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Carvin Goldstone

South African comedian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ16223135
Source-derived summary

Carvin H Goldstone (born in 1984, in Durban) is an internationally recognised South African comedian, and the 2018 South African Comic of the year and 2018 Flying Solo Comedian of the year.

Performances

As a professional master of ceremonies and corporate entertainer, Goldstone has hosted and performed at events for companies, including Investec, MultiChoice, Nedbank, WBHO, KPMG ,] UKZN and Old Mutual.

He has performed at every major comedy Comedy Festival in South Africa and many around the world

Festivals

Cape Town Funny Festival

Nandos International Comedy Fest

Johannesburg International Comedy Festival

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Magners Asia International Comedy Festival

Stand Up Dubai

Mad About Comedy Indonesia

Perth Comedy Lounge

Stand Up Doha

He was also the Graca Comedy Showdown, 2011, Winner.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2018, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-05-19. The account is most persuasive where Carvin, Goldstone and South can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Carvin Goldstone” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.