids’ cheeks turn red and the hot chocolate is gone, turn your attention to another snowy day activity… A LaughFest coloring contest for Strawberry Shortcake tickets! Strawberry Shortcake is coming to DeVos Performance Hall on Sunday, March 17 at 1:00pm. It’s just one of many great LaughFest events for the entire family. Tickets [...]

Gilda's Club "LaughFest" Hopes to set Another World's Record

Andy Rent — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:00:11 +0000

They’re doing it again, trying to set a world’s record. It’s always funny stuff, and today’s announcement is no different, that the nation’s first ever community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda’s LaughFest, will attempt to break an existing Guinness World Record. This year’s record attempt will be Thursday, March 7th. They’re going to try to have [...]

LaughFest Headquarters Now Open

Matt Milhouse — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:01:58 +0000

LaughFest headquarters, LaughFest Central, opened this morning! LaughFest Central is a great place for information, tickets, and merchandise. If you can’t wait for LaughFest, you don’t have to. There are plenty of shirts, pins, and much more to tide you over until March 7 at LaughFest Central. LaughFest.org gives us LaughFest Central’s hours: Prior to the [...]

LaughFest Adds More Shows, Speakers

Matt Milhouse — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:11:10 +0000

Individual tickets went on sale earlier this year for LaughFest 2013. Now there are even more reasons to attend, as LaughFest has added more shows and speakers. A couple of weeks ago, LaughFest announced a second Brian Regan show. On Thursday, LaughFest announced a number of additions to the LaughteRx Emotional Health Speaker Series. WZZM has [...]

Individual Tickets For LaughFest 2013 Go On Sale Friday, January 11

Matt Milhouse — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:10 +0000

LaughFest is only a couple of months away. Ticket packages were on sale, those purchase opportunities are now closed. The first chance at individual tickets arrives on Friday, January 11. LaughFest 2013 is set to be another huge success. The lineup was announced in November and anticipation is growing. Now, let’s get some tickets! Individual [...]

LaughFest 2013 Community Showcase – Applications And Information

Matt Milhouse — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:00:02 +0000

LaughFest wants YOU to participate in the LaughFest Community Showcase in 2013! LaughFest has added two new categories increasing the ways you can join in the fun by creating laughs at LaughFest 2013! LaughFest has added the categories of College Stand-Up and College Improv for 2013. This is in addition to a number of other [...]

Is LaughFest's 2013 Lineup The Best LaughFest Lineup Yet? [Poll]

Matt Milhouse — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:00:02 +0000

LaughFest announced their 2013 lineup Tuesday morning…seriously. Lewis Black, Jim Breuer, Bill Burr, Wayne Brady, Brian Regan, and more. It’s a great lineup! But is it the best they’ve had? If we’re going to pick the best, we’re going to have to compare. Check out some of the highlights from each year below: 2013 [...]

LaughFest Lineup To Be Announced Tuesday!

Funny 1410 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:40:21 +0000

Almost as exciting as this past Tuesday’s election is this upcoming Tuesday’s announcement of the LaughFest 2013 lineup. The comedy festival’s lineup of events and performers is scheduled to be released at an announcement breakfast on Nov. 13 at 7:30 a.m. at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. LaughFest Grand Rapids is scheduled for March 7-March [...]

Laughfest Student Showcase Sunday Grand Rapids Art Museum

Kim Carson — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:30:10 +0000

Kids say the darnedest things, didn’t last years headliner Bill Cosby say something like that? We’ve been seeing a lot of adult humor but are you ready for the kids to take the stage? Ready or not, it’s happening Sunday at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. I think back to being a kid and I [...]

Grand Rapids Laughfest Reaches Out To Lowell Friday Night

Kim Carson — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:18 +0000

Laughfest is growing! Gilda’s Club has lots of supporters and lots of those supporters live outside of Grand Rapids. It’s kind of cool to see how many people want to do their part in making Laughfest a success. That’s why Laughfest will be rolling into Lowell Friday night. If you’re looking for some clean adult [...]

LAUGHFEST: Enter To Win! St. Patrick's Day Fun For People & Pets [video]

Kim Carson — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:42 +0000

You’ve probably heard performers say, “You never want to share a stage with kids or animals”, they always end up stealing the show! It’s true. It happened to me first hand when I was interviewing a couple guys who were a host family for an Art prize artist. See for yourself… Animals have a way [...]

More Tickets Released For Jim Gaffigan's LaughFest Show

Wendy Reed — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:50:20 +0000

Bummed that you weren't able to snag a pair of tickets to Jim Gaffigan's Laughfest show here in Grand Rapids? You aren't the only one! The show sold out the day the tickets went on sale, and ever since, people have been scouring Craigslist searching for a pair of tickets to see the pasty white funny guy.

Well, if you haven't been able to come across any, you're in luck! Laughfest announced this afternoon that they are releasing 100 more tickets to the sold out show!

LaughFest Homegrown Comedians SHINE Tonight In Grand Rapids!

Kim Carson — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:00:22 +0000

Why is it that so often local talent can’t be appreciated in their own hometown? Grand Rapids talent can travel the country, play to SOLD OUT crowds, get big laughs everywhere they go but when they come back home, Nada! It’s like Rodney Dangerfield use to say, “I can’t get no respect.” Well, you may [...]

Rush Limbaugh Skewered By Whoopi Goldberg At Laughfest Friday Night In Grand Rapids

Kim Carson — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:20 +0000

Whoopi Goldberg performed at Ford Fieldhouse Friday night! No big surprise for anyone who watches The View as regularly as I do! So many time I just want to say to the television, “Tell em Whoop! What do you really think!” But being daytime television, I know her hands are tied to a great extent. [...]

Getting to Laughfest Is One Thing, Parking Is Another, Here's The Secret!

Kim Carson — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:00:58 +0000

Although the corner at Fulton and Monroe can bit a bit of a problem to navigate it won't hold you up much on your journey downtown to Laughfest. But parking? Parking poses a problem during a normal week in downtown Grand Rapids, so with all the Laughfest activities going on, that is where you might run into a bit of a jam

Here's EVERYTHING Happening At LAUGHFEST For All 10 Days

Kim Carson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:00:36 +0000

I have been getting so many calls when I talk about LAUGHFEST fun on the radio I decided to hunt the info down for you and post it right here on The River's website! Bookmark it and you can go to it whenever you have some time and want to get in on any Laughfest fun!

Everybody knows about the comediennes coming to Grand Rapids to perform but there are tons of other things to do too! Restaurants, museums, and even the shopping areas are involved in Laughfest. Some places are mixing art with the laugh

Saturday Night LIVE's Martin Short Performs March 17th At Laughfest 2012!

Kim Carson — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:00:27 +0000

Sure I remember Martin Short for all the voices he did, and the Second City Comedy Troupe, and Saturday Night Live. I remember Martin Short mostly for doing a great Katherine Hepburn impersonation! You may remember him most for his character Ed Grimley and those really high pants. My old boyfriend would laugh so [...]