2024 Lineup - SF Sketchfest

The 21st SF Sketchfest

January 18 – February 4, 2024

Special Events & Live In-Person Tributes

The Kids in the Hall: Unplugged

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The Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn’t Let Us Do

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An Afternoon with Amber Ruffin

An SF Sketchfest Tribute, Moderated by Zainab Johnson

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

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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

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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

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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

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GEORGE-prov: An Improvised Theatrical Experience

with Connor Ratliff

Gethard & Sagher

with Cobranauts

Girl God

with Nori Reed

The Groundlings: Cookin’ with GAS

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The Groundlings: Personals

with Brian Palermo, Cole Stratton, and more

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Murmur

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Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Reckoning

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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

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Puddles Pity Party

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Pylon Reenactment Society / Kelley Stoltz

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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

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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

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“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

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Edinburgh Spotlight: The Baron and the Junk Dealer

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Edinburgh Spotlight: Chris Turner: Vegas, Baby!

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Edinburgh Spotlight: Emily Wilson: Fixed

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Edinburgh Spotlight: Sophie Santos…is Codependent / A Terrible Show for Terrible People

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Ever Mainard: OTTIS

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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

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Mortified

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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

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RISK! with Kevin Allison

with guests Marie Faustin, Tony Hale, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Dulcé Sloan

Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole in KING

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So Say We All: VAMP Nonfiction Showcase

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Solo Spotlight: Brittany Carney: Kingdom Phylum Ass / Rachel Kaly’s Hospital Hour

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Solo Spotlight: Chris Smith: Acting in a Time Such as This / Dandy: Man of the Year

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Solo Spotlight: Teeny Tiny with Joey Greer

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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

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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

Character Workshop with Brian Palermo

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RISK! presents What’s Your Story? with Kevin Allison

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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