The 21st SF Sketchfest
January 18 – February 4, 2024
Special Events & Live In-Person Tributes
Eric Idle but Jeff B. Davis
The Kids in the Hall: Unplugged
The Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn’t Let Us Do
An Afternoon with Amber Ruffin
An SF Sketchfest Tribute, Moderated by Zainab Johnson
The State: Hits and Misses
The Red Room Orchestra play Twin Peaks and more with very special Tribute guest Kyle MacLachlan
and appearances by Carel Struycken, Margaret Cho, and Petra Haden, with Allyson Baker, Tom Ayres, Toby Dammit aka Larry Mullins, Karina Denike, Ben Goldberg, Scott Larson, Beth Lisick, Pete Straus, and Michael Urbano
freestyle+ with special guest Bill Irwin
Derek and Simon (and Bob): An SF Sketchfest Tribute Celebration
with Derek Waters, Simon Helberg, Bob Odenkirk, Naomi Odenkirk, Jake Johnson, and Eric Edelstein
Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog’s Let’s Make a Poop!
with “Weird Al” Yankovic and Surprise Guests!
Sketch & Improv
Beverly Live!
with Jamie Denbo, and guest Kerri Kenney-Silver
The Big Team
The Black Version
with Jordan Black, Nyima Funk, Daniele Gaither, Phil LaMarr, Karen Maruyama, Gary Anthony Williams, and Cedric Yarbrough
BriTANick
with Business Casual
Dinosaur Improv
with Owen Burke, Chad Carter, Lisa Gilroy, Mary Holland, Phil Jackson, Jason Mantzoukas, Seth Morris, Paul Scheer, and Carl Tart
Drunk Theatre
GEORGE-prov: An Improvised Theatrical Experience
with Connor Ratliff
Gethard & Sagher
with Cobranauts
Girl God
with Nori Reed
The Groundlings: Cookin’ with GAS
The Groundlings: Personals
with Brian Palermo, Cole Stratton, and more
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Killing My Lobster
with Cam Wyllie
SponTourCo
with Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, Paul F. Tompkins, and Janet Varney
SuperMarried
with John Ross Bowie and Jamie Denbo, with Convoy
A Taste of SF Sketchfest
with a rotating lineup of emerging artists at The Marsh Studio
Theme Park Improv
with Ian Brennan, Rachel Dratch, Simon Helberg, Michael Hitchcock, Jessica Makinson, Oscar Nunez, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney and Gary Anthony Williams
Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show
hosted by Ben Fisher
Upright Citizens Brigade: ASSSSCAT
with Ali Ghandour, Lisa Gilroy, Mary Holland, Phil Jackson, Hillary Anne Matthews, Carl Tart and more
Variety & Game Shows
Asian AF
with Shanti Charan, Will Choi, Helen Chu, Eugene Cordero, Deeptanshu Jha, Mahesh Kotagi, Peter Liu, Jerry Tran and more
Ask a Magician
with Robert Strong
Battle of the Wizards: Magicians vs. Mentalists
with Robert Strong
The Bay Area Pun-Off
with Ellis Rodriguez, Paco Romane and more
Blabbermouth
with Phil Griffiths and Red Scott and guests Brooke Heinichen, Andrew Holmgren, Janesh Rahlan, and Marcus Williams
Black Men Can’t Jump presents Minority Rules
with Jonathan Braylock, James III, and Jerah Milligan
Brew HaHa: The Comedy Drinking Game Show
Hosted by Brad Silnutzer, Marissa Gallant, and Jimmy “The Bartender” Ambrose, with guests Matt Braunger, Katrina Davis, Ali Macofsky, Matt O’Brien and Andrew Orolfo
A Close Shave with Heaven: A Super Serious Night of Poetry & Comedy
with Derrick Brown, Amber Tamblyn, Kurt Braunohler, and Eugene Mirman
Comedian Feud with Jacquis Neal
with guests Tim Baltz, Eugene Cordero, Pallavi Gunalan, Lauren Lapkus, Lamorne Morris, Tawny Newsome, Open Mike Eagle, Leonard Smith Jr., Blair Socci, Paul F. Tompkins, and Sasheer Zamata
The Crossword Show with Zach Sherwin
David Wain’s World of Wonder: a night of magic, comedy, music and other delights
with Michaela Watkins, and friends Tony Hale, Kevin Pollak and Dulcé Sloan
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
with Matthew Lillard and more
Filipino AF
with Allyn Pintal, Joy Regullano, and more
Jeopargay!
