Outdoor comedy festival postpones Friday show due to smoky skies
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The Great Outdoor Comedy Festival (GOCF) was forced to pivot yesterday, moving its Friday lineup to Saturday due to smoky skies.
The Great Outdoor Comedy Festival (GOCF) was forced to pivot yesterday, moving its Friday lineup to Saturday due to smoky skies.
The tricky thing is that Saturday, the forecast is more smoke over Edmonton.
"Due to extreme air quality, GOCF is not proceeding tonight," the festival's social media announced. "Fortunately, the FULL lineup of comedians has agreed to play on Saturday. Ticket holders will be contacted via email with further information as soon as it becomes available. Current tickets will be honoured."
Saturday morning, there was no further word from the festival, as Environment Canada continued to predict smoky skies for Edmonton.
"Poor air quality conditions will persist through the weekend and will improve early next week," the agency said, in an air quality statement it published on its website.
This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
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