Sketchfest is infiltrating Bumbershoot this year and injecting a dose of Seattle sketch comedy! We’ll be highlighting the selected performers in this space all month long so you can get a sneak peak before they take the stage on August 31! We’re kicking off our BumberBlog feature with local darlings…
Calling all Seattle Sketch Comedy groups! We’re looking for videos of your sketches to share on Facebook while we help promote the scene (and you)! The whole idea behind Sketchfest started with a simple love of comedy. That’s why we like to use our Facebook page as a place to…
June is Sketch Comedy Month, and Sketchfest is kicking things off a little early this Friday, May 31 by sponsoring Comedy for a Cause: A World Beyond Oil. Sketch groups from the Seattle area will be competing for a cash prize for the funniest sketches that build awareness for Peak…
Sketchfest’s own Randall Cleveland participated in the March Sketch Mash-Up, where anyone – even YOU! – can write, rehearse, and perform sketch comedy in just one weekend! Stave off your stage fright: come see Sketch Mash-Up unfold THIS SUNDAY at the Seattle Creative Arts Center, then sign up to participate…
For the entire month of June SketchFest has rented out the Ballard Underground [2220 NW Market St]. To what ends? Simple, to give more that 10 local sketch comedy groups a venue wherein to ply their hilarious trade. 2 nights every weekend 2 shows every night 2 groups every show We’ll…
As we revel in a well-deserved break (i.e. sleeping during the night as opposed to at work) the staff at SketchFest is gearing up to bring not only an exponentially more amazing festival for 2013, but also doing our best to implement new programs, tools and educational opportunities throughout the…
In our first ever online chat interview, we were lucky enough to learn more about the crazy kids behind Drop the Root Beer and Run; one of the Seattle’s hardest working up-and-coming sketch groups to hit the scene. No matter how many cliche questions we asked, they kept at it…
We’re super stoked to be involved with another awesome festival this weekend, Arts Crush! Make your way to the Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center on September 23rd to give us a wave, high-five or one of those pretty smiles you do oh-so-well while we tend to our table at…
While the word ‘titillated’ is a tad on the 50 Shades of Angst-Ridden Housewife side, there’s no better word for that tingly feeling we get when Charles presents Seattle with a brand-spanking new offering of comedic genius. Want to sweeten the deal? The boys from Stanford are pairing up…
You’re welcome for sparing you the obvious “Bump into you at Bumbershoot” reference. Let’s move on… Guess what?! SketchFest will be at the Theater Stage (Armory/Center House Stage) on Sunday September 2nd from 3:45-5 pm and if you’re not there during that time, well then you probably should be! If you…
