Snowed In Comedy Tour funny guys Paul Myrehaug, Pete Zedlacher, Dan Quinn, and Craig Campbell (from left) (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nQuinn says that things are going well with the tour so far this year, with ticket sales in most places doing better than last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ticket sales on opening weekend were double what they were last year,\u201d he says. \u201cI think Victoria will mostly be the same, but in most other places sales were over what we did last year. We\u2019re just selling out way faster this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quinn admits that the future of the tour is an ongoing concern for him, but he\u2019s grateful that, along with new performer additions every time around, each year has been, he says, as fantastic\u2014or more fantastic\u2014as the last.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to be honest\u2014every year I think, \u2018Oh, wow; that was amazing! That\u2019s probably as good as it\u2019s ever going to be.\u2019 Then the next year we go back and it\u2019s even better,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s my favourite time of the year, and I can\u2019t imagine doing anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quinn hopes that at some point they get some exposure that would allow them to play to audiences across Canada comparable in size to the one here in town.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still expanding,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re now in 45 cities this year; our goal is that we\u2019ll get some national exposure that would allow us to play to large audiences right across Canada and maybe into the US or around the world. It\u2019s a pretty good show\u2014you\u2019ve got four guys that are really at the top of their game, and audiences respect that. So it\u2019d be nice to get that and get the exposure and perform night after night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quinn is no stranger to travelling around the globe performing stand-up; he says that his previous experience travelling to places like Amsterdam allows for him to play some interesting shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool, you know,\u201d he says. \u201cI was a farm boy, so for me to be able to go around the world and travel to places that I never thought I\u2019d be able to get to, and not only go there but be able to do a fun show, is great. Amsterdam actually was very interesting\u2014I just dropped into a comedy club and they put me on. It was an all-Dutch night, so I was the only guy speaking English. I\u2019d watch other guys go up and I didn\u2019t understand them but the crowd would laugh, so I figured, \u2018Well, that must have been funny.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Snowed In Comedy Tour
\n8:30 pm Saturday, January 14
\n$42, Royal Theatre
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