Comedy in Quebec
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Comedy is a vast cultural sector in Quebec, whose promotion and development are in part ensured by the Association des professionnels de l'industrie de l'humour (APIH).{{cite web|url=https://apih.ca/a-propos|publisher=APIH|title=A propos|date=29 November 2011|access-date=9 July 2021}}
The École nationale de l'humour, located in Montreal, is an institution that trains Quebec comedians.{{cite web|url=https://enh.qc.ca/a-propos/|title=Passion, diversite, innovation|publisher=ENH|access-date=9 July 2021}}
The Gala Les Olivier rewards talented comedians.{{cite web|url=https://apih.ca/gala-les-oliviers|title=Gala Les Olivier|date=29 November 2011|publisher=APIH|access-date=9 July 2021}}
Comedy festivals
Quebec hosts many comedy festivals, including:
- Just for Laughs{{cite web|url=https://placedesarts.com/en/theme/just-laughs|publisher= Place des Arts|title=Just For Laughs|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- ComediHa! Fest-Québec{{cite web|url=https://comedihafest.com/|publisher=Videotron|title=ComediHa! Fest-Quebec|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Grand Montréal Comique{{cite web|url=https://grandmtlcomique.com/|publisher=Grand Montreal Comique|title=Une idee de fous|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Zoofest{{cite web|url=https://www.zoofest.com/TheFestival/About|title=A propos|publisher=Zoofest|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Festival d'humour d'Alma{{cite web|url=https://festivalhumouralma.com/|publisher=Festival d'humour d'Alma|title=Festival d'humour d'Alma|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Festival d'Humour de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue{{cite web|url=https://festivaldhumour.com/|title=Festival d'humour|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Festival d'Humour de Gatineau{{cite web|url=http://humourgatineau.com/|title=DE RETOUR SELON LES RÈGLES.|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Festival de la Blague de Drummondville{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/09/02/on-rira-a-drummondville|title=On rira a Drummondville|date=2 September 2019 |publisher=Journal de Montreal|access-date=9 July 2021}}
- Festival MiniFest{{cite web|url=https://festivalminifest.com/2019/lundi.html|title=Programmation|publisher=Festival MiniFest|access-date=9 July 2021}}
Features
Quebec humour has long been expressed through very popular periodicals entirely devoted to the genre, whether through literature, illustration or comics. Quebec's journals have their own cartoonists who publish humouristic comics.{{cite book|first1=Robert |last1=Aird |first2=Mira |last2=Falardeau |title=Histoire de la caricature au Québec|editor=VLB éditeur|date=July 2010|publisher=VLB éditeur |isbn=9782896490189}}
References
This article has been totally or partially translated from the French-language Humour québécois.
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See also
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