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Thursday, January 10
 

7:30pm

SF Sketchfest Tribute: Margaret Cho, in conversation Marines' Memorial Theatre

8:00pm

Brent Weinbach with Max & Nicky: A Very Weinbach Opening Night Gateway Theatre James Adomian and Jerks Cobb's Comedy Club
 
Friday, January 11
 

7:00pm

Lady Garden, "Queer and Now" from Martini Ranch and The Get Brown (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Four Kids, One Dumb Night: Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney & Scott Thompson in conversation with author Paul Myers (“Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy”) PLUS a screening of "Brain Candy” Castro Theatre SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy: An Immersive Comedy Experience featuring Janeane Garofalo with Jen Kirkman and Sabrina Jalees Speakeasy

7:30pm

CANCELED: Best of Edinburgh International Spotlight: Wil Anderson, with Jena Friedman Cobb's Comedy Club Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist (SOLD OUT) Brava Theater Center Throwing Shade with Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi Cobb's Comedy Club Danny Franzese and The House of Glen Coco Swedish American Hall Nico Santos from "Crazy Rich Asians" Marines' Memorial Theatre

8:00pm

Playing Games with Jimmy Pardo Gateway Theatre UCB East (Ice Cold Bev) vs. UCB West (PONY): The Convergence (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage The Sklar Bros. and Daniel Van Kirk (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret Brandon Wardell & Friends (SOLD OUT) Cafe du Nord SF Sketchfest Dozen: Matteo Lane & Kate Willett (SOLD OUT) Punch Line Comedy Club

9:00pm

Kids These Days, Local Honey presents Real Honeys of SF and Nipsey, Hosted by Ben Harkins (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission The Red Room Orchestra play the music of "Twin Peaks": Vol. 2: A deeper dive into the musical world of David Lynch The Chapel Wajatta: Reggie Watts & John Tejada, with Galen & Solar from Sunset Sound System Mezzanine

10:00pm

Don't Say...with Paul and Dave featuring Dave Foley, Paul Greenberg, Crissy Guerrero, Jackie Harris, Eban Schletter and more Brava Theater Center Best of Edinburgh Spotlight: Natalie Palamides: Nate PianoFight Mainstage Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour Swedish American Hall

10:15pm

I Think I'd Be Good at That Brava Cabaret SF Sketchfest Dozen: Matteo Lane & Kate Willett Punch Line Comedy Club

10:30pm

Dumb People Town Cobb's Comedy Club Brandon Wardell & Friends (SOLD OUT) Cafe du Nord Filipino AF (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre

11:00pm

Death Hammer, Drunk Theatre Company and Hail to the Queen PianoFight Second Stage
 
Saturday, January 12
 

10:00am

Kevin McDonald Improv and Sketch Workshop PianoFight Mainstage

1:00pm

SF Sketchfest Presents: David Cross + Arden Myrin in Sansar Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo Gateway Theatre Reductress Satire Writing Workshop (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage

4:00pm

Will You Accept This Rose? Swedish American Hall Salute to Bill Plympton: Films, Live Drawing and Q&A Brava Theater Center

4:20pm

Doug Loves Movies (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre

5:30pm

Sup Doc PianoFight Bar

7:00pm

Death Hammer, ESC and Hail to the Queen (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage SF Sketchfest Dozen: Emmy Blotnick & Zainab Johnson Punch Line Comedy Club SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy: An Immersive Comedy Experience with David Cross and Friends Speakeasy

7:30pm

CANCELED: Gettin' Better with Ron Funches Brava Theater Center Facebook Improv (SOLD OUT) Marines' Memorial Theatre Matteo Lane: Streisand at the Bon Soir Swedish American Hall Queery Podcast with Cameron Esposito Brava Theater Center Jak Knight and Zack Fox: Cancelled Comedy Tour Cobb's Comedy Club SF Sketchfest Tribute to "Superstore" Castro Theatre

8:00pm

On Cinema Live Palace of Fine Arts UCB East (Ice Cold Bev) vs. UCB West (PONY): Harold Competition (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage Bad Asians (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret Man Haters (SOLD OUT) Cafe du Nord The Daily Show Writers Stand-Up Show (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre

