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Matt Wright and Guests
December 19, 2015 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
8 pm
Matt Wright was introduced to comedy in the 2012 “Yuk Yuk’s Funniest Newfoundlander” contest; placing 2nd overall in his 3rd ever show and has been touring Canada ever since. In 2015, Matt debuted at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival in 2015 as a national finalist in the JFL Homegrown Competition. Matt Wright has written for “This Hour is 22 Minutes” and has appeared on CBC’s “The Debators” in September 2015. Matt is making his television debut on in 2016 on CBC’s Halifax Comedy Festival.
In 2014, Matt’s debut comedy album “Vasectomy Baby” went to #2 on the iTunes Canadian Comedy charts and was heard frequently on SiriusXM. Matt was selected to perform at Shaun Majumder’s Gathering Festival, the Atlantic Halifax Fringe Festival, and headlined Yuk Yuk’s for the first time. Matt was a national semi-finalist in the SiriusXM “Canada’s Next Top Comic” Competition and “The Overcast” named Matt “Best St. John’s Comedian” in their “Best Of Local People 2014” issue.