2019 COMEDY ALBUM OF THE YEAR | Chanty Marostica | | The JUNO Awards

Chanty Marostica is the first out Trans Person to win a Canadian Comedy Award, The first out Trans Person to be chosen as one of the 42 Faces for JFL42 and the first out Trans Person to win Sirius XM’s “Top Comic” Competition.

Chanty Marostica, known for their unique brand of high energy physical comedy, brings their jokes to life through a combination of storytelling, impressions and spot-on timing.

Chanty has been featured in Just For Laughs, JFL42, ODDBLOCK, Kevin Hart's “Laugh Out Loud"  Network, The Halifax Comedy Festival, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC’s “Laugh Out Loud”, “Debaters” and “Workin’ Moms.” 

They are proudly the creator and producer of Canada’s Touring LGBTQ Comedy Showcase(s) “Queer and Present Danger”, the first EVER lgbtq weekly mic “QAPD Collective” and Toronto’s longest running lgbtq+ Showcase “Church Street Comedy.”

Chanty is an Award Winning Comic, and was nominated for “Best Stand Up Comic” at The 2015 Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Won “Patrons Pick” in both 2015/2016, they also received The Canadian Comedy Award for “Best Breakout Artist” 2018 and they were recently named Sirius XM’s “Top Comic 2018”

They've opened for some amazingly talented Comedians including Ron Lynch, Kate Berlant, Judy Gold, Wendy Leibman, Tom Green, and Russell Peters.