1/19/22 - Gilda's 2022 LaughFest Headliners Announced

Gilda's LaughFest begins to roll out the headliners for the March festival.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 19, 2022 – Gilda’s LaughFest, presented by Gun Lake Casino, today announced some of the headliners participating during LaughFest’s festival, March 16-20. Additionally, Justin Willman, magician, comedian and creator of Netflix’s Magic for Humans, will perform during Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids’ 20th anniversary Red Door Gala on March 15.

Headliners and shows announced that are scheduled as part of the festival’s ticketed events include: Clean Comedy Showcase, Maria Bamford, Fortune Feimester, Charlie Berens, and Tone Bell. Other headliners and ticketed events will be announced in the coming days.  

Tickets for all events will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at laughfestgr.org or by searching LaughFest at  www.ticketmaster.com. 

This year’s festival will feature nearly 50 events and seriously fun and funny events for all ages. In addition to headlining acts, there will be free events such as Seriously Funny Adventure Challenge, Sunday Night Funnies, Kids Joke, Family Improv, You Have Two Minutes: Brian Kelly's Favorite LaughFest Portraits, Laughter Yoga, Recovery Showcase, All Ya’ll Showcase, Drum it Out, and more.

The Clean Comedy Showcase will be going on March 16, 17 and 18 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at the Wealthy Theatre. The Clean Comedy showcase features six different comedians performing clean shows that are non-vulgar and sure to make everyone laugh. Performers include LeClerc Andre, Jessi Campbell, Leighann Lord, Nancy Norton, Dwayne Perkins and Gianmarco Soresi.

Kicking off the Festival, Gilda’s Club will celebrate their 20^th anniversary at the Red Door Gala on March 15 at the Steelcase Ballrooms at DeVos Place. The evenings entertainment will be LaughFest alum, Justin Willman a magician and comedian. In 2018, Willman premiered his six-episode magic series on Netflix entitled Magic for Humans with Justin Willman. In March 2020, as Covid spread across the globe, Willman debuted Magic for Humans @Home, a virtual show, which has garnered an audience of over 500,000 people. Information on the Red Door Gala can be found at gildasclubgr.org/reddoor.