{"id":862354,"date":"2026-08-18T09:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862354\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:32:15","slug":"massive-comedy-festival-comes-to-mississauga-for-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862354\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive comedy festival comes to Mississauga for first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One lucky winner will get two tickets to The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF), coming to Mississauga for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p>This huge festival features famous A-list comedians including John Mulaney, Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, and Adam Ray is Dr. Phil Live, as well as Ms. Pat, T.J. Miller, Matt Mathews, Jordan Jensen, and Katherine Blanford.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the two tickets, the contest winner gets a $500 Square One gift card and a Visit Mississauga swag bag full of extra goodies ($1000 total prize value) courtesy of Visit Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840617\" class=\"wp-image-840617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Anthony-Urso-GOCF-July-18th-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-840617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOCF Winnipeg<\/p>\n<p>Coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/greatoutdoorscomedyfestival.com\/cities\/mississauga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mississauga<\/a> for the very first time, The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival is a massive annual festival that\u2019s brought world-class comedians to major cities across Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in Edmonton in 2021, the festival has featured over 175 talented performers, and drawn in massive crowds of over 40,000 attendees, all ready to laugh and have a good time. The event has expanded across Canada, and now it\u2019s here in Mississauga as Ontario\u2019s first time hosting the festival, courtesy of Visit Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840623\" class=\"wp-image-840623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GOCF-Vancouver2025-SydneyButtersPhotography-209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-840623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOCF Vancouver 2025<\/p>\n<p>The event features open-air comedy performances, food trucks, and full festival energy. General admission starts at $102+ for evening shows, while afternoon shows start as low as $51+, with weekend passes from $285+.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840622\" class=\"wp-image-840622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GOCF-Edmonton-July2025-SBPhotography-312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-840622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOCF Edmonton 2025<\/p>\n<p>The contest is live now until Aug. 31, and the randomly selected winner will be drawn on Sept. 1-2. \u00a0Terms and conditions apply.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be notified as soon as they have been selected, so keep an eye on your email\u00a0(check your spam)! Unconfirmed prizes will be re-awarded. Refer to the contest terms and conditions for more information.<\/p>\n<p>You can enter the contest by using the form below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840620\" class=\"wp-image-840620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GOCF-105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-840620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOCF Spokane<\/p>\n<p>Happening rain or shine on Sept. 11-13, The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival will offer laughs and fun all weekend long at Erindale Park, one of Mississauga\u2019s largest green spaces and a 220-acre stretch along the Credit River.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840625\" class=\"wp-image-840625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/R52_6469-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1919\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-840625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOCF Winnipeg<\/p>\n<p>The contest is organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmississauga.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Mississauga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-840618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GOCF_2026-Full-Weekend-MIS_1920x1080.png\" alt=\"\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"447\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-840624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One lucky winner will get two tickets to The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF), coming to Mississauga for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-862354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}