Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest Returns In-Person Friday, Will Finally Celebrate Twice-Delayed 20th Anniversary There’s nothing funny about a comedy festival canceling in-person shows for two years in a row, but there will be plenty funny happening when SF Sketchfest finally returns in person Friday, with Fred Armisen, Maria Bamford, Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, and lots more.
Arts & Entertainment Sketchfest Cancels 2022 Entirely, Postpones the Whole Deal to 2023 Just two weeks after postponing Sketchfest 2022 indefinitely, the two-week comedy festival announced Friday morning that they’re not trying this again until next year, and waiting it out for 2023.
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest 2022 Postponed Indefinitely Due to — Well, You Know Why The delayed 20th anniversary of the comedy festival Sketchfest is delayed yet again, but organizers insist “Hang on to your tickets!” for a future rescheduling.
Arts & Entertainment One-Night Virtual Sketchfest Draws ‘Mr. Show’ Reunion, Peaches Christ, Weird Al SF Sketchfest has been whittled down to just a one-night livestream this Saturday, but still has dozens of the biggest names in comedy.
Arts & Entertainment Tickets Still Available for Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Freestyle Love Supreme' Tonight at SF Sketchfest A musical improv show that grew out of a hip-hop improv group started by Lin-Manuel Miranda and his friends, called Freestyle Love Supreme, is being performed twice tonight in San Francisco following a run on Broadway and just before a documentary about it premieres at Sundance.
Arts & Entertainment 'Clue' Director Jonathan Lynn Discusses Almost Casting Carrie Fisher at SF Sketchfest At the Castro Theatre on Sunday evening, SF Sketchfest celebrated the 35th anniversary of the cult-classic comedy whodunit 'Clue,' with star Colleen Camp, bit player Jane Wiedlin (of Go-Gos fame) and writer-director Jonathan Lynn.
Arts & Entertainment Peaches Christ Brings Stars Of 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' To Castro For Sketchfest Drag icon Peaches Christ, who cut her teeth hosting midnight movie screenings in San Francisco — with parodic staged pre-shows — is hosting an event for SF Sketchfest in January celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Arts & Entertainment 19 Best Sketchfest Shows That Are Not Sold Out As The Comedy Festival Kicks Off It is a telling sign of the times that this year’s SF Sketchfest lineup has more star power than the upcoming inauguration of the President of the United States. This year’s
Arts & Entertainment Massive Sketchfest Lineup Includes 'The Kids In The Hall' While Comedy Central Announces New 3-Day SF Fest Ta-da! SF Sketchfest 2017, the event's 16th annual incarnation, has revealed its gigantic lineup for shows from January 12-29. It's a who's who of comedy in all its forms, from film to stand-up
Arts & Entertainment Video: WellDeserved, The (Fake) App For Maximizing Privilege Do you have some excess privilege lying around? Maybe you left some on the Google Bus or just littered it in Dolores Park? Or, would you like to take advantage of the privilege
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest 2014 Lineup Announced It's already felt like a long, hard winter here in San Francisco, with temps hovering at cruel lows for over a week (a week!). But let's not forget that there are months of
Arts & Entertainment Julie Klausner Talks 'How Was Your Week,' Sketchfest, Bourbon, And More Julie Klausner is a woman of many talents. Trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, she broke through as an author with 2010's I Don't Care About Your Band,
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Judge John Hodgman Solves All Your Problems For your last-minute, late-night Friday plans, noted erudite funnyman and "Famous Minor Television Personality" John Hodgman will weigh in on your pressing issues in a live edition of his Judge John Hodgman podcast.
Arts & Entertainment A Ron Donald Do: 'Party Down' Reunion At SF Sketchfest Party Down should go down in history as one of the best and briefest shows in television history. Though the show and its characters, so near and dear to our heart, were brutally
Arts & Entertainment Heather Matarazzo and Peaches Christ Present 'Welcome To The Dollhouse' Well, goddamn. Leave it to Christ to have us all looking forward to 2013. On February 8, both Peaches Christ (noted filmmaker/curator) and Heather Matarazzo (actress) will join throngs of Dawn Weiner
Arts & Entertainment Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Elliott Gould, Eddie Izzard & More at SF Sketchfest 2012 So, yeah, we want to go to every single SF Sketchfest show. Why? Oh, we'll tell you why: Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ian Black, Eddie Izzard, Elliott Gould
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest Summer Nights: 'Labyrinth' 25th Anniversary, 'Stuffed and Unstrung,' Weird Science NightLife, 'Night of the Shorts II: Electric Riffaloo' Bowie in spandex, uncensored puppets, fake docents, and celebrity riffers are all things you can expect from SF Sketchfest's Summer Nights series, happening now through August 27. The series started last night with
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest on a Budget FunCheapSF, the site that's always got your back in terms of monetary concerns, is hooking you up with a handy list of sweet half-price ticket deals for a variety of SF Sketchfest shows
Arts & Entertainment Navigating SF Sketchfest This Weekend The biggest comedy festival of the year kicks off tonight with The Upright Citizens Brigade's ASSSSCAT, based on the troupe's popular weekly long-form improv show. Tonight's show will feature founders Matt Besser, Matt
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: SF Sketchfest's 'Celebrity Autobiography' After checking out SF Sketchfest's Celebrity Autobiography at Cobb's on Saturday night -- a glorious evening of comedians reading bizarre autobiographies of equally bizarre celebrities -- it's easy to see how Rachel Dratch
Arts & Entertainment Jason Segel To Replace Neil Patrick Harris At Sketchfest First Michael Cera cancels (which is just fine), then Conan O'Brien pulls out (understandable given his current situation), and now Neil Patrick Harris has nixed performing at SF Sketchfest. Sad. See, he was
Arts & Entertainment SF SketchFest: January 14 - February 2 Holy smokes. Holy fucking smokes. Holy fucking, take-my-wife-please smokes. SF SketchFest, the city's annual comedy festival, starts Thursday. Which means you should get your tickets now. Right now. Because shows tend to sell
Arts & Entertainment Haiku Giveaway: Never Not Funny featuring Jon Hamm OK. Put on your tinfoil thinking caps for this one, kids. We're giving away a pair of tickets for SF Sketchfest's "Never Not Funny" 2 p.m. show on Saturday at Cobb's Comedy
Arts & Entertainment SF Sketchfest Review: The Kids In The Hall in-conversation Delayed due to "teh"-knogical difficulties... sigh...
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Beatropolis: Oh joy! Beatropolis has returned! (Not that they really went anywhere, but it always feels like forever when they're not around.) Anyway, Beatropolis' special brand of dance rock, live drum 'n' bass,
