Tickets for the 2025 Cannabis Industry Awards presentation ceremony are now available for purchase, with uncompromising stand-up comedian Katie Wainhouse confirmed as this year's host.
Wainhouse is the Australasian winner of the Joke Nation International Comedy Competition and has appeared on Comedy Central and the Jim Jefferies and Friends TV specials, in addition to supporting Jefferies on his Australian tour dates.
Chortle UK describes her as "hugely appealing" and a "dynamite hit", The Sydney Morning calls her punchline pauses "absolutely perfectly timed", while The Herald Sun says she's their "favourite 30-something mum with award-winning comedic talent".
The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng describes her as "dark, edgy and disarmingly hilarious" while fellow Australian comic Fiona O'Loughlin says she's "perfectly unique, relentlessly hilarious".
The 2025 Cannabis Industry Awards ceremony will be held at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne on May 22, with the Carlton Club hosting the after party.
In response to feedback from previous attendees who wanted more time to network alongside the formal proceedings, this year's event will open with a stand-up, catered cocktail reception before moving into a theatre-style, seated awards presentation.
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Katie Wainhouse's appearance at the awards is sponsored by platinum partner The Thailand Cannabis Group.