with Spike Einbinder and Honey Pluton and guests Kel Cripe, Dylan McKeever, Nori Reed and Amy Schneider
Knees Up with Chris Turner
with Brittany Carney and more
Maniac Bowl
with Jesse Fernandez and Arthur Gaus and guests Matt Baetz, Ashley Monique, Natasha Vinik, and Marcus Williams
Okay, Who Did It? with Jo Firestone
and guests Aaron Chen, Josh Johnson, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Self Help Me with Jenny Yang
A Competitive Self-Care Comedy Show, with guests Brittany Carney, Carl Tart, Mo Welch, and more
South Asian AF
with Shilpa Das, Pallavi Gunalan, Dhruv Uday Singh, and more
Tinder Live with Lane Moore
and guest David Cross
The Trav-enture Zone: A Night of Dungeons & Dragons & also Comedians
hosted by DM Travis McElroy, with guests Eugene Cordero, Dani Fernandez, Erika Ishii, Connor Ratliff, and more
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
with Jordan Katz, and more
Podcasts & Talk Shows
Avatar: Braving The Elements
with Janet Varney and Dante Basco and guests Jack De Sena, FC Yee, and more
The Bechdel Cast
with Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus
The Bitchuation Room
with Francesca Fiorentini and Nato Green and guests Emma Vigeland and Miles Gray
The Chonga Girls
with Mimi Davila and Laura Di Lorenzo
Doug Loves Movies
with Doug Benson and surprise guests
Exploration: LIVE!
with Charles Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman
The Flop House: A Podcast About Bad Movies
with Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, and Stuart Wellington
The George Lucas Talk Show
with Connor Ratliff, Griffin Newman, and Patrick Cotnoir
The Greatest Generation: The Share Your Embarrassment Tour
with Benjamin Ahr Harrison and Adam Pranica
Hello From the Magic Tavern
with Arnie Niekamp, Adal Rifai, and Matt Young, and guest Ron Funches
Hey Riddle Riddle
with Adal Rifai, Erin Keif, and JPC, with guest Janet Varney
How Long Gone
with Chris Black and Jason Stewart
I Love My Kid, But…
with Kurt Braunohler, Megan Gailey, and Chris Garcia, with guest Amber Tamblyn
Judge John Hodgman
with John Hodgman and Jesse Thorn
MESS with Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin
Moshe Kasher’s Subculture Vulture: An Evening in Six Scenes
A Book Release Celebration with Moshe Kasher in conversation with W. Kamau Bell, Guy Branum, Andie Grace, D.J. Demers, Sunshine Jones, and Ali Macofsky
The Neighborhood Listen
with Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Parker, Brett Morris, and guests Jess McKenna and Zach Reino
Never Not Funny
with Jimmy Pardo and Matt Belknap
Office Hours East
with New York Jonathan, Slice, Football, and Producer Tory
(Jon Glaser, Jo Firestone, Tami Sagher, and Tory Harris)
The Pen Pals Podcast
with Rory Scovel and Daniel Van Kirk
The Psychologists Are In
with Maggie Lawson and Timothy Omundson
Scam Goddess with Laci Mosley
with guests Demi Adejuyigbe, Marie Faustin, and Carl Tart
Stuff You Should Know
with Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
Talking Simpsons
with Henry Gilbert and Bob Mackey
Too Far with Rachel Kaly and Robby Hoffman
Will You Accept This Rose
with Arden Myrin and guests Doug Benson, Brayden Bowers, Erin Foley, and more
Yo, Is This Racist?
