SF Sketchfest 2026 lineup: Kids in the Hall, Futurama, Nickelodeon’s ‘Doug’ reunion, The Women of SNL, more

The 2026 edition of SF Sketchfest happens January 15 to February 1 at stages all over San Francisco. As usual, the lineup is sprawling and amazing, including special events and tributes, sketch groups, improv, podcasts, standup, and more. Tickets go on sale Sunday, November 16 at 10 AM Pacific.

Among the 2026 special events: Kids in the Hall with a Brain Candy 30th anniversary read; “The Women of SNL” with Ellen Cleghorne, Rachel Dratch, Robin Duke, Ana Gasteyer, Laraine Newman, Cheri Oteri, Julia Sweeney and more;  Futurama Live; a Doug (Nickelodeon) 35th anniversary reunion; and more

SF Sketchfest 2026 also has Pamela Adlon, Maria Bamford, Devo‘s Mark Mothersbaugh, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Joel Kim Booster, Janeane Garofalo, The Groundlings, Guster, Tony Hale, John Hodgman, The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Thomas Lennon, Gabe Liedman, Joshua Malina, Ben Mankiewicz, Ken Marino, Eugene Mirman, Adam Pally, Chelsea Peretti, Busy Philipps, Adam Savage, Kristen Schaal, Max Silvestri, Jenny Slate, Robert Smigel, Stamptown, Jennifer Tilly, Paul F. Tompkins, Blair Underwood, Upright Citizens Brigade, David Wain, Mo Willems, Middle Age Dad Jam Band, and more.

Check out the full 2026 SF Sketchfest lineup below.

SF SKETCHFEST 2026 LINEUP

SPECIAL EVENTS & 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 Live
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 Joel 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 Burlesque Parody
Cockettes Nouveau

The Wrong Key with DJ Real & 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

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
with 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 Nunez, 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 SketchThe 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

Joel Kim Booster & Friends
with Jo Firestone, Nori Reed & 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

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
And guests 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

Andy Daly

Eddie Pepitone
with Dan Donohue and Shanti Charan

Alice Wetterlund

Ify Nwadiwe
with Milan Patel & Sami Beason

Brittany Carney

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 Comedywith Zahra Ali, Fizaa Dosani, and Pallavi Gunalan and guests Shanti Charan, Melissa Shoshani and more

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 Peter Bui, Erin Cholakian, Kelly Evans, Dan Guan, Damian Montes, Jide Okonkwo, and Janesh Rahlan

Mirthquake
with Jesse Hett, Andrew Holmgren, and Ben Kolina and guests Darlene Bereznicki, Sophia Garrow, Iain Langlands and Adrianna McCain

Talkies
with Nick Stargu, George Chen, Aviva Siegel, and Land Smith-Abbinate

Locals Only!
with Stoyan Angelov, Ajay Damodaran, 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

Goodnight, Roach
with Tom Lenk and Tom DeTrinis

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 and 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 & Dave Mizzoni

Smoke Show
with Jodie Sweetin

Ask a Fuckboy
with Val Parker and Andrea Popova

Asian AF
with Will Choi, Eugene Cordero, 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

The Groundlings Children’s Show

WORKSHOPS

Kevin McDonald Workshop: From Improv to Sketch

Listen For Laughs: Clown Workshop with Zach Zucker

Character Workshop with Brian Palermo (The Groundlings)