Jon Pickett fresh off the lot: stories of a used car salesmen.

Jon Pickett is a stand-up comedian born in Labrador, now living in Halifax (Kjipuktuk), NS. Since 2021, he has entertained crowds across Canada, from Whitehorse, YK, the casino in Grande Prairie, and small towns all over Nova Scotia. But before that, he sold "a fair bit" of cars over ten years in Dartmouth. Fresh Off The Lot is a stand-up comedy show about how a summer test drive turned into a decade-long rollercoaster career in car sales. Awards '21 Top Used Cars Salesman '22 Roast Battle Championship.
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Laughed So Hard I Cried 😂 5
See It Again ♻️ 2
2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 13, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
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Laughed So Hard I Cried

I found the joke about the blue Versa Note funny because I drive one that I bought from your past dealership. It's a 2016 that I bought in 2019 and it's still going strong. Good luck with the teaching career. You will definitely need humour to survive that.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 13, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
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Laughed So Hard I Cried

John and Liam had me laughing. John is my favourite comedian and I always look forward to his performances.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 10, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
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Laughed So Hard I Cried

Jon has found his true calling after a decade trying to convince others to not buy a civic. Funny, vulnerable and heartfelt - don’t pass this up!

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.

A cozy and honest account of a young man's personal insights and struggles as a car salesman for 10 years of his life as he yearn for something better. Now a talented stand up comic who has found his calling. It was an engaging performance and at times truly hilarious.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 10, 2026, 2:50 p.m.

Jon was very natural , honest and funny . His show was very relatable , I really enjoyed his performance.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 10, 2026, 2:37 p.m.

I then went over to the Neptune Theatre Imperial Studio to see Jon Pickett: Fresh Off the Lot a stand up set by Jon Pickett all about his time working as a used car salesman at an undisclosed local establishment, although I think I saw this show with an audience filled with his former coworkers, because they seemed to be operating on an informed level that I wasn’t tapped into, and that was a fun experience.

I had no idea what to expect with this show beyond the obvious, that it was going to focus on funny anecdotes about working as a car salesman, but I was surprised that there is a real emotional arc to this show. Pickett is from Labrador and he’s charming in a way that is self deprecating, and also characteristic of the East Coast. His sense of humour and his point of view feels both familiar and local, which works very well since he’s telling a hyper-local story. When he talks about having a difficult conversation at a food court with a New York Fries in it, I can immediately imagine where that food court might be. Click the link for full review!

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 9, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
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Laughed So Hard I Cried

Fantastic show! Jon’s storytelling pulled the audience right in and took us through all the emotions. The show was relatable, heartfelt, hilarious, and everything in between. Jon has a great stage presence and a natural ability to connect with the audience. His stories about life as a car salesman were entertaining and had me fully invested, and he made the whole experience feel incredibly personal like having a catch up with an old friend. Highly recommend catching this show.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 7, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
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Laughed So Hard I Cried

Great show full of laughs and heart and sales.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 7, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
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See It Again

This is a great performance that shouldn't be missed, with the big laughs you always get from a Jon Pickett show, and an unexpected amount of heart. Highly recommended.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 4, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
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See It Again

This was my first time seeing Jon’s show, and what a show it was. A hilarious trip though the ups and downs of the car sales industry. Highly recommend every one checking it out.

2026 Halifax Fringe Festival
Sept. 4, 2026, 10:07 p.m.

Great show, great tempo, would love to see more show from John. Sebastien