Scot getting his smile on!
Great news. Laughfest is coming back again 2012, which will be it’s second year in existence. Gilda’s LaughFest was created by a team at Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids in 2011. More than 55,000 people from 25 states and Canada attended the 2011 festival that raised $330,000 for the cancer and grief programs offered by Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids.
You may remember seeing the yellow posters with the smiling mouth all over town and all over Facebook. Get ready to see them again! The upcoming event has a great lineup of some very funny people. LaughFest will include 200 free and ticketed shows that feature 60 artists at 40-plus venues in Grand Rapids during the 10 days of the festival. The event is scheduled from March 8th to the 18th, 2012.
Some of the big-name entertainers that will be performing are : Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Short, Kevin Nealon, Mike Epps, Rodney Carrington, Jim Gaffigan, Anthony Jeselnik, Anjelah Johnson and Bo Burnham and Marc Maron. That is a lot of funny people! Take a look at the official website. If you have time, sign-up to volunteer. You will have a lot of fun, and help support a good cause!
This event is going to be a huge success. Already you can see the buzz coming from the local media, and all over the Internet and Facebook.