Food Source presents Yuk Yuk’s comedy event at Academy

The Kawartha Lakes Food Source presents its fourth annual Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Event headlining Laurie Elliott and Ian Sirota. These comedy powerhouses will be coming to the Academy Theatre on Saturday, February 1, 2020 to entertain and amuse in support of Kawartha Lakes Food Source. The evening goes from 8-9:30 pm and is an age of majority event.

Are you looking for that perfect Christmas gift for friends or family? Why not give the gift of an experience that will be cherished for years to come, all while supporting your community?

Tickets are $40 (tax included) and all proceeds go to the Kawartha Lakes Food Source.  They are available at the Academy Theatre Box Office or online at www.academytheatre.ca.  Additional convenience fees will apply. 

Laurie Elliott is a stand-up comic, actor and television writer.  She is a winner of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award and is a four-time winner of Best Female Stand Up at The Canadian Comedy Awards.

Ian Sirota has opened for: Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Dennis Miller, Robin Williams and Dana Carvey and headlines comedy clubs across North America. Ian was a regular cast member and writer for Comedy Inc., Comedy Now, Gutterball Alley and many more. Ian has been nominated for not one but two Gemini Awards including “Best Comedy Performance”.

For Kawartha Lakes Food Source, this past year has been a particularly hard one, with KLFS member food bank usage increasing and donations unfortunately decreasing. We have been able to help keep more people from feeling the ache of hunger with the opening of our own food bank, the Lindsay Community Food Market, however the statistics have been displaying a distressing picture of more and more of our communities’ residents being unable to make ends meet.

This is why fundraisers like the Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Event are so very important! Come enjoy a barrel full of laughs while helping the vulnerable and food insecure in our region.