{"id":12528,"date":"2026-10-15T11:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agnt.com\/blog\/?p=12528"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:03:37","slug":"how-to-book-a-comedian-for-an-office-party-in-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agnt.com\/blog\/how-to-book-a-comedian-for-an-office-party-in-edmonton\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Book a Comedian for an Office Party in Edmonton (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Booking a comedian for an office party in Edmonton comes down to four things: clean material, how long they perform, where it fits in the evening, and a room that&#8217;s ready to listen. Sort those out, send us your date, venue and guest count, and you can compare options with prices for comedians who are free that day.<\/p>\n<h2>Ask for clean material, and put it in writing<\/h2>\n<p>A work party mixes ages, roles and backgrounds. Ask for clean material, and say so in your request, so we can check it with each comedian. Then give the comedian a short brief:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>who&#8217;s in the room, and roughly how many;<\/li>\n<li>anything to leave alone, such as company news, layoffs or a sensitive topic;<\/li>\n<li>whether they can mention your company or a few in-jokes you send them;<\/li>\n<li>whether you&#8217;re happy for them to talk to the audience, or would rather they didn&#8217;t pick on anyone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How long they perform<\/h2>\n<p>A comedian performs from a microphone to a room that&#8217;s listening. Ask how long they&#8217;d perform, and plan the rest of the evening around it. If you&#8217;d like them to host the night as well, introducing speakers and keeping it on time, say so: that&#8217;s a different job from a single performance.<\/p>\n<h2>Where it fits in the evening<\/h2>\n<p>Pick a moment in your evening when guests are seated and the room is quiet, and tell the comedian when it is. While people are still arriving, eating or at the bar, the room is hard to hold.<\/p>\n<h2>Get the room ready<\/h2>\n<p>Check with your venue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a microphone and a sound system everyone can hear;<\/li>\n<li>light on the spot where the comedian stands;<\/li>\n<li>seats facing that spot, not turned away;<\/li>\n<li>the bar and kitchen quiet during the performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Questions to ask before you book<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>How long do you perform, and can you host the evening too?<\/li>\n<li>Is your material clean, and will you work from our brief?<\/li>\n<li>Have you performed at office parties or corporate events before?<\/li>\n<li>Can you send a short video of a recent show?<\/li>\n<li>Do you talk to the audience during the show?<\/li>\n<li>What do you need from the venue: a microphone, sound, lighting?<\/li>\n<li>If our venue asks for proof of insurance, can you send it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What changes the price<\/h2>\n<p>The price depends on how long they perform, whether it&#8217;s a Saturday or in the holiday season, a second performer, and travel outside Edmonton.<\/p>\n<h2>How booking works with AGNT<\/h2>\n<p>AGNT is a booking company. You send us your date, venue and guest count, and we check which comedians in Edmonton are free that day. We send you options with prices. You pick one, and it&#8217;s booked once the deposit is paid. If your first pick isn&#8217;t free, we&#8217;ll tell you and suggest a similar act who is.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Edmonton comedians you can book through AGNT are <a href=\"https:\/\/agnt.com\/talent\/JimKerr\">Jim Kerr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/agnt.com\/talent\/LeoLangford\">Leo Langford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/agnt.com\/talent\/LisaBaker\">Lisa Baker<\/a>. You can see more on <a href=\"https:\/\/agnt.com\/hire\/comedian\/AB\/Edmonton\">comedians for hire in Edmonton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>How we put this together<\/h2>\n<p>We wrote this from what people tell us when they ask for a comedian in Edmonton: the type of event, how long they need, the time of day and who&#8217;s in the audience. It doesn&#8217;t list prices, because they depend on your date and how long the comedian performs. You&#8217;ll see prices with the options we send.<\/p>\n<h2>Your next step<\/h2>\n<p>Tell us your date, venue and guest count, and we&#8217;ll send you Edmonton comedians who are free that day, with prices: <a href=\"https:\/\/agnt.com\/hire\/comedian\/AB\/Edmonton\">book a comedian in Edmonton<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-credit\">Featured photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@enginakyurt?utm_source=AGNT%20Blog&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">engin akyurt<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=AGNT%20Blog&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Booking a comedian for an office party in Edmonton comes down to four things: clean material, how long&hellip;","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[135],"class_list":["post-12528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-guides","cs-entry"],"authors":[{"term_id":135,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"dennisagnt-com","display_name":"Dennis","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/agnt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/360_F_219633151_BW6TD8D1EA9OqZu4JgdmeJGg4JBaiAHj-1.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/agnt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/360_F_219633151_BW6TD8D1EA9OqZu4JgdmeJGg4JBaiAHj-1.jpg"},"first_name":"Dennis","last_name":"Meyers","user_url":"https:\/\/agnt.com","job_title":"","description":"Dennis is a distinguished professional event planner with a career spanning over 25 years, during which he has masterfully orchestrated a wide array of events ranging from high-profile corporate gatherings and exclusive private soir\u00e9es to enchanting weddings. 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