The 23rd SF Sketchfest
January 15 – February 1, 2026
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Special Events & Live In‑Person Tributes
Film & Television Events Music & Comedy Podcasts & Talk Shows Sketch & Improv Stand‑Up Comedy Theater Clowning Variety & Game Shows Kids Shows Workshops Emerging Improv, Music, Sketch, Solo and Stand‑Up Performers
Special Events & Live In-Person Tributes
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
30th Anniversary Live Read
Brian Henson Presents
Puppet Up! Uncensored
with Brian Henson, Patrick Bristow and the Miskreant Puppets
The Women of SNL:
An SF Sketchfest Tribute
with Ellen Cleghorne, Rachel Dratch, Robin Duke, Ana Gasteyer, Laraine Newman, Cheri Oteri, Julia Sweeney and more, moderated by Dan Pasternack
An Afternoon with
Randall Park
An SF Sketchfest Tribute
moderated by Janet Varney
The Red Room Orchestra
play the film & television music of Mark Mothersbaugh with special guest
Mark Mothersbaugh
Alex Bennett & Friends:
An SF Sketchfest Salute
hosted by Alex Bennett & Lori Thompson, with Will Durst, Larry “Bubbles” Brown, Bud E. Luv, and Special Guest Bobby Slayton
Film & Television Events
Dropout and SF Sketchfest Present:
Crowd Control
with Jacquis Neal
Dropout and SF Sketchfest Present:
Dirty Laundry
with Lily Du and Grant O’Brien
Dropout and SF Sketchfest Present:
Um, Actually
with Ify Nwadiwe and Brian David Gilbert
Futurama: You Watched It, You Can’t Un-Watch It!
with David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, David Herman, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lee Supercinski, Lauren Tom, and Billy West
“Doug” 35th Anniversary Reunion
with Greg Lee, Becca Lish, Jim Jinkins, Fred Newman, and Billy West
The Bob-Waksberg Binge
with Raphael Bob‑Waksberg
Riffapalooza: Shorts Night!
with Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Bill Corbett, John Hodgman, Kevin Murphy, Cole Stratton, and Janet Varney
FOUND FOOTAGE FEST: Porcelain VHS Treasures
Outtake-O-Rama 2026!
with David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, and Billy West
Music & Comedy
Guster: Hits & Bits
with the band and special guests
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
Celebrate 25 Years of Wet Hot American Summer
with Ken Marino, David Wain, Janeane Garofalo and more
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
Billy Joel Tribute
with Ken Marino, David Wain and more
Thomas Lennon & Friends Sing The Smiths with The Sweet and Tender Hooligans
Dan Deacon
Wolves of Glendale
with OCT (On Company Time)
Off Book: The Improvised Musical
with Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino
Shamilton: The Improvised Hip‑Hop Musical
with Carlos Aguirre, Ross Bryant, Chris Grace, Jessica McKenna, Zeke Nicholson, Adrien Pellerin and Zach Reino
Bruce McCulloch: Brand New Songs and Brand Old Songs
with Allyson Baker
Tight & Nerdy: “Weird Al” Burlesque
THE CRAFT-lesque: The Craft Themed Burleque Parody
Cockettes Nouveau
The Wrong Key with DJ Real and Chad Opitz
with Jen Liv and more
Music & Comedy Showcase
with Chaki the Funk Wizard, Janine Hogan, The Roland & Muriel Show, Eric Rubin, Melissa Strype, and Ben Visini
Podcasts & Talk Shows
I Need You Guys
with Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman
Stuff You Should Know
with Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
Welcome to Night Vale
with Bruce McCulloch
Humor Me with Robert Smigel
Judge John Hodgman
with John Hodgman and Jesse Thorn
Endless Honeymoon
with Moshe Kasher & Natasha Leggero
Bad Dates
with Joel Kim Booster
StraightioLab Podcast
with George Civeris & Sam Taggart
The Neighborhood Listen
with Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Parker, and Brett Morris
Hey Riddle Riddle
with Adal Rifai, Erin Keif and JPC
Staying Alive
with Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally
Climate Town Town Hall
with Matt Nelsen and Rollie Williams
E Pluribus Motto with John Hodgman & Janet Varney
and special guest Adam Savage
The Flop House: A Podcast About Bad Movies
Sleeping with Celebrities with John Moe
Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch
and co-host Irene Bremis
Doug Loves Movies
with Doug Benson
The Business Casual Show
The Headgum Podcast
with Geoffrey James, Reilly Anspaugh, Amir Blumenfeld, Allie Kahan,
and Anya Kanevskaya
Kinda Funny Podcast: “Howard the Duck”
Sketch & Improv
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Upright Citizens Brigade: ASSSSCAT
Theme Park Improv
with Ian Brennan, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Simon Helberg, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jessica Makinson, Oscar Nuñez, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney, Gary Anthony Williams, and more
SponTourCo
with Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, Paul F. Tompkins, Janet Varney and music by Alex Kliner
WorkJuice Improv
with Craig Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage,
Paul F. Tompkins, Janet Varney and more, and music by Jonathan Dinerstein
The Groundlings All Star Improv
The Groundlings: Best of Sketch
The Groundlings: Personals
The Big Team
with Ronnie Adrian, Zeke Nicholson, Ify Nwadiwe, Lamar Woods and Carl Tart
ASSSSKETCH NY
Time to Kill
Zindabaddies
with Nikhil Deshpande, Pallavi Gunalan, Ru Kazi, and Dhruv Uday Singh
Drunk Theatre: SF vs LA – A Tale of Two Cities (and 10 Shots)
Fuck This Month & Pinot Noir
Killing My Lobster Presents:
Legends & Laughter – Sketch comedy on a quest (for Sketchfest!)
