Dave Hill

Dave Hill

Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, and musician. He has published two collections of non-fiction essays and written for The New York Times, The Paris Review, Salon, GQ, McSweeney’s, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Guitar World. He’s also a regular contributor to This American Life and hosted his own radio show, The Goddamn Dave Hill Show, on WFMU in Jersey City, N. J. Hill starred in his own series, The King of Miami, on the MOJO Network, and has also appeared on Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. He has also appeared on Comedy Central, BBC America, MTV, and Adult Swim and is a regular host on HBO and Cinemax. Hill performs live comedy in theaters and basements all over the world. He also plays guitar and sings in his band, Valley Lodge, whose song “Go” is the theme song for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Originally from Cleveland, he lives in New York City.

Website: davehillonline.com
Instagram: @mrdavehill

Who could have guessed that the wisest and funniest book about Canada ever would be written by a comedian and badass guitar hero from Cleveland, Ohio?” — Malcolm Gladwell

FESTIVAL BOOK

Parking the Moose

Dave Hill is from Cleveland, Ohio. But his grandfather was from Clinton, Ontario. And every Sunday at dinner he’d impress on Dave that the best country is actually Canada.

So while his peers kept busy with ball games, hockey became the only sport for Dave. His bacon of choice was Canadian. And if a song by Triumph came on the radio, he’d ask for it to be cranked up loud.

In later years, he even visited Canada a couple times. But now, inspired by a publisher’s payment of several hundred dollars (Canadian), he has travelled all over the country, exploring his heritage, touching things he probably shouldn’t and having adventures and insights too numerous to be done justice in this blurb.

The result, he says, is “the greatest Canada-based literary thrill ride of your life-time.”

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ALL EVENTS WITH Dave Hill

12 PM
Wordfest Presents Dave Hill
Oct 19 @ 12 PM MT - 1:15 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2 St SW
9 PM
Variety Show(case): Dave Hill & Humble the Poet
Oct 19 @ 9 PM MT - 11 PM MT

Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Central Library

800 3 Street SE
7 PM
Leacockians!!!!: Ali Bryan, Terry Fallis, Will Ferguson & Amy Jones
Oct 13 @ 7 PM MT - 9 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor

1221 2 St SW
2:30 PM
How to 'Side Hustle': Alexandra Auder, Dave Hill & Arizona O'Neill
Oct 14 @ 2:30 PM MT - 3:15 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, Alexander Calhoun Salon

1221 2 St SW
3:30 PM
How to Be a 'Good Sport': Dave Hill
Oct 14 @ 3:30 PM MT - 4:15 PM MT

Memorial Park Library, Alexander Calhoun Salon

1221 2 St SW
1 PM
The Way We... Unnerve Each Other
Oct 15 @ 1 PM MT - 2:15 PM MT

DJD Dance Centre

111 12 Ave SE