laugh fest

Gilda’s LaughFest, the nation’s first-ever, community-wide festival of laughter, has announced the return of The Blue Late Night Comedy Series and three returning showcases: Best of the Midwest, Stand-up Comedy Competition and the Clean Comedy Showcase for this year’s celebration designed for everyone...

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...

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...

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...

I was on WZZM13's website this morning and saw the coolest thing!  By now you know Grand Rapids will be laughing and everyone's blood pressure will be a little lower, come Thursday!  The opening ceremonies for Laughfest will officially begin Thursday evening, Rosa Parks Circle around 5:45...

Whoopi is one of the elite few who has won a Grammy, Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony.  WOW!  And she is going to be right here in Grand Rapids, March 9th at the GRCC Ford Fieldhouse. I missed Whoopi this past week on The View when she was guesting on Patricia Heaton's show "The Middle"...

This is so exciting.  She was just in town for the Gilda's Club Laugh Fest, and now we'll get to see more of her. At age 89, Betty White isn't showing any signs of slowing down just yet. About a year after she famously hosted 'Saturday Night Live,' the multiple Emmy-winning TV star will return to NBC for a new hidden-camera show, tentatively titled 'Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,' in which senio

(Grand Rapids Press) GRAND RAPIDS – LaughFest no longer is in auditoriums in Grand Rapids, but it's coming Wednesday to auctions on eBay.

Betty White is one of those shows that sold out as soon as the tickets went on sale.  Have you thought about maybe having a Laughfest/Betty White viewing party at your house tomorrow night?  Maybe you were not lucky enough to land a pair of tickets to her LIVE show...

Bring em' to Gilda's Club this Saturday for Laughfest Kid's Joke Off!  Here's what you need to know: Round up the kids and bring them to Gilda's Club for a special "behind-the-scenes" taping of a LaughFest Kids Joke Off!   Gilda's Club is looking for kids ages K - 6 who are willing to express their funny side by telling their favorite joke for us on film...