Don’t Watch This Show LIVE!
BATS Improv:
SF Noir: Fate Was Never Funnier
Super Scene: Five Stories Start, Only One Ends!
Theatresports™: All-Stars!
Stand-Up Comedy
Chaos: Natasha Leggero + Chelsea Peretti + Sabrina Jalees
Maria Bamford
Janeane Garofalo
with Sierra Katow
Joel Kim Booster & Friends
with Jo Firestone, Nori Reed and more (early show)
with guests to be announced (late show)
Eugene Mirman & Todd Barry Do Standup in a Sporting Goods Store For Some Reason
with Brittany Carney
Ed Gamble – Live
Sup, Bro?
with Josh Gondelman & Alison Leiby and guests Andy Daly, Janeane Garofalo, Jean Grae and Brendan Scannell
Dulcé Sloan
with Dvontre Coleman
Carmen Christopher
Todd Barry & Eugene Mirman: The Nightclub Show
with Brittany Carney
Trans-It Girls with Nori Reed & Hayden Johnson
with Dvontre Coleman, Jo Firestone, Tien Tran, and more
Smug Shift with Moshe Kasher & Brent Weinbach
with Todd Barry, Brittany Carney, Thomas Lennon, and more
The SF Sketchfest Dozen
Alison Leiby & Brendan Scannell
Aaron Branch & Sabrina Wu
Daniel Simonsen & Greta Titelman
Kenice Mobley & Dauood Naimyar
Tina Friml & Martin Urbano
Mike Hanford & Tien Tran
SF Sketchfest Threesome:
Doug Benson, Dean Delray & Lane Moore
Hosted by Milan Patel
Eddie Pepitone
Alice Wetterlund
Ify Nwadiwe
with Milan Patel & Sami Beason
Brittany Carney
with Marcus Williams
StraightioLab Presents
A Night of Standup with George Civeris & Sam Taggart
with Marcus Williams
Desi Comedy Tour
with Abhay Nadkarni and Samson Koletkar and guests Priya Puram, JT Singh and more
Armando Anto: The Maestro of Comedy
with CJ Koepp
Facial Recognition Comedy
with Zahra Ali, Fizaa Dosani, and Pallavi Gunalan
The Bay Area Pun-Off
with Jonah Spear and Brady Gill and guests John Beard, K. Cheng, Natasha Vinik and more
Safe Words
with Wonder Dave and guests Andy Iwancio, Chloe Mikala, Molina Molina, Dani Lyle, and Jilberto Soto
La Función: Stand-Up in Spanish
with Luis Díaz and more
Embarrassed By Night: Year of the Horse
with Fred Le and Andy Van and guests Peter Bui, Natasha Collier, Viet Nguyen, Sean Porter and Tony Vinh
Hilarious Habibis
with Gena B. Jones and Lynn Maleh and guests Rubi Nicholas, Hunaid Shakoor and more
Resistance is Fertile
with Brooke Heinichen and Luisa Alana and guests Darlene Bereznicki, Rea Kapur, Kelly McInerney, Geneva Rust‑Orta and Kavita Singh
The Hottest Standup Show in Town
with Alejandro Rios and Reed Rosenberg and guests Erin Cholakian, Janesh Rahlan and more
Mirthquake
with Jesse Hett, Andrew Holmgren, and Ben Kolina and guests Darlene Bereznicki, Sophia Garrow, Iain Langlands, Adrianna McCain and Jamar Pitts
Talkies
with Nick Stargu, George Chen, Aviva Siegel, and Land Smith‑Abbinate
Locals Only!