with Tawny Newsome and Andrew Ti and guests Alex Kliner and Sasheer Zamata
You Are Good
with Sarah Marshall, Alex Steed, and guest Chelsey Weber Smith
You’re Wrong About
with Sarah Marshall and guest Chelsey Weber Smith
Music & Comedy
Adam Pally: An Intimate Evening of Music and Comedy
Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship
with DJ Real
Epic: Every Place I Cry
with Ross Bryant, Nick Mandernach, Jess McKenna, and Zach Reino
Epic Rap Battles of History
with EpicLLOYD and Nice Peter and guest opener Kyle Gordon
Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm and “Friends”
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Murmur
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Reckoning
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
with Ken Marino and David Wain and guest singer Michaela Watkins, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and more
Music Night
with Kyle Gordon, DJ Real, Chaki The Funk Wizard, Jen Liv, Naomi Rubin, and Matt Shore, Hosted by Eric Rubin
Off Book: The Improvised Musical
with Jess McKenna and Zach Reino
Open Mike Eagle with Video Dave
Puddles Pity Party
Pylon Reenactment Society / Kelley Stoltz
The Red Room Orchestra play the “Harold and Maude” soundtrack
with special guests Margaret Cho, Petra Haden, and Janet Varney, with Tom Ayres, Andy Cabic, Toby Dammnit aka Larry Mullins, Dina Maccabee, Adam Pfahler, Maisy Straus and Pete Straus
The Red Room Orchestra play “The Lost Boys” soundtrack
with special guest Tim Cappello, and Allyson Baker, Brad Brooks, Chaki the Funk Wizard, Peaches Christ, Toby Damnit aka Larry Mullins, Dave Hill, DJ Omar Perez, Meryl Theo Press, Eugene Robinson, Pete Straus and Michael Urbano
Stupid Songs and Stories with Kevin McDonald
with special guest Allyson Baker
An Evening with Whitmer Thomas
Film & Television
The Benson Movie Interruption: “Fast X”
with Doug Benson and surprise guests
“Destroy All Neighbors” Screening & Conversation
with Kiran Deol, Thomas Lennon, Jonah Ray, and Alex Winter
Dub-a-Dub-Dub
with Lisa Gilroy, Dan Lippert, Justin Michael, Marissa Strickland, Carl Tart, and more
Found Footage Festival Volume 10: Popcorn Classics
“Futurama” 25th Anniversary Spectacular
with David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, David Herman, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lee Supercinski, Lauren Tom, and Billy West
Outtake-o-rama: Infamous Celebrity Outtakes
with David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, and Billy West
“The Wrong Guy” Screening + Reunion
with Dave Foley, Jennifer Tilly, David Anthony Higgins, Jay Kogen, and Kevin McDonald, Moderated by Cole Stratton
Theater & Storytelling
Celebrity Autobiography
with Pamela Adlon, Tony Hale, Thomas Lennon, Laraine Newman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Dulcé Sloan, Jennifer Tilly, & more
Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip
Edinburgh Spotlight: The Baron and the Junk Dealer
Edinburgh Spotlight: Chris Turner: Vegas, Baby!
Edinburgh Spotlight: Emily Wilson: Fixed
Edinburgh Spotlight: Sophie Santos…is Codependent / A Terrible Show for Terrible People
Ever Mainard: OTTIS
Exorcistic: The Unauthorized Rock Musical Parody of The Exorcist
with special guest Kirsten Vangsness
Fake TED Talks
with Matt Braunger, Guy Branum, Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm, Adam Savage, Amy Schneider & more
The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody
Mortified
Porchlight: A Storytelling Series
with Stephen Asma, Cristela Alonzo, Nyima Funk, Chris Garcia, Paul Giamatti, and Bob Odenkirk, with music by Marc Capelle, and hosted by Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte
Real Housewives: The Unauthorized Musical Parody
RISK! with Kevin Allison
with guests Marie Faustin, Tony Hale, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Dulcé Sloan
Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole in KING
So Say We All: VAMP Nonfiction Showcase
Solo Spotlight: Brittany Carney: Kingdom Phylum Ass / Rachel Kaly’s Hospital Hour
Solo Spotlight: Chris Smith: Acting in a Time Such as This / Dandy: Man of the Year
Solo Spotlight: Teeny Tiny with Joey Greer
Stop Joking for 100 Years and Other Requests From My Kid (Stories of Parenting and Childhood)
with Eugene Mirman, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Gethard, Amber Tamblyn, and host Ophira Eisenberg
Sydnee Washington: How To Start A Fire
Stand-Up Comedy
Aaron Chen
Bad Indian: A Native American Comedy Show
with Joshua Emerson
Brett Gelman: INAPPROPRIATION
Celebrity Drop-In
with Anna Roisman and Ben Fisher and guests Zainab Johnson, Ever Mainard, Murahd Shawki, and Natasha Vinik
Comedians with Disabilities Act
with Michael Beers, Steve Danner, Nina G, Loren Kraut, Hayden Kristal, and Jade Theriault, Hosted by Mean Dave
Comedy Rodeo with Hayden Kristal
with guests Aivy Cordova, Maxx Eddy, Jalisa Robinson, Paco Romane, and Marcus Williams
Cornpops and Space Lasers
Political Standup with Francesca Fiorenti and Nato Green and guests Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Karinda Dobbins
David Cross & Friends
with Lane Moore, Arden Myrin, Kevin Pollak, Nori Reed, and more
D.J. Demers and Ali Macofsky
Hosted by Rory Meagher
¿Donde Esta Mi Comedy?
