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The 2026 Festival will be from March 18-21 in Cornwall, Ottawa, Smiths Falls, and Petawawa. Here is your Amazing Lineup

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Serge Nkusi is a stand-up comedian who began his comedy journey at 20, though his passion started much earlier. Known as the class clown growing up, he discovered his love for comedy at eight years old after watching Russell Peters’ Comedy Now! special and realizing that was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

Since stepping on stage, Serge has been dedicated to his craft, winning Yuk Yuk’s Mike MacDonald’s Summer Comedy Competition and the Laugh Lounge Summer Comedy Competition in 2025, followed by Yuk Yuk’s Battle of the Generations in 2026

Christina Muehlberger, originally a seasoned improviser, got her start in stand-up in late 2017. Chrisitna has brought her awkwardness and storytelling style to shows all over Ontario, including opening for Tom Green and Jon Dore. Christina has won the Yuk Yuks summer competition and her one-woman show at Ottawa Fringe won Best of Fest.

Dan Allaire’s passion for comedy and story telling is obvious the minute you see him on stage. He’s a regular at Yuk Yuk’s Clubs, having performed in Ottawa(headline), Oshawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls and Halifax. Dan had headlined many small theatres, pubs, breweries, wineries and other venues all over. He has showcased for Just For Laughs and has appeared at the Portland Maine Comedy Festival, the Cornwall Comedy Festival and HumourFest in Quebec City.

At a young-ish age, Alex Wood is already a stand-up comedy veteran. His high energy style mixes finely tuned jokes and storytelling that’s been seen at some of the best comedy clubs and theatres in the world. Wood has been seen on NBC Peacock, CBC, Just for Laughs, Kevin Hart’s LOL Network and Sirius XM.

Along with performing he is an accomplished writer having been published in Vice, The Beaverton and his comedic memoir on sobriety “Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea” published with Arsenal Pulp in 2021.

Kyle Brownrigg is a JUNO Award winning comedian for his sophomore comedy album “A Lylebility.” In 2019 he was a finalist in SiriusXM's Top Comic Competition, one of JFL42's New Faces, was selected for the prestigious Just for Laughs Homegrown show, and as a result he was awarded the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Breakout Artist.

In May 2022 Brownrigg released his debut Just for Laughs comedy special 'Introducing Lyle' on Crave which was one of the highest trending comedy specials of the year. Kyle can be seen on many television series such as Roast Battle Canada, The Standup Show with Jon Dore, Comedy Night with Rick Mercer, Humour Resources, The New Wave of Stand-up, and The Halifax Comedy Festival on CBC. He is also a regular on the hit CBC Radio show The Debaters. 

Kyle is also a national touring stand-up comedian that has performed across the entire country including the Arctic. With his years of experience and unique style of joke writing and delivery, Kyle Brownrigg is certainly someone you don't want to miss.

Chris Borris, shortly after beginning to perform stand-up comedy and won the Crackup Comedy Competition. Since then he has worked with some of the best comedians, including Tom Green, Ahren Belisle and Gerry Dee. He has performed at the Arctic Comedy Festival in Iqaluit, where he hosted a show for Just for Laughs. He is the creator, producer and frequent headliner of The Horrible Show. Chris is a husband, father and education worker. He continues to grow his audience through live performances, social media and producing shows that spotlight diverse comedic voices.