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<\/a>\u201cWe\u2019ve had several years to plan this, so it\u2019s all of the best comics,\u201d he says. \u201cSeptember 11 it\u2019s Mike Delamont, [then in future nights] it\u2019s DJ Demers, it\u2019s Sophie Buddle, it\u2019s Phil Hanley. It\u2019s just really incredible acts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The early show will follow a traditional MC\/middle\/headliner formula but McGeough says that he is incredibly excited to be partnering with Comedy Here Often? (part of 604 Records) for the second show, which will bring a new dynamic to the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re an excellent brand,\u201d says McGeough. \u201cThey really care about putting on good shows and supporting Canadian talent in a way that the other big brands in the country really don\u2019t. We\u2019re really excited to be working with them and we will be sponsoring them on a late show.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local comedian Dan Duvall has been a mainstay in Victoria\u2019s pro-am circuit for years and signed on as the Comedy Here Often? Podcast network director last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs everything was shutting down, I saw an opportunity,\u201d says Duvall. \u201cI talked to Jonathan Simkin, who\u2019s the owner at 604 and Comedy Here Often?, about starting a podcast. After a bunch of talks he brought me on to be the podcast network director and we went from five podcasts to 38 podcasts over the course of a year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duvall says that when restrictions started to lift, they started filming shows at the Victoria Event Centre and Canoe Club. Comedy Here Often? attached its name to the online content and it\u2019s blown up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe film all of the shows and pay the comics if we use the clips, so they\u2019re making extra money on top of their shows, we get content, and the venues get featured, so all ships rise, and it\u2019s good for Canadian comedy across the board,\u201d says Duvall. \u201cEveryone is winning and nobody is being taken advantage of at Comedy Here Often? It\u2019s an artists-first independent label, like we\u2019ve always been with music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duvall says that come September, they will be paired exclusively with Hecklers for the Comedy Here Often? Presents the Late Show every Saturday night. McGeough says that the Late Show will have a little bit of a looser format.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be more guest spots and people dropping in to do sets, and a few more local comedians, but generally the same headliner and middle that we have for the 7:00 show,\u201d says McGeough.<\/p>\n
Duvall says that his show pairs well with Bryan O\u2019Gorman\u2019s show at Hermann\u2019s Jazz Club because it\u2019s also a pro show, which means there will be more comics coming to town.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes Victoria a more viable option for comics to come if they can do a couple of shows and stick around for a bit, which we really didn\u2019t have before,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cEverybody wants to come out here. Come fall, Victoria will have a big-city comedy scene.\u201d<\/p>\n