Ken Valgardson was born in Edmonton in November 1956 to a normal family that had good values.

Ken got a degree in Education and has taught school for 30 years.

So why did this normal kid dabble in the standup arts over 25 years ago to become a full time comedian and a full time teacher? Ken didn't mean to let his mother down by going to the dark side, but he likes comedy and he is good at it, he likes teaching and he is good at it also.

Ken Valgardson has performed in Comedy clubs for 24 years and this has taken him all across Canada and even to the Middle East to entertain our troops. Ken Valgardson is one of the favorite corporate comics of western Canada with a very adaptable routine that touches on many subjects.

Ken lives in rural Alberta so he can draw from his experiences to entertain rural communities from Bawlf to Tiger Lily (he's done it twice).

Ken also has a keynote presentation for teachers called "Observations of a Polyester Clad Chalk Dust Encrusted Educator" that has amused teachers from B.C to Manitoba.
 

“Valgardson has the face of a comic – the veneer of warmth, a mouth permanently on the brink of hilarity...he has the audience with him from the moment he gets up on stage”
The Saskatoon Mirror

“Teachers were still chuckling after they left Ken's Keynote to go to afternoon sessions”
Science Teachers of Manitoba

“And laugh we did – for the next couple of weeks. Just walking down the hall I would notice staff doubled over with laughter, cracking one of your lines or doing some silly dance you showed us”
Viking Extendicare