The ninth annual Sacramento Comedy Festival will be held October 3-6, 2019 at Sacramento Comedy Spot. This event features improv groups, stand-up comedians, and sketch comedy groups from Sacramento and around the country.

Individual show tickets are available, below.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019

8:00 PM | Best of Sacramento Stand-Up Showcase

Some of the best local stand-up comedians in one show. Hosted by Benton Harshaw and featuring Mike Betancourt, Huey Li, Jesse Rivera, Jason Mack, Wendy Lewis, Ruby Setnik, Amy Estes, Chazz Hawkins, Drew Absher

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

8:00 PM | Stand-Up Showcase, Vol. 1

Some of the best stand-up comedians from around the United States. Featuring Ray Connolly, Becky Yamamoto, Melissa McGillicuddy, Emma Haney, David Roth, Paul Green, Matt Payton, Anthony Zuccaro, and Dillon Collins.

10:00 PM | Mother of All Comedy Shows, Vol. 1

We packed as many local and out-of-town improv, sketch, and stand-up comedians into one amazing show. THIS IS the mother of all comedy shows. Featuring Squad Patrol, one the Comedy Spot’s in house sketch comedy teams that features smart dialogue and amazing characters. Bay area comedians Walker Glenn, and Marcus Williams, (who crushed the recent LGBTQ Comedy Night) and local stand-up Maryam Moosavi. And last but not least the amazingly awesome incredible smart hilarious comedy stylings of 5 Play Improv from Newark, CA.



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019

5:00 PM | Top 10 List Podcast LIVE on STAGE

Guests: Chris Emery from Anti-Cooperation League & YouTuber Mariaa Gloriaa.

Topic: Worst Halloween “Candy.” Chris and Maria will compete to get their picks on a final Top 10 List of Worst Halloween “Candy.” This show will be streaming LIVE on the Sacramento Comedy Spot’s Facebook page. Sarah Kullbom is judging and taking LIVE reactions and Brian Crall is your host. Be in the audience or watch on Facebook! Past Episodes of the Top 10 List Podcast can be hear wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.



6:00 PM | Spec Script Podcast LIVE on STAGE

Spec Script is a live podcast where a funny person writes an episode of a TV show they have never watched. Then, a bunch of artists get together and read it on stage. Hosted by Chris Khatami, comedian, and Persian based out of Portland. Originally from San Francisco, Chris tells jokes all over the West Coast, and has performed at Portland Podcast Festival, Undertow Comedy Festival and ABQ Funny Fiesta. This show will be streaming LIVE on the Sacramento Comedy Spot’s Facebook page.



7:00 PM | Stand-Up Showcase, Vol. 2

Some of the best stand-up comedians from around the United States. Featuring Alice Payne, Caroline Smith, Dusty Tunnell, Dan Kapr, Jordan Leung, Zenjiro, Shahera Hyatt, Robert Berry, and Stephen Furey, the 2019 Sacramento Stand-Up Competition winner.



9:00 PM | Mother of All Comedy Shows, Vol. 2

We packed as many local and out-of-town improv, sketch, and stand-up comedians into one amazing show. THIS IS the mother of all comedy shows. Featuring the outrageous and in-your-face sketch comedy of The Friday Show, hilarious short-form improv of Short Cuts. Also featuring Masters of Rap Improv (MRI), where improv is inspired by freestyle rap. And one of the best local improv duos, Justine Lopez and Betsiada LeBron are Improv Jazz. If that wasn’t enough, you can see local stand-up comedians Becky Lynn, and Rhoda Ramone.



11:00 PM | Mystery Meat & ALL NEW You Laugh, You Lose

Mystery Meat, hosted by Chris Emery, and You Laugh, You Lose, hosted by Jack Brown! It’s game show night during the Sacramento Comedy Festival. Two game shows in one incredible comedy show. In one, contestants guess the meat they are eating, and in the other, panelists go head to head and try to make each other laugh. If they laugh… THEY LOSE! Everything you need to know about these shows is in the title.



SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2019

6:00 PM | Sacramento Improv Showcase

This showcase features amazing improv groups from Sacramento including G4G, who were champions on Cage Match for five weeks, The Zexy Banditoz, and dynamic and fun improv group performing all over Sacramento, Bird Friends, a two-person improv group and Cage Match champions for four weeks. Tella Novella, a funny and creative improvised soap opera, and Lady Business, an all-woman improv group that’s been crushing it in Sacramento for years!

8:00 PM | Anti-Cooperation League with Guest Skip Bacon

$12 Tickets • Buy Now

Anti-Cooperation League is a crazy, weird, high-energy, fast-paced improv show. Each week, the cast interviews a special guest and then creates scenes inspired by the interview. Guests range from Hollywood players to our friend Emily, who is just damn interesting. Skip Bacon has awesome stories and the most positive attitude of anyone on earth! Join us for the longest-running comedy show in Sacramento and the perfect way to close out the Festival!