Join Janelle Niles and Jenn Hayward from Got Land? Indigenous Comics for a Stand-Up Comedy workshop and show! it'll take place Saturday March 16th, 2024 at the Mohawk Community Centre, with the workshop running from 12 to 5 p.m. with a 7 p.m. performance!

Comedy show (ONLY) in the evening you do not need to register
To register for the WORKSHOP, please email Brandon at icwsw@mbq-tmt.org.

Here we go with Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame Festival 2024

February 22nd - 120 King St. W, Hamilton, Canada, L8P 4V2

10:30PM ET

Expressing solidarity through humour or just telling jokes, our group of comedians will keep you on the edge of your seat! Stand-up comedy show you must see! Full indigenous lineup.

Host Janelle Niles, her mentor and headliner Don Kelly with acts by Kevin Shawanda, Denise B McLeod, and Patrick Cheechoo!

January 26th,  2024 - 7:30PM ET
Online comedy show
Register Info@theindigenousnetwork.com

he Citizen Minutes short film series highlights ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things to make their communities better places. Changemakers who inspire us to jump in and get involved in civic issues close to our homes and hearts.

www.citizenminutes.ca

Monday, November 27, 2023

FREE SCREENING EVENT

Mind Check 1-2,1-2 (RT: 10 mins)

Through his vulnerable art, rapper Akintoye inspires young people to use their voices to bring awareness to mental health struggles.

Janelle Niles: Inconvenient (RT: 9 mins)

Janelle embraces her biracial experience and queer identity, using stand-up to usher in a new era of inclusive, Canadian comedy.

Rising From the Ashes (RT: 11 mins)

Dépanneur Sylvestre in Gatineau, Quebec, reopens using new models of sustainability to stay relevant for another 20 years and beyond.

Nourir les Rêves (RT: 6 mins)

Meet Paul Evra, the young altruistic director of Lasallien Center who is leading the center and their mission to help feed the numerous families in the area who are food insecure.

Ancestral Threads (RT:12 mins)

Follow Joleen Mitton on her mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver’s Indigenous community. A former fashion model, Joleen is now a community leader and founder of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week.

Post-screening panel discussion with Sean Henry and Citizen Minutes changemakers and filmmakers!

FREE | Doors 7 pm | Screening 7:30 pm

Questions about the event? Email: citizenminutes@hotdocs.ca

Presented in partnership with Tamarack Institute, Samara Centre for Democracy, TMU's Democratic Engagement Exchange, CANOO, Mosaic Institute, CBC.

Kwe Kwe'

indigenous comedy is back in Ottawa Ontario this November with your host Jenn Hayward, and headliner Don Kelly. Acts by Hezron Muckpaloo, Randy Schmucker, Chris Lapointe and Got Land's creator and producer Janelle Niles. Got Land? mandate is to bring solidarity through humour and laughter, everyone is welcome to attend. Come laugh all ugly with us.

Location: 1394 Richmond Rd, Ottawa - Biagio's Italian Kitchen
Date: November 12th - Sunday
Time: Doors 7:15PM - Show starts 8:00PM

Snag those tickets before Uncle does, eeEeee!

Poster by #JayBirdDigitalArts

Special Screening + Indigenous Comedy Event at Hot Docs Cinema | Wed Oct 4th, 6:30 pm

Janelle Niles: Inconvenient, a short film commissioned by Hot Docs for the Citizen Minutes series, which highlights ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things to make their communities better places.

Synopsis for JANELLE NILES: INCONVENIENT -Janelle Niles: Inconvenient | Citizen Minutes

Janelle Niles is a Black, Mi’kmaw, two-spirited woman from Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia and a stand-up comedian. Despite a tumultuous upbringing, Janelle embraces her biracial experience and queer identity, using stand-up to usher in a new era of inclusive, Canadian comedy.

We are pleased to invite you to a special screening event happening in Toronto at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on Wednesday, October 4th. The event includes a screening of our film and a presentation of Got Land? Canada's first all-Indigenous comedy show was created by our hero Janelle Niles. The comedy show will feature comedians Don Kelly, Toronto local Denise McLeod, and Janelle with a brief Q&A to follow.

BUY TICKETS HERE - Indigenous Comedy Night: Got Land? Comedy Show & Janelle Niles: Inconvenient Film Screening | Hot Docs

Indigenous Comedy Night

Got Land? Comedy Show and JANELLE NILES: INCONVENIENT Film Screening

on Wednesday, October 4th 

doors open at 6:30 pm show starts at 7 pm 

at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (506 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3)

Buy tickets here for $15.00 per person 

Yuk Yuk's Halifax - Got Land?

July 19th - Wednesday - 8:00PM

Location: 1665 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3H 2P6

Got Land? Indigenous Comedy Show is on tour to Mi'kma'ki. Headliner Clifton Cremo is a Mi'kmaw stand-up comedian from Eskasoni First Nation. In just two short years he became a fixture in the Nova Scotia comedy scene through his deft brand of storytelling and wry absurdism.

Nothing is off limits, particularly when it concerns family and his First Nations heritage.

Janelle Niles of Sipekne'katik First Nation, she's a Two-spirited black/Mi’kmaq comedian and creator of Got Land? Janelle Niles expresses solidarity through humour and tackles tough topics.

Show is happening during the North American Indigenous Games 2023, join us for a night of laughter after a day in the sun!

Poster by Jaybird Digital Arts #JayBirdDigitalArts

| Azrieli Studio | NAC Inidgenous Theatre | 8:00PM | Thursday |

Got Land? is a stand-up comedy variety show where First Nation, Inuit, and Metis entertainers tell jokes and share individual life stories. So keep your ear to the ground and your eyes to the skies, as Got Land? brings its unique style of comedy to National Indigenous History Month! Tell your cousins!

FEATURING
Don Kelly
Janelle Niles
Nicole Etitiq
Vance Banzo
Denise B Mcloed

Check out NAC Indigenous theatre on their website: https://nac-cna.ca/en/indigenoustheatre

Got Land? website: gotlandcomedy.com

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“Got Land?” expresses solidarity through humour. “Got Land?” is a stand-up comedy show where First Nation, Inuk, and Métis entertainers tell jokes and share life stories. Nation to nation comedians showcase their material for allies, the indigenous community, and Winnipeg Comedy Festival audiences.

Venue: Gas Station Arts Centre - 445 River Avenue

Arctic Comedy Festival 2022

Got Land? Indigenous Comedy Show features Indigenous comedians representing various Nations in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nunavut. This show is presented by Northwestel and co-presented by Know History.

Host: Janelle Niles

acts by: Patrick Cheechoo, Mike Bombay, Mary-Lee Aliyak, Peter Autut, Vinne Karetak & Hezron Muckaploo.

Private Online Event - Book your private online event: Contact

Comedians: Host Janelle Niles. Jenn Hayward, Chris Lapointe and Secret Guest.

Headliner: Patrick Cheechoo

Got Land? indigenous comedy show coming to Six Nations territory at the Gathering Glace by the Grand. Half an hour drive from Hamilton & Brantford Ontario.

Private Online Event - Book your private online event: Contact

Private Online Event - Book your private online event: Contact