SpeakersLooking to hire a comedian for a corporate event, conference, private party, fundraiser, festival, or special occasion? We help you find and book professional comedians across the United States and Canada, including corporate, bilingual, Indigenous, clean, and stand-up comedians.
Whether you need a headline act for an awards dinner, a comedian who can also host the evening, or an interactive comedy show for a virtual team event, our booking advisors will match the right performer to your audience and budget. Browse the roster, watch the demo videos, and tell us about your event.
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Explore Our List of Comedians Available for Hire
Browse our full roster of comedians available to hire across Canada and the USA. Each profile includes a short bio, location and demo video, so you can watch before you decide. Use the filters to narrow the list by location, budget or comedy style, then add your favourites to My List and request a quote.
Why Hire Comedians Through MCP Talent Agency?
Booking a comedian is about more than picking a funny act. The wrong fit for the room can flatten an evening, and the right one becomes the part people talk about afterwards. MCP Talent Agency takes the guesswork out of the process:- A roster built for real events. Choose from stand-up, improv, musical, magic, impressionist and other comedians based across Canada and the United States.
- Shortlists matched to your audience. Tell us the age range, industry and format of your event, and our booking advisors will recommend comedians who suit the room and your budget.
- See before you book. Profiles include demo videos, and our shareable proposals cover fees, show details and video clips, so your team can compare options together.
- Clean, corporate-ready humour. We can point you to comedians known for workplace-appropriate material, and you can set content boundaries in a pre-event call.
- Flexible budgets. Browse talent by price range, from under $3,500 up to $50,000 and over.
- In person or virtual. Virtual comedy shows and hosts are available alongside live performances.
- Contracts and logistics handled. We present your offer, manage the negotiations, and assign a dedicated logistics manager who confirms staging, sound and travel before showtime.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
“Very funny guy”
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
“Adam was, in a word, FANTASTIC! When it comes to spicing up all day business meetings with a little interactive FUN/ENTERTAINMENT, The Adam Growe Quiz Showscored 90% Event Satisfaction.”
Real Communications Inc.
“I’ve been presenting at events like this for decades and you’re one of the best I’ve ever seen.”
TD Banking Group
“We’re still all talking about your performance. The Quiz Show and your improv with the crowd was hilarious!”
Atlantic Insurance Brokers Conference
Book Comedian in Just 3 Step From MCP Talent Agency
- Tell us about your event, or ask us to check availability for an act you have in mind. We’ll send back a shareable proposal covering fees, show details, and video clips so your team can compare options easily.
- When you’ve made your choice, we present your offer to the entertainer and manage the contract negotiations for you.
- After that, a dedicated logistics manager handles the planning: confirming staging, sound, and travel requirements, and making sure everything is set before showtime.
Frequently Asked Questions About Hiring Comedians
1. What makes a corporate comedian different from a club comedian?
The room, mostly. A club audience chose to be there, paid for tickets, and has been drinking; a corporate audience is at a work function with their boss three seats away. Corporate comedians build material that works without shock value, read a professional room quickly, and recover gracefully when a joke meets silence rather than turning on the audience. Plenty of brilliant club comics struggle at conferences. Look for a track record of corporate dates, not just festival credits.
2. When is a comedian the better choice over a band or another act?
Comedy suits moments when you want the room seated, focused, and sharing one experience: after dinner, between awards, or closing a heavy day of sessions. A band suits moments when you want people out of their chairs and mingling. Comedy also travels lighter, with minimal staging and no dance floor required, which matters in hotel ballrooms with tight turnarounds. Many galas use both: a comedy set while guests are seated, then a band to finish the night.
3. How long should a corporate comedy set run?
Shorter than most planners expect. For a headline after-dinner spot, 45 minutes is the common ceiling, and 20 to 30 minutes is often the sweet spot for awards nights and conferences where the agenda is full. Corporate audiences laugh hard but tire faster than club crowds, especially late in a long day. A tight set that ends with the room wanting more beats a long one that peaks in the middle. Your comedian will have a recommendation; listen to it.
4. Where in the agenda does comedy land best?
After the meal and before the room gets restless. Mid-meal comedy fights cutlery noise and table conversation, and a set scheduled too late collides with tired guests and open bars. If the evening includes awards, placing short comedy segments between award blocks keeps energy up better than one long set at the end. For daytime conferences, a comedy block after lunch fights the afternoon slump well. Whatever the slot, protect it from agenda overruns.
5. Our attendees range from their twenties to their seventies. Can one comedian reach the whole room?
The good ones do it every week, and it’s a fair thing to screen for. Comedians who lean entirely on dated references lose the young half; those who lean on internet culture lose the other. The material that spans generations tends to be observational: family, travel, work, and everyday absurdity. Watch a full set and note whether the references require a particular age to land. Tell your booking advisor about the age range and they’ll shortlist accordingly.
6. Can we review the comedian’s material before the event?
You can set boundaries, but don’t expect a word-for-word script, since stand-up depends on delivery and in-the-moment adjustment. The standard practice is a pre-event call where you flag off-limits topics, sensitive company situations, and anyone in the room who shouldn’t be singled out. Professionals welcome this conversation because it protects them too. If a comedian resists any content discussion at all, or if you feel you need to approve every line, the fit is wrong either way.