Ladyfest Toronto — What is it?
Ladyfest Toronto is a community-run festival that celebrates femme, queer, and non-binary voices in comedy. Born in Montreal and relaunched in Toronto in 2023, Ladyfest showcases stand-up, sketch, improv, drag, clown, variety, and storytelling. Our goal is to create opportunities, build community, and highlight the hilarious and talented performers who are too often left out of the spotlight. One love, no jerks.
Inaugural Festival Recap
Ladyfest Toronto launched in November 2023 with 12 shows across 6 venues, platforming more than 60 artists. The festival created space for femme, queer, and non-binary comedians and featured stand-up, sketch, improv, drag, clown, variety, and storytelling.
Audiences came out for Ma’am You’re Making a Scene, Powerbottom Girls, Sketchpiercer, Joy Provision Presents, Women of Comedy, Muslim Girls, Lily’s Garden Variety, Infinite Yaass!, That’s Hot, Campfire Cabaret, and more, including a special partnership with Howl and Roar Records and an album recording with Zabrina Douglas.
The atmosphere across all venues was warm, joyful, and inclusive, with audiences eager to laugh in spaces that reflect their experiences. Over four days, Ladyfest brought together emerging voices and established performers, showing the strength and range of Toronto’s comedy community. 🩵⚡One love, no jerks. ⚡🩵
What’s Next
We are producing two Winnipeg Comedy Festival submission tapings this year. Stay tuned here for more event announcements.
🩵⚡HELLO BB ANGELS ⚡🩵
Did you miss us? We missed you! Ladyfest is back in the biz to work with powerhouse Producer Beata Rasitsan to bring you “UNTAPED POTENTIAL” two live comedy tapings in one night featuring some of the funniest, friendliest, and foiiiiiiiine unrepresented, untapped, and untaped talent that Toronto has to offer.
Ladyfest is a Montreal-born festival we brought to Toronto to celebrate and platform femme and non-binary folk, comedy, and everyone celebrating "ladies"! You get to come cheer these unrepresented stars before they make it BIG, and they get to delight you with their jokes as they pursue their festival dreams! Sounds like a win-win to us!
So come cheer, cackle, and chortle your way through a night of unforgettable comedy at Comedy Bar East. As always, one love, no JERKS!
TITLE: UNTAPED POTENTIAL - Two Live Taping Comedy Showcases
TIME: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 7 PM & 9 PM
LOCATION: Comedy Bar East