Organist David Hegarty plays at SF Sketchfest on Jan. 7, 2016, at The Castro Theatre. Courtesy: Tommy Lau. Comedians Eric Idle and Jeff B. Davis performing featuring music and a never-before-seen “Monty Python” sketch, tributes to Amber Ruffin, with Zainab Johnson and duo “Derek and Simon” and Kyle MacLachlan with The Red Room…

Fred Armisen performs during SF Sketchfest at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 27, 2023. Photos by Jakub Mosur. SAN FRANCISCO — Musician and comedian Fred Armisen performed a mix of music and standup comedy for the first of three sold-out dates with his show Comedy…

Mike Dirnt will join Fred Armisen on Jan. 29 at Armisen’s SF Sketchfest show at Great American Music Hall. On Tuesday SF Sketchfest producers announced guest artists for Fred Armisen’s residency at the Great American Music Hall next week. Legendary jam band bassist Les Claypool will join the musician-actor-comedian…

SF Sketchfest, courtesy Bill Plympton. SF Sketchfest, which was canceled in 2021 and was postponed before it could be held earlier this year, will return in the new year. Additionally, producers announced new events for the 20th anniversary edition, which will take place from Jan. 20 to Feb. 5.…

SF Sketchfest, courtesy Bill Plympton. Updated Jan. 14 at 8 a.m.: There won’t be an SF Sketchfest this year after all. Producers of SF Sketchfest today announced that the 20th anniversary event—which was canceled in 2021 due to the pandemic, announced last November to begin later this month before another…

SF Sketchfest, courtesy Bill Plympton. Tributes to Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, original “Saturday Night Live” cast member and comedian Laraine Newman and actor David Alan Grier, a roast of “Evil Dead” star Bruce Campbell, dozen of sketch and band-up comics and numerous podcast tapings were announced as part of…

SF Sketchfest tribute to NBC’s ‘Superstore.’ Photos: Mike DeWald. SF Sketchfest will return to San Francisco from Jan. 7 to 23, producers announced on Tuesday. The 20th incarnation of the festival is also seeking local submissions to perform. Interested comedians or artists performing sketch, stand-up, alternative comedy, music, improv,…

SF Sketchfest announces Festpocalypse! SF Sketchfest on Thursday announced Festpocalypse!, a virtual fundraiser for the annual wintertime event. Festpocalypse! will include cast reunions of “The Kids in the Hall” and “The State” as well as David Cross and Bob Odenkirk, a gathering of “Saturday Night Liv” alumni, actors like…

Dana Gould performs at SF Sketchfest at the Speakeasy in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2019. Jon Bauer/STAFF. Producers of SF Sketchfest, the annual San Francisco comedy festival, have postponed the 2021 iteration of the event, which would have been the 20th annual event and typically tales place at…

SF Sketchfest Roast of Peaches Christ on Jan. 13, 2019 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. Fans of independent comedy festival SF Sketchfest may now stream some of its performances from the last 19 years as a COVID-19 fundraiser for the independent organization. For $5, the videos will…