The first ever Chicago Just for Laughs Festival, full name “TBS Presents A “Very Funny” Festival: Just For Laughs,” is is a five-day comedy festival the likes of which we have never seen. The comedy festival hits Chicago, IL June 17-21, 2009. The Just for Laughs Festival will feature some of the biggest names in comedy at more than 70 events all round the city. Its being called the comedy event of the year (by this website) and will definitely be an event that whoever has Just for Laughs tickets will not forget for a long time. The TBS Very Funny Festival has some of the biggest names in comedy performing, so make sure you’ve got your Just for Laughs tickets to see all the funniness that you can handle.

With comedy stars like Louis CK, George Lopez, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Engvall, David Alan Grier, Russell Peters, Jimmy Fallon, Lisa Lampanelli, Jim Jefferies, Bob Odenkirk and Andy Dick performing, you know that this is going to be a comedy event to remember. make sure that you’ve stocked up on tickets for the Just for Laughs Comedy festival presented by TBS because you don’t want to miss a chance at seeing hilarity like this.

The Just for Laughs Festival is a long running festival in Montreal, and Just for Laughs Montreal tickets have been huge sellers for years. It is known as the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy festival and has earned a reputation a reputation for fresh and innovative thinking. This will be the first time the event the Just for Laughs festival will take place in Chicago. The Very Funny Festival kicks of on June 17 at venues all over Chicago. The Just for Laughs Festival runs for a hilarious Five days, and features more than 70 shows. Get you Just for Laughs Festival tickets and see some of the best stand up acts in the country, along with a bevy of other uproarious comedy events. These include sketch comedy, improvisational, variety shows, movie screenings and even some television tapings. According to chicagoist, local talent will be getting in on the comedy acts as well

“From concert events to TV tapings, “Nasty Shows” to cutting-edge talent and homegrown performances featuring the best local Chicago comedians, sketch and improv performers and troupes – the first edition of Just For Laughs Chicago is about to blow you away!” reads a Turner Networks press release. In addition to seeing a great show, some of those that buy Just for Laughs festival tickets will get a chance to sit in on a taping for upcoming TBS specials. That’s right, TBS will create three original specials form events that take place at the Very Funny Festival. According to Turner, the specials will debut on TBS in June.

The is the first Just for Laughs Festival taking place in the US. Organizers plan on having the event continue as an annual tradition. It is made possible by a new annual partnership that brings together TBS and Montreal’s “Just for Laughs.” According to organizers, “TBS Presents a “Very Funny” Festival: Just for Laughs:” promises to be a landmark event for Chicago, which is home to a rich comedy heritage that includes an abundance of improv and sketch troupes and some of the most familiar names in the business.” More than 70 shows are planned to go down at different venues all over the Chicagoland area. The most special Just for Laughs comedy shows will be hosted at some of Chicago’s most renowned venues, including the The Chicago Theatre and the Rosemont Theatre.

The Just for Laughs comedy Festival will also feature “The Nasty Show [tickets],” a long-time favorite from the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. The Nasty Show will be taped at the Vic Theatre. According to the Turner News (TBS parent) press release, the Nasty Show will be a “collection of cutting-edge talent at the Lakeshore Theater; and homegrown performances featuring the best local Chicago comedians, sketch and improv performers and troupes at such venues as iO Theater, The Lincoln Lodge, The Playground Theater and Annoyance Theater.” There will also be four nights of comedy featuring some of the best Chicago-area comedians at the “Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.”

“TBS is the top comedy network, and we’re proud to bring this great new event to Chicago,” said Turner Entertainment Networks President Steve Koonin. “Just For Laughs is the perfect partner to create a spectacular festival. We’re also excited to use the event to create three specials for TBS.”

“While our festival in Montreal made its humble beginning as a three-night local comedy showcase 27 years ago, Chicago has a rich history in comedy that needs no introduction,” said Just For Laughs President Gilbert Rozon. “We are confident that the elite roster of talent at our inaugural event this summer will secure our status as the premier comedy festival in the United States. So it seems our plan for world domination is coming along rather nicely.”