9:00pm

Daytime Talk at Night, Kids These Days and The Get Brown (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission The Red Room Orchestra play the music of "The Big Lebowski" The Chapel

9:15pm

SF Sketchfest Dozen: Emmy Blotnick & Zainab Johnson Punch Line Comedy Club

10:00pm

Morzouksnick (SOLD OUT) Castro Theatre Jon Daly Kills It Swedish American Hall The West Wing Weekly (SOLD OUT) Marines' Memorial Theatre Voyage to the Stars Brava Theater Center Shit Arcade (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

10:15pm

Capitol PUNishment (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret

10:30pm

Super Married Gateway Theatre Standup Spotlight: Martha Kelly & Mary Lynn Rajskub Cobb's Comedy Club Vintage Basement with Max & Nicky (SOLD OUT) Cafe du Nord

11:00pm

Granny Cart Gangstas,"Queer and Now" from Martini Ranch and Spooky Dookie (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage

11:30pm

Couples Therapy with Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman Punch Line Comedy Club
 
Sunday, January 13
 

9:00am

Brunches with Funches: Giggles & Nibbles with Ron Funches and Friends Cobb's Comedy Club

10:00am

Kevin McDonald Improv and Sketch Workshop PianoFight Mainstage

11:00am

Story Pirates with special guest Dave Foley Marines' Memorial Theatre

1:00pm

Kondabolu Brothers Podcast Cobb's Comedy Club Pardon My Tangent Gateway Theatre Reductress Satire Writing Workshop (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage

4:00pm

Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig Gateway Theatre SF Sketchfest Tribute: W. Kamau Bell in conversation with Hari Kondabolu (SOLD OUT) Marines' Memorial Theatre

4:20pm

The Benson Movie Interruption: "Fifty Shades Freed" Castro Theatre

5:30pm

Traumatized with Erin and Jason PianoFight Bar

7:00pm

Nipsey, Secret Family and Spooky Dookie (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

7:30pm

Cartoon Network's "We Bare Bears" IRL in the Bay Area Marines' Memorial Theatre This Might Get Weird with Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart Swedish American Hall Reductress presents Haha...WOW! Cobb's Comedy Club

8:00pm

Quiz-o-Tron Gateway Theatre Deep Night with Dale's Vortex Variety Hour PianoFight Mainstage The Roast of Peaches Christ Castro Theatre

10:00pm

Greetings, From Queer Mountain with Micheal Foulk PianoFight Mainstage
 
Monday, January 14
 

8:00pm

SF Sketchfest Tribute: Carol Burnett, in conversation with Wendie Malick Castro Theatre
 
Tuesday, January 15
 

7:00pm

Riffer's Delight with Kaseem Bentley, Nato Green, Natasha Muse and Baron Vaughn: "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

8:00pm

Oh No, Ross and Carrie! Cobb's Comedy Club Manon Mathews Live Gateway Theatre Real Live Comedians Punch Line Comedy Club
 
Wednesday, January 16
 

7:00pm

The Normal Show (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage

8:00pm

Talking Simpsons Gateway Theatre The Greatest Generation Cobb's Comedy Club Don't Watch This Show Live / The Comic Thread PianoFight Mainstage The Mission Position Punch Line Comedy Club
 
Thursday, January 17
 

6:00pm

SF Sketchfest NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences California Academy of Sciences

7:00pm

The Comic Thread, Living Impaired and Mike Lane: One of the Good Ones (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage

7:30pm

SF Sketchfest Tribute: Julie Klausner, in conversation Marines' Memorial Theatre

8:00pm

Stuff You Should Know Castro Theatre We're No Doctors with Steve Agee and Busy Philipps Cobb's Comedy Club Harmon Leon Infiltrates Trump's America / Claptrap PianoFight Mainstage Rhea Butcher (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Standup Spotlight: Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Charla Lauriston & Maggie Maye Punch Line Comedy Club
 
Friday, January 18
 

7:00pm

Judge John Hodgman Castro Theatre Day Job, Femmebot PhD and Liss n' Sams (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy: An Immersive Comedy Experience with Dana Gould and Bob Odenkirk & Friends Speakeasy

7:30pm

Fake TED Talks (SOLD OUT) Cobb's Comedy Club Busy Tonight with Busy Philipps (SOLD OUT) Marines' Memorial Theatre Porchlight, a Storytelling Series Swedish American Hall Audible presents: Bad Reception Brava Theater Center

