2023 Festival Performers

Aimée Beaudoin

Edmonton, AB

Aimée Beaudoin

Aimée is known for starring in the sketch comedy TV series CAUTION: May Contain Nuts where she played over 70 different characters and was a co-writer for 26 episodes. Aimée was nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female TV Performance for Caution, in addition to three Canadian Screen Awards for Best Writing and Best Sketch Comedy TV Show Ensemble. Aimée has most recently appeared on television in Hell on Wheels, Tiny Plastic Men and Wynonna Earp.

Andrew Grose

Edmonton, Alberta

Andrew Grose

Andrew has appeared on some of the most prestigious stages in Canada from Montreal’s Just For Laughs to the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show. He’s performed on countless television specials in both Canada and the United States and at all the major festivals in Canada including the Edmonton Comedy Festival which he’s produced for the last 13 years. He now performs all over the world as a guest entertainer on the main stage of cruise ships.

Anjelica Scannura

Toronto, ON

Anjelica Scannura

Anjelica Scannura is a Toronto-based comedian, actress and producer. She’s appeared at the Boston, Cleveland, Palm Springs. Burbank and Winnipeg Comedy Festivals and has been featured on CBC’s Laugh Out Loud numerous times. Anjelica was also a semi-finalist in the Seattle Int'l Comedy Competition. She produces and hosts several stand-up shows in Toronto, as well as the Haymaker Comedy Festival in the heart of Prince Edward County. This is Anjelica’s first appearance at the Edmonton Comedy Festival.

James O’Hara

Toronto, ON

James O’Hara

James O'Hara is a regular competitor and runner-up in countless comedy competitions. He has performed all over Toronto, Montréal, and Los Angeles, and has been recognized by Reader's Digest as one of 50 Canadian Comedians to Watch Out For. Trained in improv, sketch, and third-person bio writing, he is a force to be reckoned with. His self-deprecating and self-aware comedy is full of unique takes on being both queer and poor, and recently released his debut comedy album "I Love You, And I Am Tired". This is James’s first appearance at the Edmonton Comedy Festival.

Jeff Halaby

Edmonton, AB

Jeff Halaby

Jeff is an AMPIA and Sterling Nominated actor and Gemini Nominated writer for television having starred in the sketch comedy TV show Caution: May Contain Nuts for the last 12 years. Caution was born from the original subversive sketch troupe Blacklisted, which was legendary in its day and Jeff was proud to be a founding member. Jeff is the co-owner/operator of Spotlight Cabaret which is his second time at the helm of a restaurant, he was part owner of Louisiana Purchase for several years as well as being a successful realtor before that.

Jeremy Furlong

Calgary, AB

Jeremy Furlong

Calgary comic Jeremy Furlong has been bringing his brand of comedy razzle-dazzle to audiences across Canada since 2005. Funny, relevant and topical, Jeremy finds common ground for funny and stakes out hilarity like a gold prospector, claiming nuggets of laughter as his prize! There is no metal more precious than golden laughter to this hard-rock comedy miner, and Jeremy is prepared to dig deep to come up with his funny reward! This is Jeremy’s first appearance at the Edmonton Comedy Festival.

Lamont Ferguson

Los Angeles, CA

Lamont Ferguson

Award-wining, Emmy nominated TV Funnyman who has appeared on The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, and Comics Unleashed. His cranky, intelligent, honest, brand of unique humour has enabled him to become one of the more in demand comedians working in North America. His Amazon Prime comedy special, "You Had All Day" was rated in the "Top Ten" of comedy specials by folks that do that sort of thing. This is his second appearance at the Edmonton Comedy Festival.

Leland Klassen

Vancouver, BC

Leland Klassen

Leland has done every major Canadian television show that there is including Just For Laughs, Winnipeg Comedy Festival and CBC television’s Halifax Comedy Festival as well as CBC Radio’s Debaters. Leland has also appeared on every major clean comedy project in America from shows like Bananas, The Huckabee Show, Thou Shalt Laugh on Netﬂix and the social media sensation DRY BAR COMEDY which has received millions of views for Leland’s work to date. He also hosted the nationally syndicated television show Popcorn TV, which aired internationally. This is Leland’s first appearance at The Edmonton Comedy Festival.

Myles Morrison

Saskatoon, SK

Myles Morrison

Myles has appeared at Just For Laughs Toronto, been featured on Amazon Prime’s stand up series Comedy Brew, and appeared on CBC’s The Debaters & CBC’s Laugh Out Loud. He is a SiriusXM Canada’s Top Comic finalist, has performed multiple times overseas for NATO soldiers, and toured with Just For Laughs “Comedy Night In Canada” Tour hosted by Rick Mercer. Myles headlined the 2022 Grey Cup Festival and has performed at Moncton’s Hubcap Comedy Festival, Okanagan Comedy Festival & the Riot Comedy Festival in Houston, TX. Myles narrated CityTV’s Dirt Farmers for 3 seasons and his albums can regularly be heard on SiriusXM.

Shayma Tash

Las Vegas, NV

Shayma Tash

Shayma Tash is known for her original characters, edgy material and ability to connect with the audience. Alumni of The World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Shayma worked alongside such iconic Comedians as Joe Rogan, Sebastian Maniscalco and Whitney Cummings among many others. She has toured the globe, performing for US troops in Afghanistan, Bosnia and throughout the US, Europe and Asia. She has over 50 TV appearances under her belt which makes her a seasoned veteran. Shayma currently performs her stand up regularly, on the Las Vegas Strip, in ‘Fantasy’, known as one of the most successful, long standing shows in the history of Las Vegas entertainment.

Sunee Dhaliwal

Calgary, AB

Sunee Dhaliwal

Sunee is one of the fastest rising stars on the Canadian comedy scene. He has performed in comedy festivals such as Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Halifax Comedy Festival and JFL Northwest. He has worked with such talents as Tom Segura, Jim Belushi, Bryan Callen, Tony Rock, Mike MacDonald, Jo Koy, Sugar Sammy and Charlie Murphy. Sunee can regularly be heard on XM Radio and has done his very own Comedy Now! special, which airs on CTV. A few years from now, he will have you saying "I saw him when he appeared at The Edmonton Comedy Festival”

Tyler Hawkins

Edmonton, AB

Tyler Hawkins

Tyler’s irreverent act won him the Homegrown Comedy Competition at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, earned him his own national special on both the Comedy Network and CTV and has led him to be featured on national radio multiple times. Tyler is from Edmonton but he’s performed throughout North America from Boston to Seattle to the Sunset Strip gracing such stages as The Comedy Store, The Improv and The Comedy Underground in Seattle.

2023 Festival Performers

Aimée Beaudoin

Andrew Grose

Anjelica Scannura

James O’Hara

Jeff Halaby

Jeremy Furlong

Lamont Ferguson

Leland Klassen

Myles Morrison

Shayma Tash

Sunee Dhaliwal

Tyler Hawkins

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