Live comedy with VHS tapes! BRAND NEW SHOW FOR 2026! 📼 Don't miss FOUND FOOTAGE FEST: Porcelain VHS Treasures at #SFSketchfest2026 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQw3  📅 Tuesday, January 27 | 7:30PM 📍 BATS Bayfront Theatre #SFSketchfest

Enter the absurd universe of clowning at #SFSketchfest2026 🤡 🎟️ https://sfsketchfest2026.sched.com/overview/type/Clowning  Strap in. The clown galaxy is unstable—in the best way. #SFSketchfest

Not a concert. Not not a concert 🎸 Bruce McCulloch: Brand New Songs and Brand Old Songs at #SFSketchfest2026 🎶 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQuD  📅 Sunday, February 1 | 7PM 📍 Lost Church #SFSketchfest

Yes, it’s real: Mark Mothersbaugh will be there live in person 🎶✨ The Red Room Orchestra performs his unforgettable film and television scores, with the Devo frontman joining as a special guest for one night only! 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR2O  📅 Sunday, January 18 | 8PM 📍 Great American Music Hall

You’ve spent years learning from them in your headphones 🎧 Now, Stuff You Should Know takes the stage live at #SFSketchfest2026 🎙️📚 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR1H  📅 Thursday, January 29 | 7:30PM 📍 Sydney Goldstein Theater #SFSketchfest

Brent Weinbach onstage is great, but Brent on a moving BART train with a car full of laughing people? That’s a whole new adventure 🚇✨ The first batch of tickets SOLD OUT in less than 24 hours, BUT a new batch just dropped! 🎟️ https://www.railgoods.com/  📅  Jan 24 | 2PM 📍 Starts at 12th St. Station

Next stop: comedy! 🚇✨ Hop on board “SF Sketchfest: On the Rails” as comedians take over a BART train for a rolling comedy show across the East Bay 🎤 🎟️ https://www.railgoods.com/  📅 Saturday, January 24 | 2PM 📍 Starts at 12th Street BART Station #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

The future is stupid. We love it 🚀 FUTURAMA is LIVE on Earth for one night only at #SFSketchfest2026 🤖 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQw9  📅 Saturday, January 24 | 7:30PM 📍 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre #SFSketchfest

SAN FRANCISCO! January 16th at The Great American Music Hall: GLTSwith special guests Paget Brewster, @dougbenson.bsky.social and Josh Malina as a part of @sfsketchfest.bsky.social! Get your tickets now before they are gone! Georgelucastalkshow.com

Check it: we're co-sponsoring the 'Doug' 35th Anniversary Reunion next month as part of @sfsketchfest.bsky.social -- a celebration of Nickelodeon's beloved animated series. Ticket info at sfsketchfest2026.sched.com/event/2BQtO/doug-35th-anniversary-reunion?iframe=no&w=&sidebar=yes&bg=no

We're stoked to be co-sponsoring an evening with TV writer/producer Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Jan. 28 as part of @sfsketchfest.bsky.social along with a screening of episodes from his shows including 'BoJack Horseman' and 'Long Story Short.' More info: sfsketchfest.com/schedule-and-tickets/

BART presents “SF Sketchfest: On the Rails,” a live comedy performance on a train in partnership with @sfsketchfest.bsky.social Tickets are $20 and available NOW only on Railgoods.com. Tickets will not be for sale at the event and must be purchased in advance.

Fake TED Talks are back at #SFSketchfest2026 🧠📉 Jonathan Coulton, Andy Daly, Josh Gondelman, Jean Grae, Paul & Storm, Paul F. Tompkins, Rebecca Watson, and Sabrina Wu are bringing bullet points of absolutely no useful information 😂 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQw0 📅 January 16 | 9:45PM 📍 Cobb's Comedy Club

Three comedy powerhouses under one roof at Sports Basement 🌀 Doug Benson, Dean Delray, and Lane Moore co-headline for a stacked night of laughs, hosted by Milan Patel. Grab your crew and get in on it 😎 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQyu  📅 Friday January 16 | 8:30PM 📍 Sports Basement Presidio

They watch the worst movies so you don’t have to 🎥😬 "The Flop House: A Podcast About Bad Movies" is coming to you live at #SFSketchfest2026 😂 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR1i  📅 Sunday January 25 | 4PM 📍 Cobb's Comedy Club #SFSketchfest

The theme song just started playing in your head 🎶😌 Doug and his best pals reunite for the show's 35th anniversary reunion at #SFSketchfest2026 📺✨ 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQtO  📅 Sunday, January 25 | 1PM 📍 Great Star Theater #SFSketchfest

One creator. Every show. One very emotional binge 🐴🐦🌀 Raphael Bob-Waksberg presents The Bob-Waksberg Binge at #SFSketchfest2026 📺✨ with a screening of one episode each of all of his beloved TV shows 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR1Z  📅 Wednesday, January 28 | 7:30PM 📍 Great Star Theater #SFSketchfest