8:00pm

The End of the World with Josh Clark, or How I Learned to Start Worrying and Love Humanity (SOLD OUT) Cafe du Nord Cool Playlist PianoFight Mainstage Asian AF (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Charla Lauriston: Live Album Taping Brava Cabaret SF Sketchfest Dozen: Max Silvestri & Nick Youssef Punch Line Comedy Club

9:00pm

Basement Party, Mike Lane: One of the Good Ones and William Williams, Hosted by Carter Anderson (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

10:00pm

Found Footage Festival vs. Everything Is Terrible! Castro Theatre Workjuice Improv Brava Theater Center Totally Hosted with Dave Hill Swedish American Hall Chardonnay / Mission CTRL (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

10:15pm

SF Sketchfest Dozen: Max Silvestri & Nick Youssef Punch Line Comedy Club The Art Critique Comedy Show Brava Cabaret

10:30pm

Bubble: An all-new episode of the sci-fi comedy podcast Cobb's Comedy Club Off Book: The Improvised Musical Gateway Theatre Resistance is Fertile Cafe du Nord

11:00pm

The Fork! presented by Little Gem, JV presents #ThrowbackFriday, and The Laser Comedy Show PianoFight Second Stage
 
Saturday, January 19
 

11:00am

How To Improvise Like a Married Couple: Improv Workshop (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

1:00pm

Doughboys (SOLD OUT) Cobb's Comedy Club Movie Crush with Chuck Bryant Gateway Theatre

4:00pm

Jon Glaser Loves Gear Cobb's Comedy Club Playhouse Masterpieces Swedish American Hall Worst First Chapter (A Benefit for 826 Valencia) Brava Theater Center “Best in Show” 20th Anniversary screening and reunion (SOLD OUT) Castro Theatre

4:20pm

The 420 Show with Matt Besser Gateway Theatre

5:30pm

Obsessed with Joseph Scrimshaw PianoFight Bar

7:00pm

Day Job, The Laser Comedy Show and Missed Connections (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage SF Sketchfest Dozen: Caitlin Gill & Langston Kerman Punch Line Comedy Club SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy: An Immersive Comedy Experience with John Hodgman & Paul F. Tompkins Speakeasy

7:30pm

Upright Citizens Brigade: ASSSSCAT The Sydney Goldstein Theater (formerly The Nourse Theater) Celebrity Autobiography Marines' Memorial Theatre Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm and "Friends" Swedish American Hall The Birthday Boys Brava Theater Center SF Sketchfest Threesome: Guy Branum, Sean Cullen & Alice Wetterlund Cobb's Comedy Club

8:00pm

Skinner Box PianoFight Mainstage Asian AF (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Big Terrific with Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri Castro Theatre Facial Recognition Comedy (SOLD OUT) Cafe du Nord Sudden Pirate: A Comedy Show Benefit for Mikey Walz (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret

9:00pm

The Doubleclicks, Femmebot PhD and The Geek Show (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

9:15pm

SF Sketchfest Dozen: Caitlin Gill & Langston Kerman Punch Line Comedy Club

10:00pm

Theme Park Improv (SOLD OUT) Brava Theater Center White Women presents: Your Token Friend (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage Wild Horses Marines' Memorial Theatre Don't Stop Or We'll Die and The Sloppy Boys Swedish American Hall

10:15pm

Improv Night with The Ballroom, Bear Supply and Spunky Moms Brava Cabaret

10:30pm

The Mads are Back Gateway Theatre We Got This with Mark and Hal Cafe du Nord Set List Cobb's Comedy Club

11:00pm

Cardinal Redbird is SO LA, The Deadbeat Improv Party and William Williams PianoFight Second Stage

11:30pm

The Daily Zeitgeist Punch Line Comedy Club
 
Sunday, January 20
 

12:30pm

"Local Hero" with special guest Peter Riegert Castro Theatre

1:00pm

improv4humans with Matt Besser Cobb's Comedy Club Jordan, Jesse, Go! Punch Line Comedy Club Yo, Is this Racist? Gateway Theatre Audible Presents: The Pole Vault Championship of the Entire Universe Marines' Memorial Theatre

