The company that put on the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival declared bankruptcy on Friday. Trixstar Productions Ltd. founder and president Mike Anderson said in a public statement that the company faced “significant financial challenges, and despite our efforts to address them, we were unable to establish a financially sustainable path forward.” On Friday, the websites for both the comedy event and Trixstar redirected to the statement, in which Anderson apologized for the uncertainty and hardship created for employees, collaborators and fans. He directed anyone with questions about outstanding payments, creditor claims and tickets to contact insolvency and debt service MNP, which was appointed the licensed insolvency trustee of Trixstar’s estate. Comedy fans in Edmonton have been awaiting refunds for a July show that was cancelled due to weather, as well as in Mississauga, whose September show was abruptly and indefinitely postponed. MNP has set up a contact page and is expected to contact all known creditors within a business week. “No determination has been made regarding future Great Outdoors Comedy Festival events. We are hopeful that, through this process, there may be an opportunity for the festival to find a new home and continue in some form,” Anderson said. The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival was created in 2021.
