The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Created by the Osborne Village Cultural Centre in collaboration with CBC Radio, performances from the festival are also broadcast as a radio series on CBC Radio One and as a television series on The Comedy Network.
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