In Honour Of Earth Month, GOCF Will Donate $1 From Every Ticket Sold Across Canada Throughout The Month April To veritree
The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF), one of North America’s premier destinations for live comedy, is thrilled to reveal the final headliner for the inaugural 2026 Mississauga weekend lineup slated to take place at Erindale Park in Mississauga this September 12-13. At this first event of its kind to take place in Erindale Park “joke machine” and master of crowd work Jeff Arcuri will be returning to the GTA to perform his Fresh Cut set on his biggest stage to date. He will perform on Saturday, September 12, along with fearless storyteller Brad Williams and Disgraceful podcast host and NYC comic Grace O’Malley.
A Good Cause
One dollar ($1) from every ticket sold to Jeff Arcuri’s Saturday, September 12 evening show will be donated to support Breast Cancer Care at Trillium Health Partners’ Carlo Fidani Regional Cancer Centre. The Carlo Fidani Regional Cancer Centre cares for 2.2 million people in Mississauga, Peel, Halton, and surrounding communities, providing high-quality breast cancer preventative and surgical care.
Individual show tickets are on sale Friday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m. ET, with limited weekend passes available now, giving fans the opportunity to take in every show throughout the festival.
Opening Night and Weekend Lineup
Kicking off the weekend on Friday, September 11 is John Mulaney, joined by very special guests Nick Kroll, Mike Birbiglia, and Fred Armisen. Saturday, September 12 begins with an afternoon headlined by Adam Ray is Dr. Phil Live, with Ms. Pat and T.J. Miller, and the weekend wraps on Sunday, September 13 with a co-headline set from Hasan Minhaj (of Netflix fame) and Ronny Chieng, with special guest Michael Kosta, and an afternoon show co-headlined by Matt Mathews and Jordan Jensen, with an opening set by Katherine Blanford.
For a festival that calls the great outdoors home, giving back to it only feels right. In honour of Earth Month, GOCF is partnering with veritree, a data-driven platform that connects mission-driven companies with verified, nature-based restoration projects around the world. For every ticket sold across Canada in April, GOCF will donate $1 to veritree, contributing to their mission to help restore the planet by planting one billion verified trees by 2030.
MISSISSAUGA, ON | ERINDALE PARK | SEPTEMBER 11-13
Sept 11 – John Mulaney, Nick Kroll, Mike Birbiglia, Fred Armisen
Sept 12 (Afternoon) – Adam Ray is Dr. Phil Live, Ms. Pat, T.J. Miller
Sept 12 (Evening) – Jeff Arcuri: Fresh Cut ft. Brad Williams and Grace O’Malley
Sept 13 (Afternoon) – Matt Mathews and Jordan Jensen, Katherine Blanford
Sept 13 (Evening) – Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta
ABOUT THE GREAT OUTDOORS COMEDY FESTIVAL & THE GREAT OUTDOORS COMMUNITY FUND
The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF) is an inclusive and safe experience that celebrates and features all forms of performance comedy, from locals to superstars. Since 2021, GOCF has supported the beautiful communities and parks we visit through donations and the power of laughter, with that commitment further bolstered by the creation of the Great Outdoors Community Fund. The community fund is dedicated to three pillars of support: Arts & Culture, Mental Health, and Sustainability, ensuring our impact reaches across diverse areas of need in the communities we serve.
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