San Francisco’s popular annual comedy festival, SF Sketchfest, is back for another year of performances, with major headliners like Kathryn Hahn, Bill Murry, and Tim Curry.
Don’t let the name fool you, this festival is far from just sketch. It’s a celebration of comedy in all of its forms, including improv, stand-up, movie screenings, podcasts, special tributes, retrospectives, panel discussions, and more. The festival has been bringing performances to SF for more than 20 years. It started as a small showcase for local sketch comedy groups, eventually expanding over the years to the multi-week festival across the city it is today.
Check out the schedule for this weekend:
Thursday, 1/16
- Sketch & Improv Showcase: 7 pm and 9 pm at Eclectic Box
- ¿Donde Esta Mi Comedy?: 7 pm at Lost Church
- Mike Hanford: 7:30 pm at Punch Comedy Club
- BriTANick: Dummy + Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip (SOLD OUT): 7:30 pm at Great Star Theater
- Stand up Showcase: 9 pm at Lost Church
Friday 1/17
- Dinner Date: 7 pm at Great Star Theater
- The Groundlings: Cookin’ with GAS: 7 pm and 9:30 pm at Gateway Theatre
- Sketch & Improv Showcase: 7 pm and 9 pm at Eclectic Box
- Stand up Showcase: 9 pm at Lost Church
- Hilarious Habibis: 7 pm at Lost Church
- The SF Sketchfest Dozen: Roz Hernandez & Bo Johnson: 7 pm and 9:30 pm at Punch Line Comedy Club
- Stamptown: 7 pm and 10 pm at Club Fugazi
- Porchlight: A Storytelling Series: 8 pm at Great American Music Hall
- Asian AFL 9:30 pm Great Star Theater
- StraightioLab with Sam Taggart & George Civeris: 9:45 pm at Cobb’s Comedy Club
Saturday 1/18
- “Airplane!” 45th Anniversary Live Read: 1 pm at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
- Beverly Live! with Jamie Denbo: 3 pm at Lost Church
- Edinburgh Spotlight: Mr. Chonkers: 3 pm at Eclectic Box
- Endless Honeymoon with Moshe Kasher & Natasha Leggero: 4 pm at Great Star Theater
- Hey Riddle Riddle: 4 pm at Gateway Theatre
- Celebrity Autobiography: 4 pm and 7 pm at Cobb’s Comedy Club
- Sketch & Improv Showcase: 5 pm and 7:30 pm
- Business Casual: Cowboys 7 pm at Gateway Theatre
- The SF Sketchfest Dozen: Rachel Kaly & Ikechukwu Ufomadu: 7 pm and 9:30 pm at Punch Line Comedy Club
- FUTURAMA: Shut Up and Take Our Money!: 7:30 pm at Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
- Standup Showcase: 7:30 pm at Lost Church
- Dinner Date: 9:30 pm at Great Star Theater
- Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour: 9:30 pm at Club Fugazi
- The Black Version: 9:45 pm at Cobb’s Comedy Club
Sunday 1/19
- The Groundlings: 50th Anniversary All-Star Improv Show and Panel: 1 pm at Great Star Theater
- Filipino AF: 1 pm at Gateway Theatre
- Journos: A Stream of Consciousness News Hour: 3 pm at Lost Church
- Edinburgh Spotlight: Shitty Mozart: 3 pm at Eclectic Box
- Go Fact Yourself: 4 pm at Gateway Theatre
- Will Durst: 4 pm at Punch Line Comedy Club
- Richard Kind in conversation with Kevin Pollak: An SF Sketchfest Tribute: 4 pm at Cobb’s Comedy Club
- Sketch & Improv Showcase: 5 pm and 7:30 pm at Eclectic Box
- Standup Showcase: 5 pm at Lost Church
- Hello From The Magic Tavern: 7 pm at Club Fugazi
- The Flop House: A Podcast About Bad Movies: 7 pm at Cobb’s Comedy Club
- The Sit and Chat Podcast: 7 pm at Gateway Theatre
- Safe Words Queer Comedy Showcase: 7:30 pm at Lost Church
SF Sketchfest 2025 will take place in venues across SF and runs until Sunday, February 2. Tickets are currently available.
By Grant MacHamer and Dana Flynn