Just for Laughs is a comedy festival

Comedy festival

A comedy festival is a celebration of comedy with many shows, venues, comedy performers and is held over a specific block of time...

 held each July in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival

Comedy festival

A comedy festival is a celebration of comedy with many shows, venues, comedy performers and is held over a specific block of time...

 in the world.
Just for Laughs was founded in 1983 by Gilbert Rozon as a two-day Francophone

Francophone

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

 event. In 1985, Andy Nulman

Andy Nulman

Andy Nulman is a Montreal-based businessman best known for his activities in co-founding and promoting the Just For Laughs comedy festival and eccentric attire; under Nulman's stewardship, the festival grew from a two-day show to a month-long event drawing international audiences...

 joined the festival's staff and introduced Anglophone

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 events as well; under Nulman's stewardship, the festival increased to a full month, with French-speaking performers during the first half, and English speakers in the second half.