with Stoyan Angelov, Ajay Damodaran, Inanc Ino, Ana Nieto, Julia Purcell, Yi Ren, Emily Rudolph, Jack Weiler, and more, Hosted by Steven Asifo
Theater
Celebrity Autobiography
with Pamela Adlon, Tony Hale, Ben Mankiewicz, Laraine Newman, Cheri Oteri, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Jennifer Tilly, and Blair Underwood
The Thrilling Adventure Hour
with Paget Brewster, Craig Cackowski, Jonathan Dinerstein, Mark Gagliardi,
John Hodgman, Hal Lublin, Joshua Malina, Busy Philipps, Autumn Reeser,
Annie Savage, Paul F. Tompkins, Janet Varney, and special guests Jean Grae and more
Kristen Schaal: The Legend of Crystal Shell
with John Roberts
Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole in
The Last Glory Hole
Fake TED Talks
with Jonathan Coulton, Andy Daly, Jean Grae, Paul & Storm and more
The George Lucas Talk Show
with Patrick Cotnoir, Griffin Newman, and Connor Ratliff
Drunk Shrek
with Jack Newsome, Lady Adelaide, Hassan Khadair, Brian David Gilbert, Funkyfrogbait, Tessa Netting, Fay Kanevsky, Maeve Riley and more
Goodnight, Roach with Tom Lenk and Tom DeTrinis
with Gunk
Connor Ratliff presents The Acting Class
with special guest Griffin Newman
Kirsten Vangsness: Outdated
Kara Morgan: Inner Voices
Sydney Kane: Wife Material
Boyband Breakup: The Musical
The SF Neo Futurists Are Feeling Funny
Good Showbiz: A Comedy by Eli Leonard
Edinburgh Spotlights
Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker
Kyle Ayers: Hard To Say
Joey Dardano: Another Direction
Woody Fu: One Man John Wick
Shitty Mozart
Parker Callahan: Soda Pop
Britt Migs: Dolphin Mode
Clowning
Stamptown
with Zach Zucker, Demi Adejuyigbe, Kylie Brakeman, Joey Dardano, Eliza Dillon, Martin Urbano & more
Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000
Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour
The Amazing Banana Brothers
Starring Bill O’Neill & His Brother
Stand Up and Clown with Chad Damiani
Stamptown Presents New Characters Night
with X.A.Q. (Zach Zucker), Demi Adejuyigbe, Kylie Brakeman, Eliza Dillon and more
Church of Clown
Variety & Game Shows
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
Tinder Live with Lane Moore
with special guest Janeane Garofalo
Hangin’ with Dr. Z, with Dana Gould
with Jackie Greenberg, Paul Greenberg, Dave Foley and more
Comedian Clash: The Clash of the Internet Comedy Giants
with Jacquis Neal, Vic Michaelis, Leonard Smith Jr., and more
Why Are You Single?
with Marie Faustin and Dave Mizzoni
Smoke Show with Jodie Sweetin
with Sara Benincasa, M.K. Paulsen, and more
Ask a Fuckboy
with Val Parker and Andrea Popova and guests Alia Atkins, Meredith Dietz, Alex Kim, Alexa Loftus, Cab Washington and more
Asian AF
with Will Choi, Eugene Cordero, Lily Du, Dan Guan, Diana Hong, Sierra Katow, Hunaid Shakoor, Brendan Tran, and more
Battle of the Magicians
with Robert Strong and more
Class! with Chad the Bird and Sara Benincasa
Jo Firestone: Friends of Single People
with Demi Adejuyigbe, Joel Kim Booster, Dana Gould, Nori Reed, Tien Tran, and Alice Wetterlund
Jo Firestone: Creativity Hour
Porchlight, A Storytelling Series
with guests Joel Kim Booster, Jo Firestone, Kevin McDonald and more
Hosted by Beth Lisick & Arline Klatte, with music by Marc Capelle
So Say We All
VAMP Storytelling Showcase with Jake Arky
PROBLEMAGIC:
A Night of Macabre Mischief with Media Meltdown
The Jesus Roast
GET IT!? A Standup Comedy Game Show
with Joe Klocek and guests Marcus Howard, Loren Kraut and Denise Lee
Kids Shows
Mo Willems: The Mo & Co. Show
with special guests Kate Micucci & Cher Willems