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{{About|the comedy festival in Montreal}} {{short description|Comedy festival held in Montreal, Canada}} {{Infobox recurring event | name = Just for Laughs<br>''Juste pour rire'' | logo = | image = Victor JustForLaughs trademark.jpg | caption = "[[#Mascot|Victor]]", the Just for Laughs trademark mascot | location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada | years_active = 1982–2024, 2025-present | founded = {{start date and age|1982|07|14}} | dates = | genre = [[Comedy festival]] | attendance = | patron = | website = {{URL|hahaha.com}} }} '''Just for Laughs''' ({{langx|fr|'''Juste pour rire'''}}) is a [[comedy festival]] that is held every July in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Founded in 1982, it is the largest international comedy festival in the world.<ref>{{cite news|author=Georgia Brown|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/mar/16/scotland.canada.australia|title=Five top comedy festivals around the world|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 16, 2007|access-date=June 5, 2013|location=London|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202173154/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/mar/16/scotland.canada.australia|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the festivals themselves, Just for Laughs also developed, produced, and distributed other forms of comedy entertainment, such as television programming.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Distribution {{!}} Just For Laughs |url=https://www.hahaha.com/en/distribution |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.hahaha.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401002359/https://www.hahaha.com/en/distribution |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2024, it was announced that Just for Laughs as a business went bankrupt, and consequently, all of its festivals were cancelled. The media speculated about its future in Montreal, and how it could be uncertain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sacre Bleu! Just For Laughs Files For Bankruptcy. Now What For Big Comedy? {{!}} Decider |url=https://decider.com/2024/03/05/sacre-bleu-just-for-laughs-files-for-bankruptcy-now-what-for-big-comedy/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305205353/https://decider.com/2024/03/05/sacre-bleu-just-for-laughs-files-for-bankruptcy-now-what-for-big-comedy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May, however, ComediHa, another Quebec-based company specializing in comedy, announced its acquisition of several assets, including the festival. It was then announced that the anglophone festival would go on,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Just For Laughs MONTRÉAL {{!}} Just For Laughs |url=https://montreal.hahaha.com/en |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=montreal.hahaha.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725161215/https://montreal.hahaha.com/en |url-status=live }}</ref> albeit smaller, and without the usual televised galas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowrie |first=Morgan |date=26 June 2024 |title=Montreal will have a (scaled-down) Just for Laughs festival this summer after all |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/just-for-laughs-festival-back-1.7247357 |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=CBC |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715023540/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/just-for-laughs-festival-back-1.7247357 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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