with Baruch Porras-Hernandez and guests Bel Benitez, Graciella Hamilton, Mala Muñoz, and Alejandro Ochoa
Dulcé Sloan
with Chris Lamberth
Embarrassed By Night Celebrates Lunar New Year
with Fred Le and Andrew Van and guests Misha Han, Mike Lane, Denise Lee, Jacqui Marpa, and Jerry Tran
Everything’s Great!
with Nick Kocher, Demi Adjuyigbe, and Addie Weyrich, with guests Dave Hill, Ify Nwadiwe and more
Facial Recognition Comedy
with Zahra Ali, Fizaa Dosani and Pallavi Gunalan, with guests Shanti Charan and Abby Govindan and more
Fun Voices with Ron Funches and Blair Socci
The Gateway Show
with Billy Anderson and guests Denise Lee, Ashley Monique, Neeraj Srinivasan, and Brian Sullivan
Hilarious Habibis
with Gena B. Jones and Lynn Maleh and guests Christie Bahna, Bita Joudaki, Dauood Naimyar, Arash Narchi, and Murahd Shawki
Hot Sets
with with Sam Clark and Veronica Kwiatkowski and guests K. Cheng, Dvontre Coleman, Ely Kreimendahl, Ariana Newhouse, Kate Sisk, and J Smitty
An Hour with Josh Johnson
with Aaron Branch
Interruption Show with Dalia Malek
and guests Becky Braunstein, Virginia Jones, Veronica Kwiatkowski and more
Jena Friedman: Not Funny
with Brittany Carney
Joel Kim Booster & Friends
with Diana Hong, Nori Reed, Paige Weldon, Kate Willett and more
Jolli-Baes with Andrew Orolfo
and guests Aivy Cordova, Keith Pedro, and more
Jon Glaser’s Soothing Meditations for the Solitary Dog
with Steve Cirbus, Eugene Mirman, Tami Sagher, and more
Killer Lineup
with Cristela Alonzo, Chris Gethard, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Josh Johnson, Aaron Chen, and host Paco Romane
Locals Only!
with Sergio Blanco, Terrell “Big-T” Butler, Alisha Dhillon, Kelly Evans, Key Lewis, Angie Krass, Connor Lonsdale and Kyle Morrisey, Hosted by Grace Harryman
Marc Maron: All In
Maria Bamford
with Jacki Kashian and Olivia Flood-Wylie
Marie Faustin in YUCK: An Hour of Good Jokes and Bad Dates
Matt Braunger
With Nina Nguyen, Hosted by Ely Kreimendahl
Mirthquake
with Jesse Hett, Andrew Holmgren and Ben Kolina and guests Darlene Bereznicki, Sophia Garrow, Brett Harper Jennings, and Derek Sheen
Nori Reed
PGF Records Presents: Clare O’Kane Album Recording
with an opening set by Eugene Mirman
Raining Comedy: A Pacific Northwest Showcase
with Bryan vs. Music, Jordan Cerminara, Kayla Evans, Jaren George, Molina Molina, Joe John Sanchez III, Neeraj Srinivasan, and Derek Sheen, Hosted by Brendan Creecy
Red, White and Blue-Pilled
starring Jon Daly as Johnny Doily, with DJ Real
Resistance is Fertile
with Brooke Heinichen and Luisa Isbell and guests Hay Beacon, Shanti Charan, Jalisa Robinson, Frida Sierra, and Natasha Vinik
Robby Hoffman
Safe Words with Wonder Dave
and guests Colin Braun, Ely Kreimendahl, Hayden Kristal, Nina Nguyen, and Frida Sierra
The Setup
with Abhay Nadkarni and Richard Sarvate and guests Ben Feldman, Sophia Garrow, Chazz Hawkins, Ellis Rodriguez, and Geneva Rust-Orta
Sketchfest Sets
with a rotating lineup of comics, every weekend at The Lost Church
Solomon Georgio / Sydnee Washington
Hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez
Stand-up Comedy at the Lost Church
with Nick Scarpino and Austin Carr and guests Alisha Dhillon, Ben Feldman, Luisa Isbell, Abhay Nadkarni, Alejandro Ochoa, and Richard Sarvate
Todd Barry: Half Joking Tour
with Kate Sisk
Zainab Johnson
with Dvontre Coleman
