SF Sketchfest, or The San Francisco Comedy Festival, is an American comedy festival founded in 2002 by Bay Area actor-comedians David Owen,

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and Cole Stratton. It takes place every January and February in a variety of Bay Area venues and features

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and ...

, improv comedy, film and television tributes and reunions, solo performers, music, podcasts and

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...

performers.

References

External links

SF Sketchfest official website
Culture of San Francisco Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area Sketch comedy festivals Comedy festivals in the United States Recurring events established in 2002 2002 establishments in California {{US-festival-stub