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ShowbizMonkeys.com is sometimes lucky enough to cover major events and festivals in film, music, comedy, and pop culture. Whether a major international spectacle like the Academy Awards or a more regional festival like the Winnipeg Folk Festival, we're on the scene with interviews, photos, video, and special commentary.
Just for Laughs Preview: 3 more performers to catch in the festival's second week
Posted by: Paul Little • July 26, 2011 @ 12:01pm
As the second week of Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival rolls on, there are still a host of amazing shows on the horizon. As we've said before, this festival continues to bring in some of the best comics in the world, and we've got three more that you definitely don't want to miss should you be in Montreal for the festival this week.
Just for Laughs has become synonymous with comedy -- not just in Canada, but around the world. The Montreal-based festival, which began in 1983, has served as the launching point for comedians for decades, while also featuring some of the world's biggest comedy names year after year.
Just for Laughs Preview: 3 must-see shows as the comedy festival gets underway
Posted by: Paul Little • July 22, 2011 @ 3:49am
Every year, the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal hosts the best mix of comedic talent from around the world.
Despite its relatively small size, Winnipeg knows how to throw a summer party! From late June until the end of August, this prairie city known mostly for its cold winters and newly-returning hockey team comes alive with festival after festival celebrating music, theatre, and culture.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Sunday Photo Gallery
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 12, 2011 @ 7:59pm
The Winnipeg Folk Festival finished its five-day celebration of folk, roots, and traditional music on Sunday with another day of beautiful (and sunburn-inducing) weather and a solo performance by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Saturday Photo Gallery
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 10, 2011 @ 3:59pm
Saturday was a busy day for ShowbizMonkeys.com at the 2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival! We interviewed a couple critical and audience favourites -- Vancouver singer/songwriter Dan Mangan and Winnipeg folk-pop band Imaginary Cities.
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Friday Photo Gallery
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • July 9, 2011 @ 1:26pm
Friday evening brought the first rain of the festival (not the most fun for our first night camping at the festival campground), but most of the day was sunny, hot, and humid. Highlights from Friday's line-up included Dan Mangan, k.d.
Tegan and Sara energize the usually chilled Winnipeg Folk Festival crowd on Thursday night
Posted by: Paul Little • July 8, 2011 @ 2:40am
Thursday night at the 2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival featured some pleasant surprises, but it was indie folk mainstays Tegan and Sara who rocked the Bird's Hill Park field to a delighted and uncharacteristically raucous crowd.
The 38th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off Five Days in July with Wednesday headliners Blue Rodeo
Posted by: Paul Little • July 6, 2011 @ 11:21pm
Back in 1993, the iconic Canadian roots-rock band Blue Rodeo released their album Five Days in July, probably their most defining work in their nearly three decades as a band.
The 10 Worst Oscar Best Picture Winners of All Time
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • March 6, 2011 @ 3:31pm
In the wake of the grandest celebration of film, one must inevitably ponder the value of such an affair: the millions spent on deluxe cuisine, haute-couture and party favors; the endless road blocks manned by legions of the LAPD, their hands quivering in switch-blade readiness inches above their nightsticks; not to mention the monumental production and advertising costs.
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