SF Sketchfest 2025.

Bill Murray, Tim Curry, & More Headline 2025 SF Sketchfest

Over the last two decades, SF Sketchfest has become one of the best comedy festivals in the country. And in their 22nd year, they’re pulling out all the stops.


This next year’s festival will run from January 16th until February 2nd in various venues all throughout San Francisco. The festival spans over 180 names - featuring legendary comedic voices and up-and-comers - and will feature a mix of sketch, stand-up, improv, table reads, podcasts, and more.


Tickets go on sale Sunday at 10 AM. The initial lineup can be found below.

Check Out The 2025 SF Sketchfest Lineup

Headliners

- Tim Curry in Conversation with Peaches Christ 

- Tributes to Kathryn Hahn, Richard Kind, JB Smoove, and more

- Bill Murray and his Blood Brothers

- Middle Aged Dad Jam

- Airplane! 45th Anniversary Table Read

- The State’s Unproduced Musical, A Holiday Hubbub at Porcupine Corners

- The Kids in the Hall

Podcasts

- Naked Lunch with Phil Rosenthal and David Wild

- Bad Dates with Joel Kim Booster

- Go Fact Yourself

- StraightioLab

- The Sit and Chat Podcast

- Free With Ads

- Wrong Answers Only

- Judge John Hodgman

- Endless Honeymoon with Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero

- Exploration Live!

- The Bechdel Cast

- Hello From the Magic Tavern

- The Neighborhood Listen

- Doug Loves Movies

- The Flop House

- Will You Accept This Rose

- Hey Riddle Riddle

Improv

- Dinner Date featuring Rachel Bloom, John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, and Dan Gregor

- Shamilton: The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical

- The Improvised Shakespeare Company

- Upright Citizens Brigade’s ASSSSCAT

- Dinosaur Improv

- The Black Version

- Theme Park

- Workjuice Improv

- Off Book: The Improvised Musical

Sketch & Variety

- The George Lucas Talk Show

 - The Thrilling Adventure Hour featuring Busy Philipps, Paul F. Tompkins, Marc Evan Jackson, Joshua Malina 

- Celebrity Autobiography with Pamela Adlon, Richard Kind, Ralph Macchio, Laraine Newman, Jennifer TIlly and Blair Underwood

- Fake Ted Talks with Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm, Adam Savage and More

- Hanging with Dr. Z with Dana Gould

- Comedian Clash with Jacquis Neal, Sherry Cola and more

- Porchlight

- Tinder Live with Lane Moore

- Self Help Me with Jenny Yang

- Riffapalooza featuring Frank Conniff, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy and Mary Jo Pehl

Stand-Up

- Maria Bamford

- Chris Fleming

- Joel Kim Booster

- Dulcé Sloan

- Rhys Darby

- Robby Hoffman

- Punkie Johnson

- Aparna Nancherla

- The Sklar Brothers

- Nore Davis

- Josh Gondelman

- Alison Leiby

- Kate Willett

- Hampton Yount

- Nori Reed 

- Todd Barry

- Todd Glass

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