🚀 Countdown complete. We’ve officially entered a brand-new comedy cycle 🌌 See you later this month, Earthlings.  #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

Single. Taken. It’s complicated. 💔 "Jo Firestone: Friends of Single People" at #SFSketchfest2026 😂 with special guests Demi Adejuyigbe, Joel Kim Booster, Dana Gould, Nori Reed, Tien Tran, and Alice Wetterlund! 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQwm  📅 Friday, January 30 | 9:45PM 📍 Cobb's Comedy Club

It’s Murder Night in Blood Forest 🌲 Totally normal. Absolutely fine. Welcome to Night Vale LIVE at #SFSketchfest2026 📻✨ 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR34  📅 Thursday January 22 | 7:30PM 📍 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre #SFSketchfest

Sending season’s greetings from our tiny corner of the comedy universe. Wherever you’re celebrating, we hope your holidays are bright, joyful, and just a little bit weird. Thanks for being part of our galaxy 💫 #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

Last-minute holiday plans? 🤣 The 33rd Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy returns TONIGHT with "Jewish Comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant" at Imperial Palace Restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown 🥡 plus a livestream, two shows a day until Dec. 26! 🎤✨ https://CityBoxOffice.com/KungPao

🎅 SKETCHMAS FLASH SALE  Use code SKETCHMAS at checkout. 🎄 25% OFF 🎁 Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000 🎁 MADJB: Billy Joel Tribute 🎁 Wolves of Glendale 🎁 "Doug" 35th Anniversary Reunion 🎄 50% OFF 🎁 I Need You Guys 🎁 Ask a Fuckboy 🎁 SF Neo Futurists 🎁 THE CRAFT-lesque Tickets at sfsketchfest.com

Can creativity be forced? 🤔 Find out at Jo Firestone's Creativity Hour! It sounds intense, but the goal is simple: be good… and be nice ✨ 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQwj  📅 Saturday, January 31 | 4PM 📍 BATS Bayfront Theatre #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

Last-minute gifting panic? We’ve got you covered 🎁 The 2026 #SFSketchfest gift guide is here! Tickets make a thoughtful, zero-clutter gift. Invest in laughs, not stuff ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets at sfsketchfest.com #SFSketchfest2026

We are returning to @sfsketchfest.bsky.social on Sunday, January 18th. Watch @hodgman.bsky.social and @jessethorn.bsky.social judge your disputes LIVE! Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/judge-john...

Hey Ho! @sfsketchfest.bsky.social returns in January and we're co-sponsoring 'Futurama: You Watched It, You Can't Un-Watch It!' -- a comedic gathering of the animated series cast and crew on Sat., Jan. 24. Ticket info at sfsketchfest2026.sched.com/event/2BQw9/... #Futurama #SFSketchfest

🔥 Ask a Fuckboy brings viral NYC chaos to #SFSketchfest — unhinged dating stories, a panel of “fuckboys” weighing in, and zero chill, hosted by Val Parker and Andrea Popova with an all-star guest lineup ready to overshare. 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQtg  📅  Jan 16 | 7PM 📍 Great American Music Hall

The WorkJuice Improvisers are returning to #SFSketchfest — and they’re bringing along a true legend. We’re thrilled to announce that Adam Savage will join the show as the very special guest! 🧪💥 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR3J  📅 January 17 | 9:30PM 📍 Marines' Memorial Theatre #SFSketchfest2026

’90s witches. Burlesque chaos ✨ The Craft…Lesque flips the cult classic on its head with spells, sass, and a coven that gets very weird, very fast. 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR1f  📅 Sunday, January 18 | 7:30PM *For ages 18+* Light as a feather, stiff as a… you know 🕯️🖤 #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

One night only, the soundtracks of your brain come alive 🎶✨ #SFSketchfest, GAMH & KEXP Present the Red Room Orchestra performing the iconic film & TV music of Mark Mothersbaugh — with Mothersbaugh himself joining live onstage. 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR2O  📅 January 18 | 8PM #SFSketchfest2026

Original songs about the dumbest parts of being alive 🎸 Wolves of Glendale bring razor-sharp musical comedy to #SFSketchfest 🐺 In the words of Jack Black, “the thing about Wolves of Glendale is… they sound f*cking fantastic.”   🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR3D  📅 Jan 27 | 8PM 📍 Great American Music Hall

Bad Dates is back at #SFSketchfest — and we’ve added some stellar chaos to the lineup ⭐️ Host Joel Kim Booster is welcoming Oscar Montoya, Tien Tran, and River Butcher to the stage to share their most iconic romantic disasters 💥💌 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQtm  📅 Sunday, February 1 | 40PM

Get your tickets here: sfsketchfest2026.sched.com/event/2BQw9 #futurama #sfsketchfest @sfsketchfest.bsky.social

ATTENTION: Janeane Garofalo and I are back together doing Tinder Live @sfsketchfest.bsky.social 1/17☃️☃️☃️If you've never seen Janeane Garofalo roast bizarre dating profiles with me before it is life-changingly funny!!! Go get tickets before it sells out, pals!!!👯‍♀️ www.ticketmaster.com/sf-sketchfes...

