"During the long-running SF Sketchfest, San Francisco becomes more than a backdrop-it becomes a gathering place. For two weeks, the city reorganizes itself around live comedy, music, and conversation, filling theaters and clubs with performers trying things in real time, without the safety net of editing or distance. It's part comedy festival, part reunion, and part reckoning. That atmosphere makes room for unlikely intersections."
"Lennon has been coming to SF Sketchfest for so long that he talks about it less like a booking and more like a ritual. It's where he sees the people who made him, the collaborators who still feel like extended family, and the comedy community that keeps showing up even as careers scatter outward. "SF Sketchfest is a tradition in both our family and our extended family of ['90s MTV sketch-comedy troupe] The State,'" he says."
SF Sketchfest turns San Francisco into a two-week hub organized around live comedy, music, and conversation, with theaters and clubs hosting performers who experiment without editing or distance. The festival blends reunion, celebration, and reckoning, creating opportunities for unlikely intersections among performers. This year, Thomas Lennon, Randall Park, and Jodie Sweetin arrive from different career arcs that briefly converge in the city. Lennon treats the festival as ritual, reconnecting with collaborators and staging reunions, commemorative episodes, and inventive performances—such as an extended piece built from Yelp reviews. Lennon returns bringing a long-running personal obsession and will host and perform at the Great American Music Hall.
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