Brent Butt heading to Vernon for stand-up performance

VERNON – Saskatchewan born funny man Brent Butt will be taking to the stage at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre for a night of his award-winning stand-up comedy.

The Vancouver based comedian, well known for his small town comedy TV show Corner Gas, will be performing stand up Mar. 20.

Butt has an impressive resume when it comes to comedy, becoming a regular at Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival, winning the Best Male Stand-Up in Canada award at the 2001 Canadian Comedy Awards and hosting the JUNO Awards in 2005. The creator and star of Corner Gas also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013.

You can get tickets here.

For a limited time, early ticket buyers will also receive a Brent Butt T-shirt and a chance to meet the star after the show.


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Ben Bulmer

After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.