4:00pm

RiffTrax: Day of The Shorts Castro Theatre Dead Pilots Society Cobb's Comedy Club Roderick on the Line with John Roderick and Merlin Mann Gateway Theatre Audible presents: The Indignities of Being a Woman Swedish American Hall

5:30pm

The Bechdel Cast PianoFight Bar

7:00pm

Totally Looped Gateway Theatre Bear Supply, Cardinal Redbird is So LA and The Trifecta PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

7:30pm

Speechless Swedish American Hall SpontTourCo Marines' Memorial Theatre Joel Kim Booster's Joy F*ck Club Cobb's Comedy Club

8:00pm

Schitt's Creek: Up Close & Personal (SOLD OUT) The Masonic Talkies PianoFight Mainstage Who's Laughing Now: An Evening with Bruce Campbell and "Evil Dead II" Castro Theatre

9:30pm

Bill Corbett's Fun House Gateway Theatre

10:00pm

THUNDERBULGE: LA's Most Electrifying Comedy Male Revue PianoFight Mainstage Wheels Off with Rhett Miller Swedish American Hall
 
Tuesday, January 22
 

8:00pm

The Crossword Show with Zach Sherwin (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage Peaches Christ & Varla Jean Merman in THE WHINING Gateway Theatre Puddles Pity Party Palace of Fine Arts The Charm Offensive Punch Line Comedy Club Will Durst & Friends: Trump Year Three Cobb's Comedy Club
 
Wednesday, January 23
 

7:00pm

Comedy Baseball (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage

8:00pm

Peaches Christ & Varla Jean Merman in THE WHINING (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Best of Edinburgh International Spotlight: Gina Yashere Cobb's Comedy Club Best of Sacramento: Ngaio Bealum, Keith Lowell Jensen & Kiry Shabazz, Hosted by Amy Estes Punch Line Comedy Club The Everything Report PianoFight Mainstage The Gateway Show (SOLD OUT) Sparc SF
 
Thursday, January 24
 

7:00pm

"Crashing" Live with Pete Holmes, Judd Apatow and Madeline Wise (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission CAMDONyes, redDoor and Sean PianoFight Second Stage

7:30pm

Improvised Shakespeare Company (SOLD OUT) Marines' Memorial Theatre

8:00pm

BriTANick (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Killing My Lobster: A Fray in the Bay / Princess Party (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage SF Sketchfest Threesome: Alex Koll, Amy Miller & Clare O'Kane Punch Line Comedy Club Mortified Cobb's Comedy Club "Office Space" 20th Anniversary screening, conversation and Q&A Castro Theatre
 
Friday, January 25
 

7:00pm

Dammit, Carol!, Human Amusements and redDoor (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy: An Immersive Comedy Experience with Improv All-Stars Scott Adsit, Brian Huskey, Tami Sagher, Stephnie Weir and special guest Neil Patrick Harris (SOLD OUT) Speakeasy

7:30pm

Improvised Shakespeare Company Marines' Memorial Theatre Bring the Rock with Greg Behrendt and Electrik Snöfläke Swedish American Hall The Allusionist Brava Theater Center Sasheer Zamata Party Time! Cobb's Comedy Club

8:00pm

The Groundlings: Cookin' with GAS (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Obscure with Michael Ian Black (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret Killing My Lobster: A Fray in the Bay / Westside Sketch Co. (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage G.O.A.T.$ Cafe du Nord SF Sketchfest Dozen: Dwayne Kennedy & Nore Davis Punch Line Comedy Club

9:00pm

Back Alley Racket Club, Somebody's Baby and Wake Up Wyoming! (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

10:00pm

Uptown Showdown Debate: The Future vs. The Past Brava Theater Center Please Leave The Bronx PianoFight Mainstage Brew HaHa: The Comedy Drinking Game Show Swedish American Hall Natasha Leggero & Moshe Kasher: The Endless Honeymoon Marines' Memorial Theatre

10:15pm

Lady to Lady and Ladyfriends Brava Cabaret SF Sketchfest Dozen: Dwayne Kennedy & Nore Davis Punch Line Comedy Club