You either die an artist… or live long enough to slip on 1,000 banana peels 🍌 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR1Q  📅 Jan. 29 | 7:30PM Bill O’Neill returns with his Edinburgh Comedy Award–nominated show — a comedy spectacle about loss, failure, masculinity, and pushing the human body way past its warranty 🧍‍♂️💥

🎉 Just announced! 🎉 Bob Odenkirk joins the Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy 30th Anniversary Live Read at #SFSketchfest! Celebrate 30 years of the cult classic with a live read, music & surprises. 📅 Jan 31 • 8pm 📍 Sydney Goldstein Theater 🔗 tickets at sfsketchfest.com #SFSketchfest2026

Just announced! ✨ An Evening with Elizabeth Banks at #SFSketchfest. A special conversation moderated by Michael Ian Black, celebrating her standout work from The Hunger Games to Cocaine Bear and more. 📅 Jan 19 • 7:30pm 📍 Marines' Memorial Theatre 🔗 Sfsketchfest.com #SFSketchfest2026

A family-friendly fave is coming to #SFSketchfest!
Mo Willems: The Mo & Co. Show with Mo Willems, Kate Micucci & Cher Willems—books, songs, drawing, improv & audience fun!
✨ World premiere of Kate’s new book
✨ Surprise guests Elephant & Piggie! TWO SHOWS: Jan 18 • 11am & 2pm
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🎉 Meet this year's #SFSketchfest Dozen—12 of the best up-and-coming comedians! 🌟 Aaron Branch, Sabrina Wu, Alison Leiby, Brendan Scannell, Daniel Simonsen, Greta Titelman, Kenice Mobley, Dauood Naimyar, Mike Hanford, Tien Tran, Tina Friml and Martin Urbano! #SFSketchfest2026

Step into a queer cosmos at #SFSketchfest2026 🚀💫 🎟️ sfsfsketchfest.com From interstellar storytelling to galaxy-bending comedy, our LGBTQ+ shows are ready to launch you into a new dimension 🌈 Join us among the stars. #SFSketchfest

🚨 Just Announced
✨ What Is Funny? with Amy Schneider The first-ever Jeopardy! alumni comedy show! Trivia titans take on comedy with super champ Amy Schneider, Sam Buttrey, Isaac Hirsch, Guy Branum & Claire Sattler for a one-of-a-kind night where quizzers meet comedy Jan 31! 🎟️ sfsketchfest.com

One legendary career, many stellar roles ✨ Celebrate Randall Park’s ever-evolving creative orbit as he joins Janet Varney for a special conversation at Great Star Theater. 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BQtX 📅 Saturday, January 24 | 4pm 📍Great Star Theater #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

✨ New Additions to the Women of SNL! ✨ Nora Dunn & Melanie Hutsell join comedy legends Laraine Newman, Robin Duke, Julia Sweeney, Ellen Cleghorne, Cheri Oteri, Ana Gasteyer & Rachel Dratch. Multiple generations, one stage, endless laughs. 🎟️ sfsketchfest.com #SFSketchfest2026

Humor Me w/Robert Smigel and friends help listeners craft speeches, toasts, eulogies, essays—even the perfect online burn. Got a story worth workshopping? Drop it at speakpipe.com/humorme — you might end up on stage! 📅 Jan 30 • 9:30 PM 📍 Great Star Theatre 🎟️ sfsketchfest.com

Tamika Flynn returns for Murder Night in Blood Forest. Can Cecil & Tamika stop the masked killer? ✨ Cecil Baldwin, Symphony Sanders, Jeffrey Cranor ✨ Surprise guests + musical guest Mel Blum as The Weather
 ✨ Disparition live 🎟️ sfsketchfest.com 📅 Jan 22 • Palace of Fine Arts • 7:30pm

🚀 Blast off with SmartLess Media for a stellar lineup that’s out of this world: Staying Alive, I Need You Guys, and Bad Dates at #SFSketchfest2026 Prepare for launch… into comedy! 🎟️ sfsketchfest.com

Screen lovers, assemble. 🎬 Dropout shows. Animated classics. Reunions. Lost footage. Big nerd energy. 🎟️ sfsketchfest.com Come watch what happens next. #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

One night. One legendary composer. One stellar collaboration.  ✨ The Red Room Orchestra celebrates the film & TV music of Mark Mothersbaugh — with Mothersbaugh joining live. 🎟️ https://sched.co/2BR2O 📅 Sunday, January 18 | 8pm 📍 Great American Music Hall #SFSketchfest #SFSketchfest2026

#SFSketchfest spotted in the cosmos — well, in the San Francisco Chronicle, 48hills, Deadline, and SFGATE, but close enough ✨ Visit https://sfsketchfest.com/2026-press/ for more. #SFSketchfest2026