Bill Murray at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2023. He will appear at SF Sketchfest in 2025. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.

Iconic actor and comedian Bill Murray will headline SF Sketchfest in January, producers of the annual comedy festival announced on Friday.

The festival will run from Jan. 16 to Feb. 2 and also include appearances and performances by Tim Curry (in a tribute hosted by drag legend Peaches Christ); a screenplay rearing of the film “Airplane!” with co-creator David Zucker, Robert Hays and others for its 45th anniversary; sketch comedy troupe The State (reading its unproduced musical “A Holiday Hubbub at Porcupine Corners”); Improv with Dinner Date featuring Rachel Bloom, John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo and Dan Gregor; and Shamilton: The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical and much more.

In all, more than 180 performances are planned for venues across San Francisco during the festival’s 22nd year.

Tickets go on sale on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. at SF Sketchfest’s website.

What else to expect at SF Sketchfest 2025

Tributes to:

• Kathryn Hahn (“Agatha All Along”)
• JB Smoove (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
• Richard Kind (“Inside Out”)

Music events:

• Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers band featuring Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia
• Middle Aged Dad Jam Band with Ken Marino and David Wain
• Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm
• Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald and Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall) with the Red Room Orchestra for a night of songs and sketches from the famed troupe

Aniversaries:

• “Childrens Hospital”
• “Futurama”
• 50th anniversary of The Groundlings

Improv:

• The Improvised Shakespeare Company
• Upright Citizens Brigade’s ASSSSCAT
• Dinosaur Improv
• The Black Version
• Theme Park
• Workjuice Improv
• Off Book: The Improvised Musical
• That’s a Bad Idea

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
• Hey Riddle Riddle

Theater and variety:

• The Thrilling Adventure Hour featuring Busy Philipps, Paul F. Tompkins, Marc Evan Jackson, and Joshua Malina
• Celebrity Autobiography with Pamela Adlon, Richard Kind, Ralph Macchio, Laraine Newman and Blair Underwood.
• Fake Ted Talks with Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm and Adam Savage
• Asian AF
• Hanging with Dr. Z with Dana Gould
• Comedian Clash with Jacquis Neal and Sherry Cola
• Porchlight
• Tinder Live with Lane Moore
• Self Help Me with Jenny Yang.

More:

• Bay Area premiere of the raunchy adults-only spectacle Stamptown, along with other shows from the Stamptown family and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including shows by Riki Lindhome, BriTANick, Demi Adejuyigbe, Business Casual, Mr Chonkers and more.
• Connor Ratliff’s parodic The George Lucas Talk Show, a fake Acting Class and a parody reading of Star Wars Holiday special called The Kashyyyk Life Day Carol.
• Bay Area premiere of Cassie Workman: Aberdeen, about Kurt Cobain.

Film-related:

• Riffapalooza featuring performers from Mystery Science Theater 3000 including Frank Conniff, Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy and Mary Jo Pehl;
• 20th anniversary of the Found Footage Festival

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
• Comedians Named Todd with Todd Barry and Todd Glass
• SF Sketchfest Dozen spotlight with Sophie Buddle, Brittany Carney, Carmen Christopher, Marie Faustin, Roz Hernandez, Kevin Iso, Bo Johnson, Rachel Kaly, Saul Trujillo, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Eagle Witt and Sabrina Wu

Family:

• Mo Willems’ The Solo Mo Show with Kate Micucci.

More shows will be announced in the coming weeks and the complete schedule are available on the east;s website.