HB’s Lounge is starting what they will hope will be an annual event — The Lethbridge Comedy Festival. Yuk Yuks stand-up comics from across Canada will be performing  throughout the week.

 Lori Gibbs, Jasen Fredrickson and Scott Dumas are performing at HB’s Lounge beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $10 per show or $25 for three shows, $50 for all five shows. 

Lori Gibbs — www.myspace.com/goddesslori  

http://www.lorigibbs.ca/ 

You just can’t help but fall in love with the Queen of Fun. This irresistable comedian has become a favorite on comedy stages across Canada and was a finalist in the Great Canadian Laugh Off, beating out hundreds of competitors. Her ability to instantly connect with an audience has made her one of the most sought-after comedians working today. Her comedy is genuine, surprising, and wonderfully energetic, appealing to both men and women. As versatile as she is funny, Lori turns any event into a fun time. Playfully leaping between the roles of Goddess, Best Friend, and Shameless Flirt, Lori really does have something for everyone. Once Lori shows up to your event, all you have to do is sit back and laugh.

Influences

John Pinette, Robert Mac, Ellen DeGeneres, Roseanne Barr, Jerry Seinfeld, Alan Alda, Larry David, Garry Shandling, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Jack Black, Ryan Stiles, Brent Butt, Steve Carell, Seth Rogan, Ryan Hamilton, Rob Little, Gilson Lubin, Kenny Robinson, Will Ferrell, Dwight Slade, Bill Murray and the comics who LOVE their jobs!

TV Shows

http://www.yukyukslaughoff.com/news.php?nid=4

Jasen Fredrickson — http://jasenfredrickson.com

Having been born in the seventies, raised in the eighties, graduated from the nineties, and married with children in the two thousandths, has blessed Freddy with a peculiar stance on what is “normal”. His friendly demeanor immediately has you comfortable enough to hitch a ride on his Happy Fun Bus for an exhilarating ride down a bent and twisted highway of the absurd.

Winner of Calgary’s funniest new comedian in 2002, he quickly became a local favorite and has toured extensively across Canada. “Oh my God…”, “…Funniest guy I’ve ever seen,” “He could make the dead laugh,” are just some of the comments that have been said of his show.

Not to be missed, Jasen Fredrickson is one comedian that is destined for greatness, but don’t take our word for it. Get on board, hang on tight, and get ready for one crazy amazing happy fun trip with one crazy amazing happy fun guy! 

Scott Dumas — http://www.scottdumas.com/

After graduating from Carleton University in Ottawa with a degree in Psychology, Doom (that's what they call him) took the next logical step that anyone with such a prestigious certificate would make. He pursued a career in life insurance sales. Two years of commission-less paydays later, he took his sales and financial skills, as well as his knowledge of the human psyche and got a job hustling mortgages at Bank of Montreal. It took seven years before he put two-and-two together and didn’t come up with four. He realized that people are screwed up…. because of money. In 1997, he moved to Calgary, quit his job and decided to pursue something else. He had no idea it would be stand-up comedy.Within six months he was performing shows for Yuk Yuk’s and within a year had performed at all Yuk Yuk’s venues in Western Canada. He was a finalist in the Alberta’s Search for Funniest New Comic in 1999, and has showcased for the Just For Laughs in 2001, 2004 and 2007. He has performed for numerous corporate functions, fundraisers and golf tournaments as a member Yuk Yuks’ Western Canada Roster. Doom can also be heard on XM radio talking about his mom's nipples. 

His  fearless attitude and versatility as well as his comfortable presence in front of a camera landed him a job as host of M-Style, a “Maxim Magazine” type show on Men TV on the digital network. Look for it on channel 97, where the show is played 6 days a week, 3 times per day. In the early months of 2008, Doom headlined his first tour through his home province of Ontario and then headed for the east coast telling "nutty" stories from one end of the Trans-Canada to the other. Start looking for him on a regular basis "zig-zagging" across the country. There isn’t enough humidity, hostility or garbage strikes to keep him away.

Doom is also a published writer who regularly contributes to Vex Magazine, a Calgary-based men's lifestyle magazine. In the past 2 years he has interviewed and written articles on Tom Cochrane, Mike  Keenan, Craig Conroy and Kaleb Toth, to name a few. 

This military brat has an overwhelming urge to travel and has taken him to a dozen different countries in the last 10 years. He saw the sun rise up over Tokyo, Japan on January 1, 2000. He scalped tickets at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia as well as the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whether it’s Watrous, Saskatchewan or Luangphabang, Laos, Doom will dazzle you with wacky stories about life on the road.