About Just for Laughs Chicago

With 25 years of experience running the world's largest and most prestigious comedy festival and a reputation for fresh and innovative thinking, Just For Laughs and TBS will collaborate as TBS presents a "Very Funny" Festival: Just For Laughs. The ground-breaking U.S. comedy festival will hit Chicago, IL June 17-21, 2009.

The five-day festival will include more than 70 shows throughout various venues across the Chicago area and will feature performances from such top-name comedians as Ellen DeGeneres, George Lopez, Bill Engvall, Lisa Lampanelli, Jimmy Fallon, David Alan Grier, Russell Peters, Louis CK, Jim Jefferies, Bob Odenkirk and Andy Dick. From concert events to TV tapings, “Nasty Shows” to cutting-edge talent and homegrown performances featuring the best local Chicago comedians, sketch and improv performers and troupes – the first edition of Just For Laughs Chicago is about to blow you away!

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