Italian Mums – Joe Avati

Joe Avati (born 1974) is an Italian-Australian comedian who is popular among Italian and descendant of Italians from his native Australia, as well as in Canada, United Kingdom and the United States, where he has performed on several occasions.

Avati kicked off his career by releasing a tape entitled “Livin’ la Dole-Cheque Vita” in late 1999. He also released Live and Unpluggato in late 2000 which was placed on the internet as a downloadable MP3. This album went on to become the number one selling comedy album in Canada for 18 months.[citation needed]

The stage show – IL DAGO – a “boy band” parody act was produced by Joe Avati and toured to major cities and regional centers around Australia from April 2007 until December 2009. IL Dago starred Joe Avati, George Kapiniaris, Simon Palomares & Nish Selvadurai. The show won the prestigious: “Most Outstanding Club Performers of the Year” and “Best Comedy Act of 2007” at the 10th Annual Australian Club Entertainment Awards.

Avati began a national Canadian Tour in April 2008 followed by an extended tour of the award winning IL DAGO show throughout that same year. Source

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