{"id":172797,"date":"2026-08-18T17:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/172797\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T17:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:46:38","slug":"josh-johnson-brings-his-comedy-band-camp-to-montreal-for-4-hilarious-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/172797\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Johnson brings his Comedy Band Camp to Montreal for 4 hilarious shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Josh Johnson\u2019s Comedy Band Camp is a stand up and live music experience that brings together all the community of being in one big band and all the nostalgia of summer camp. This is the camp experience Josh never had so he made it for you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/josh-224x300.webp\" alt=\"Josh Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-84017\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With over 11 million followers across his social media, Josh Johnson was recently called \u201cthe funniest guy on the internet\u201d by WIRED and is one of the industry\u2019s fastest-rising names in comedy. He is an Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up comedian, actor, and NAACP award-winner from Louisiana by way of Chicago. Johnson is currently a rotating host and correspondent on Comedy Central\u2019s Emmy &amp; Peabody Award-winning program The Daily Show where he was previously a writer for seven years. Johnson is also a former writer and performer on NBC\u2019s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he made his late-night debut in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most recently, in May 2026, Johnson released his first HBO stand up special, Symphony, which spent its debut week on the platform in the top 10 of all movies, reaching number 3 a few days in. Earning rave reviews with fans and critics alike, the LA Times described Johnson\u2019s use of music in Symphony as \u201ca canvas to paint a funny, layered portrait of the human experience,\u201d and went on to say that \u201cwith stories focused on surviving a rowdy family, moments of loneliness, struggles with faith, and navigating our deepest human relationships, Johnson\u2019s abilities as a pensive storyteller are conducted masterfully. The result is an hour that helps showcase his refined comedic voice, surprise the audience and sound the trumpets for his next round of touring.\u201d In the UK, The Guardian noted that \u201cto call him a disruptor of the conventional comedy career path would be a heavy understatement; Johnson is playing by his own rules and the comedy cognoscenti around the world are undoubtedly watching with a keen eye\u2026 for those who have been following Johnson\u2019s body of work for the past decade, you\u2019ll know that it\u2019s not hyperbole to describe him as a generational comedian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s reach is truly global; his YouTube channel alone has surpassed half a billion views, and he recently completed his sold-out FLOWERS TOUR, which spanned 112 cities worldwide. He is also a prolific writer and performer who puts out weekly stand up sets on his YouTube channel. In 2025, Johnson released 38 hours of topical stand up material that was performed in front of a live audience. When not on television, Johnson headlines major theaters, clubs, and festivals, continuing to cement his status as one of the most essential voices in modern comedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, September 4, 2026 at 7:00pm and 10:00pm<br \/>Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 5:00pm and 8:30pm<br \/>L\u2019Olympia<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To purchase your tickets, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympiamontreal.com\/en\/programmation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.olympiamontreal.com\/en\/programmation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.olympiamontreal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Johnson\u2019s Comedy Band Camp is a stand up and live music experience that brings together all the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26724,10244,55128,11326,50],"class_list":["post-172797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-comedian","tag-comedy","tag-lolympia","tag-live-events","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}