Nine comedy geniuses will take to the stage for the NSW Seniors Festival Comedy Shows this March to entertain seniors in Sydney and Port Stephens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The free events will deliver a day of laughs as comedians Bec Melrose, Rebecca De Unamuno, Simon Kennedy, Gary Eck, Anisa Nandaula, Mat Wakefield, Laura Hughes, Peter Berner, and Tommy Dean show off their talents at the Seniors Festival Comedy Shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emcee Andrew Barnett, will host the fun-filled events at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tickets will be available from Tuesday 11 February at 9am at https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/arts-and-culture\/seniors-festival\/whats-on\/nsw-seniors-festival-comedy-show<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The annual NSW Seniors Festival takes place from 3 to 16 March. The festival is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, with more than 500,000 people participating in events held across NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Highlights of the festival include the Expo with a range of activities and stalls for seniors to engage in, as well as the free Premier\u2019s Gala Concerts, both of which will be held at Sydney\u2019s International Convention Centre on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For tickets to these events and to keep up to date with everything happening at the NSW Seniors Festival, visit https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/arts-and-culture\/seniors-festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Seniors Jodie Harrison said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see the comedy shows being held again \u2013 they always draw a great crowd and leave seniors in stitches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese events offer our seniors the opportunity to enjoy time out with friends, while watching comedians they know or discover new ones. It\u2019s a popular event that helps keep seniors connected and feeling included. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing them enjoy the shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the NSW Government\u2019s way of saying thank you for all the valuable contributions our older generation has made and continues to make to society. I encourage seniors to get their free tickets and attend these great shows in Sydney and Port Stephens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s terrific news that Port Stephens\u2019 seniors are going to have a laugh soon, especially after the difficult weeks we\u2019ve had recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI just love how the NSW Seniors Festival Comedy Show will be held at two sites in the state – Sydney Town Hall and Soldier\u2019s Point Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPort Stephens is a beautiful community because of the significant contribution our seniors make. Like me, the NSW Government is grateful to them, and this comedy show is our way of giving back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nine comedy geniuses will take to the stage for the NSW Seniors Festival Comedy Shows this March to entertain seniors in Sydney and Port Stephens. The free events will deliver a day of laughs as comedians Bec Melrose, Rebecca De Unamuno, Simon Kennedy, Gary Eck, Anisa Nandaula, Mat Wakefield, Laura Hughes, Peter Berner, and Tommy … Continue reading “Seniors set for laughs during free NSW Seniors Festival Comedy Shows in Sydney and Port Stephens”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31080,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079\/revisions\/31080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}