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14 Wednesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
News<br />
Lincoln comedy festival back in action<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
AWARD-WINNING Irish<br />
comedian Alan McElroy will<br />
return to this year’s comedy<br />
festival in Lincoln.<br />
It is the fifth year of the Live in<br />
Lincoln event, which will be held<br />
on Saturday, October 17, with last<br />
year’s MC McElroy performing his<br />
own set.<br />
Comedian<br />
Ben Hurley,<br />
who is best<br />
known for his<br />
work on TV3’s<br />
topical comedy<br />
panel show 7<br />
Days, will take<br />
David Parlane over MC duties<br />
this year.<br />
Musical duo Fan Brigade and<br />
comedian magician Jarred Fell<br />
will also perform.<br />
Festival organiser David<br />
Parlane said it has been a huge<br />
relief to confirm the show is still<br />
going ahead.<br />
“The industry has done it<br />
tough, we were one of the first<br />
ones to go, events were being<br />
cancelled left right and centre.<br />
“It is a big relief to be able to<br />
go to the performers and staff to<br />
say we have some work for you,’<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Parlane said it is great to be<br />
celebrating the fifth anniversary<br />
FUNNY: Ben Hurley (left) will MC this year’s Live in Lincoln event, which will also feature award-winning comedian Alan McElroy.<br />
The Fan Brigade <br />
of the festival.<br />
“We are super proud to be<br />
able to say five years on and<br />
the comedy night is still on the<br />
calendar of the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District<br />
Jarred Fell<br />
and Canterbury in general.<br />
“We have had some fantastic<br />
acts come through and a great<br />
laugh has been had by all.”<br />
He said this year’s event has a<br />
little something for everyone.<br />
“Ben Hurley has been with<br />
us from the start and for him<br />
to want to come back and<br />
MC our anniversary is pretty<br />
cool, to be able to have that kind<br />
of calibre of comedian is great.<br />
“Alan McElroy MC’d for us<br />
last year and now he wants to do<br />
his own set. Jarred has a brand<br />
new show and the Fan Brigade is<br />
just brilliant.”<br />
We all deserve to have a bit<br />
of a laugh and get ourselves<br />
back into the new normal, Mr<br />
Parlane said.<br />
• Live in Lincoln will<br />
be held on October 17<br />
at the Lincoln Events<br />
Centre. Doors open at<br />
6pm, show starts at<br />
7pm.<br />
Tickets are $44 plus<br />
booking fee and can<br />
be purchased online at<br />
www.liveinlincoln.nz or<br />
locally at Bridgestone<br />
Lincoln or the Crate<br />
and Barrel Leeston.<br />
3 CG EVENTS presents<br />
LIVE IN LINCOLN<br />
Ben<br />
Hurley<br />
Jarred<br />
Fell<br />
Alan<br />
McElroy<br />
The Fan<br />
Brigade<br />
comedy night [<br />
R18 ]<br />
5 t h ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL<br />
sat 17 oct in lincoln<br />
tickets on sale now www.liveinlincoln.nz
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