Our good friends at SF Sketchfest dropped a BUNCH of new shows in our laps for their 20th iteration! Some that I’m really, really excited about. Tickets are on sale now RIGHT HERE!
A few highlights include Fred Armisen taking over the Great American Music Hall for three nights to do Comedy for Bass Players with a special guest every night. When he did Comedy For Drummers, he had Thao Nguyen and Sheila E on board. Comedy for guitarists brought us Brad Pailsey, The Bangles’ Vicki Peterson, and jazz great Bill Laswell. Who is he gonna bring? We’ve got no clue, but it sold out in moments when the guests were announced last year, so I’d be on it?
The Red Room Orchestra is back, and yes, they are doing Twin Peaks again. BUT!!!!! THEY ARE DOING FUCKING REPO MAN!! Repo Man is the film, alongside Decline Of Western Civilization, essentially introduced the world to LA Hardcore. Its accompanying soundtrack is full of classics and anchored by the bonafide standards “TV Party” by Black Flag and “Institutionalized” by Suicidal Tendencies (The “I Just Wanted A Pepsi” song) They even snagged members of The Plugz, Circle Jerks, The Dwarves, and punk rock legend The Kids In The Hall to sit in! Oh, and, BTW, SF Sketchfest organizers- if any of your singers drop off, I can jump in on a moment’s notice on pretty much any of these songs. *Just Sayin*
The full list of additions is just below the jump:
- The Red Room Orchestra play the music of “Twin Peaks”
plus music from the films of David Lynch and an homage to Julee Cruise with Ray Wise, Michael Horse, Chrystabell, Petra Haden, Toby Dammit, Karina Denike, Dina Maccabee, Allyson Baker, Marc Capelle, John Hofer, John Schott, Ben Goldberg, and more
- The Red Room Orchestra play the “Repo Man” soundtrack
with Tito Larriva (The Plugz), Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks), Pete Straus (The Dwarves), Toby Dammit (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/The Stooges), Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall), Petra Haden, Chuck Prophet, Eugene Robinson, Dave Hill, Jonah Ray, Dina Maccabee, Allyson Baker, and Marc Capelle
- The Psychologists Are In with Maggie Lawson and Timothy Omundson
- Dumb People Town
with The Sklar Bros. and Daniel Van Kirk
- James Adomian
with Jes Tom
- Ilana Glazer Presents: Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion
- Mic Drop: A Night of Music, Rap and Comedy
with Drennon Davis, EpicLLOYD, Eliza Skinner and more
- Behind the Bastards with Robert Evans
- The Setup
with Abhay and Richard Sarvate and guests Andrew Lopez and more, hosted by Dauood Naimyar
- The Setup
with Abhay and Richard Sarvate and guests Wally Baram, Tess Barker, Sydnee Washington, and more, hosted by Chad Opitz