10:30pm

CANCELED: An Evening with Baroness von Sketch members Aurora Browne, Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen Cobb's Comedy Club Improvised Shakespeare Company Cobb's Comedy Club Audible presents: The Hills of Baldwin featuring Wayne Brady (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Donde Esta Mi COMEDY? Cafe du Nord

11:00pm

CAMDONyes, The Crazy Str8s present: Focus Group Improv and Very Famous PianoFight Second Stage
 
Saturday, January 26
 

11:00am

The Groundlings Children's Show Marines' Memorial Theatre

1:00pm

SF Sketchfest Presents: Michael Ian Black + Andy Kindler in Sansar VR CANCELED: Maybe It's You with Amiira Ruotola and Greg Behrendt Gateway Theatre Storytelling Skills: Wow Your Crowd Workshop (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

4:00pm

Outtake-o-rama: Infamous Celebrity Outtakes Cobb's Comedy Club Impro Theatre: Twilight Zone UnScripted Brava Theater Center Hound Tall Podcast with Moshe Kasher Swedish American Hall Weird Laugh Gateway Theatre

5:30pm

"Lady to Lady" Podcast PianoFight Bar

6:00pm

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

7:00pm

Back Alley Racket Club, Your Fucked Up Relationship and Very Famous (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage SF Sketchfest Dozen: Jacqueline Novak & Jo Firestone Punch Line Comedy Club SF Sketchfest at The Speakeasy: An Immersive Comedy Experience with Michael Ian Black & Friends Speakeasy

7:30pm

Iron Comic with Moshe Kasher & Nato Green Cobb's Comedy Club The Black Version (SOLD OUT) Brava Theater Center Selected Shorts: Too Hot For Radio Marines' Memorial Theatre RISK! with Kevin Allison Swedish American Hall

8:00pm

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage Probably Science Cafe du Nord The Groundlings Mix Tape: Best of Sketch (SOLD OUT) Gateway Theatre Alex Edelman: Just For Us (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret

9:00pm

Human Amusements, Luxury Cruise Singles Mixer and Spanish Aqui Presents (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

9:15pm

SF Sketchfest Dozen: Jacqueline Novak & Jo Firestone Punch Line Comedy Club

10:00pm

Futurama Live: Mom's Revenge! (SOLD OUT) Marines' Memorial Theatre Spotlight on "I'm Sorry" with Andrea Savage Brava Theater Center Late Late Breakfast PianoFight Mainstage

10:15pm

CUCK: A Comedy Show (Proceeds to benefit Jason Saenz) (SOLD OUT) Brava Cabaret

10:30pm

The Gale: A Ferociously Queer Night of Improv Gateway Theatre Butterboy with Aparna Nancherla & Jo Firestone Swedish American Hall SF Sketchfest Threesome: Jackie Kashian, Andy Kindler & Kevin Pollak Cobb's Comedy Club Troubled Comedy Cafe du Nord

11:00pm

Kid Cactus: "Big Hollywood Show," Somebody's Baby, and "Swipe Right" from the Un-Scripted Theater Company PianoFight Second Stage

11:30pm

Jamie Kennedy Punch Line Comedy Club
 
Sunday, January 27
 

11:00am

Character Workshop with Groundlings Alum Brian Palermo (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

1:00pm

The JV Club with Janet Varney Gateway Theatre

4:00pm

Audible Presents Gustafer Yellowgold, featuring Morgan Taylor and special guest Mike Phirman (SOLD OUT) Swedish American Hall The Jackie and Laurie Show Gateway Theatre SF Sketchfest Tribute: Neil Patrick Harris in conversation Palace of Fine Arts

5:30pm

Next Big Thing with Courtney & Dara PianoFight Bar

7:00pm

Kid Cactus: "Big Hollywood Show," Naptime and Spanish Aqui Presents (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Second Stage Live from the Alamo (SOLD OUT) Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission

7:30pm

The Milk Carton Kids Sad Songs Comedy Hour Marines' Memorial Theatre Best of Edinburgh International Spotlight Swedish American Hall SF Sketchfest Standup Spotlight: Lizz Winstead / Laurie Kilmartin Cobb's Comedy Club

8:00pm

The Bat: Improv in the Dark Gateway Theatre Nice Tan / The El-Solomons (SOLD OUT) PianoFight Mainstage

10:00pm

CANCELED: Thinkers + Drinkers PianoFight Mainstage