May 14, 2022 – 5:23 p.m.

One of Canada’s favorite political comedians will host the Just for Laughs comedy tour when it stops in the South Okanagan this week.

Rick Mercer, who was the star of CBC’s Mercer Report during its run from 2004 to 2018, will host the comedy event at the Cleland Theater on Tuesday, May 17. The stop in Penticton is one of 18 on the tour.

The lineup includes comedians Ramy Dave Merheje who co-stars on STARZ, Just for Laughs favorite Eman El-Husseini and 2018 Juno Award winner Ivan Decker.

Tickets are $60 each, they can be purchased here, and $1 from each admission will be donated to Movember, to raise awareness of men’s health issues.

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