The SF Sketchfest Dozen
Ify Nwadiwe & Paige Weldon
Greg Barris & Mike Drucker
Clare O’Kane & Mo Welch
Mohanad Elshieky & Joyelle Nicole Johnson
Liz Miele & Jes Tom
Emma Arnold & Katrina Davis
Kids Shows
GLOP meets GLOG
Glorious Ladies of Puppetry & Glorious Ladies of the Groundlings, with Lauren Burns, Peggy Etra, Donna Kimball, Alex Kliner, Sarah Oh, Colleen Smith, Cheri VandenHuevel and more
Mo Willems & The Storytime All-Stars Live
with Pamela Adlon, W. Kamau Bell, Joe Lo Truglio, Dulcé Sloan, “Weird Al” Yankovic & more
Workshops & Interactive Events
Emerging Artists
Acuña Acuna, Adele Dazeem, Adult Improv, Zubi Ahmed, Jeremy Alder, Zahra Ali, Anointed Greens, Josh Argyle, Babe Motel, Bad Art, Matt Baetz, Christie Bahna, Hay Beacon, Bel Benitez, Darlene Bereznicki, Bernie Mac and Cheese, Bingewatch, The Black Card Experience, Black Cat Sketch Co., Jon Blair, Liz Blanc, Sergio Blanco, Lucy Bonino, Aaron Branch, Brandy Alexander, Colin Braun, Becky Braunstein, Bryan vs. Music, Starlar Burns, Terrell “Big-T” Butler, Austin Carr, Solange Castro, Jordan Cereminara, Tim Champa, Shanti Charan, Chardonnay, K. Cheng, Will Choi, Helen Chu, Jonathan Cohall, Dvontre Coleman, Comedy Dance Chicago, Aivy Cordova, Brendan Creecy, Kel Cripe, Shilpa Das, Daytrip, Alisha Dhillon, Fizaa Dosani, Maxx Eddy, Rob Edwards, Kayla Evans, Kelly Evans, Ben Feldman, Stephen Ferris, Geulah Finman, Ben Fisher, Olivia Flood-Wylie, Imran G., Sophia Garrow, Jaren George, Ghost Girl, Goldbaby, Abby Govindah, The Great Disappointments, Group Chat, Pallavi Gunalan, Graciella Hamilton, Tracy Hamilton, Misha Han, Grace Harryman, Liam Harvey, Chazz Hawkins, John Hedrick, Evan Ho, Diana Hong, Marcus Howard, Gary Hughes, Zorba Jevon Hughes, Sage Huston, Improv All-Stars, Industrial Kitchen, Brett Harper Jennings, Deeptanshu Jha, Joan and Raft, Gena B. Jones, Virginia Jones, Bita Joudaki, The Knockabouts, Mahesh Kotagi, Angie Krass, Ely Kreimendahl, La Spazzatura, Ladies and Gentleman, Lady Reboots, Chris Lamberth, Mike Lane, Denise Lee, Lisa Lenis, Key Lewis, Little Boy Evil, Peter Liu, Jen Liv, Lone Wolves, Connor Lonsdale, Jorge Lopez, Loveseat, Luxury Cruise Singles Mixer, Lynn Maleh, Jacqui Marpa, Dylan McKeever, Rory Meagher, The Michael Meehan Experience, A Million Shetland Ponies, Jordan Moeller, Molina Molina, Ashley Monique, Kyle Morrisey, Mala Munoz, James Mwaura, Dauood Naimyar, Arash Narchi, Ariana Newhouse, Nina Nguyen, No MSG Added Comedy, Alejandro Ochoa, Jide Okonkwo, Oba Olaniyi, Chad Opitz, Keith Pedro, Persimmon Seeds, Allyn Pintal, Janesh Rahlan, Rabble Rabble, The Recchia, Joy Regullano, Robber Barons, Jalisa Robinson, Julianna Rodrigues, Ellis Rodriguez, Paco Romane, John Ross, Geneva Rust-Orta, Joe John Sanchez III, Sass Factory, Nick Scarpino, Ashley Sharma, Murahd Shawki, Derek Sheen, Matt Shore, Frida Sierra, Dhruv Uday Singh, Kate Sisk, Sam Sisson, Nick Skardarasy, Leonard Smith Jr., J Smitty, Pippa Spindel, Squad Patrol, Neeraj Srinivasan, Rob Stern, Brian Sullivan, Camrynne Sullivan, Jeremy Talamantes, TammyTeaLove, Tan Sedan, Jordan Thewlis, Tracksuit, Jerry Tran, Trash Movie Improv, Uninvited Guests, Untold Stories of Rap, Ronn Vigh, Natasha Vinik, Chris Waitkus, WILD!, John David Williams, Marcus Williams, Cam Wylie, Bryan Yang, Anders Yates, and Jeen Yee
Lineup subject to change