The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF) is bringing comedy superstars Kevin Hart and Russell Peters to Vancouver, closing out the 2023 Canadian summer series. Vancouver’s Stanley Park will be taken over for a wildly hilarious weekend of standup comedy, with Russell Peters on Friday, September 15, and Kevin Hart on Saturday, September 16. Debuting in 2021, the festival has grown coast-to-coast this year with stops in Edmonton, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver.
Emmy & Grammy nominated Kevin Hart was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he launched his career as a comedian during an amateur night. Over the years Hart has become Hollywood’s box office powerhouse, opening eleven films at number one at the box office, grossing more than $4.23 billion in global revenue. Hart has also become a successful Entrepreneur; he is Chairman of Hartbeat; a global, multi-platform media company creating entertainment at the intersection of comedy and culture with a mission to keep the world laughing together. The next generation media company unites Hartbeat Productions’ best-in-class TV & film production with Laugh Out Loud’s expansive distribution network. Hart is also the Founder of HartBeat Ventures. Together, these companies play an integral role in building Hart’s eco-system for extraordinary growth and creativity. Hart continues to develop, star, and produce feature films, television, and podcasts via Hartbeat for his various partners Netflix, Peacock, Sirius XM and Audible. Hart recently toured internationally with his eighth hour of stand-up material titled “The Reality Check” Tour. Kevin Hart filmed his hour in Las Vegas and on July 6 exclusively released it as a comedy special now streaming on Peacock. The tour was named the #1 Comedy Tour of 2022 by Billboard and Hart was awarded the People’s Choice Award for Comedy Act of 2022. In 2020 Hart released his seventh hour long stand-up special, “Zero Fu**ks Given,” which quickly became Netflix’s biggest stand-up special of 2020 and earned him a Grammy nomination for “Best Comedy Album”. Hart also earned Emmy nominations for “Die Hart,” for “Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series” along with an Emmy nomination for his Docu-series, “Don’t F**k This Up”. Kevin is a New York Times Best Selling author twice over and his first Audible original, “The Decision,” was nominated for an Audie award for “Best Original Audiobook in 2021.”
Russell Peters was recently named as one of Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Comics of All Time. Peters gained critical and global recognition in 2004 for his CTV “Comedy Now!” special and soon became the first comedian to sell-out Toronto’s Air Canada Centre in 2007. Peters went on to set attendance records at venues from Madison Square Garden to The Sydney Opera House to London’s O2 Arena – where he broke the UK attendance record for highest number of tickets sold for an individual comedy show.
Joining Russell on Friday night is Reggie Watts, an internationally renowned Musician/Comedian/ Writer/Actor who most recently starred as the bandleader on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Steph Tolev, for what is sure to be an unforgettable night.
The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival is committed to Reconciliation and respectfully acknowledges that our festival is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
“We are grateful to be a guest on their territory,” says Brennan McFaul, Vice President of Nashville based Trixstar Entertainment. “Vancouver is known as an international city that is a tremendous supporter of the arts. We are thrilled to be bringing this diverse lineup of international superstar artists to them in one of the most iconic parks in Canada, if not North America.”
GOCF is also stepping up on sustainability in 2023; focusing on green event practices and committing to paving a path to a more sustainable festival in future years. From reducing its carbon footprint to thoughtful planning around waste, manufacturing and operations – curating a comedy experience that also keeps the earth smiling.
General on sale to the public begins Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 10:00am PT with tickets starting as low as $59 + taxes and fees. VIP Reserved tickets are also available complete with table-side service, early entrance to the grounds and more!
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July 14 & 16 – Edmonton, AB | August 11-13 – Halifax, NS | August 25-27 – Calgary, AB | September 15-16 – Vancouver, BC