• Sketch Buffet is coming!

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    Josh Higham

    Our friends at Crossroads Comedy Theater asked one of our producers, Curt, to help curate a night of sketch comedy! And now it’s happening! July 16 at 9:30pm at Theatre Exile (1340 S 13th Street) Featuring: The Incredible Shrinking Matt and Jacquie Steve Swan vs Joe Moore Crying Alone in the Shower High Dramma Mean…

  • Sketchubator: A Sketch Comedy Incubator

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    Josh Higham

    Philly Sketchfest is so pleased to announce we’ll be hosting Sketchubator, an online sketch comedy incubator, live on Zoom! Check out sketchubator.com for all the latest. We invite sketch comedians from all over to share a piece of work they’re working on now to get feedback and see where the laughs are landing. If you…

  • 2020 Sketch Comedy Film Festival

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    Josh Higham

    While we’re all still dealing with the pandemic world and all the cancellations of live events, we’re happy to announce the 2020 Sketch Comedy Film Festival is going virtual! Debuting live on Facebook Premiere, on Friday, November 20, at 8pm EST, this year’s Sketch Comedy Film Festival will showcase video sketches and short films from…

  • Philly Sketchfest postponed until 2021

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    Josh Higham

    We thought there would be a chance theaters would be open in the fall. We thought travel would be possible. We hoped. But Philly Sketchfest 2020 isn’t meant to be, at least in the fullest incarnation. We look forward to hosting the Sketch Comedy Film Festival when movie theaters are open in Philadelphia, but live…

  • Philly Sketchfest 2020 Postponed

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    Josh Higham

    Hey everybody,  We just want to let everybody know that we’ve come to the difficult (but 100% necessary) decision to postpone Philly Sketchfest 2020 from its original June schedule to the Fall of this year. With all of the travel restrictions and other current projections, it’s become pretty clear that we wouldn’t be able to…

  • Selling T-shirts for the Philadelphia Performance Artists’ Emergency Fund

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    Josh Higham

    Philly Sketchfest is now selling all its legacy t-shirts to benefit the Philadelphia Performance Artists’ Emergency Fund, a fundraiser to benefit the performers without the stages during this Coronavirus crisis. $6 with free shipping for any of the shirts left in stock, and all the proceeds will go to the Emergency Fund! Head over to…

  • Submissions are now open for the Sketch Comedy Film Festival!

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    Josh Higham

    Submissions for the live shows of Philly Sketchfest 2020 have now closed, but there’s still time to submit your short film to the Sketch Comedy Film Festival! Just head to http://filmfreeway.com/phillysketchfest, cuz it’s all right there.

  • The Best of 2019, part 2

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    Josh Higham

    Some more wonderful people responded to our call for sharing memories of 2019. Julia Hudson, Crying Alone in the Shower, Philadelphia Goat Rodeo’s final show! What an amazing send off for PHIT’s stalwart team. From Botticelli and the Pope to Emergency Alert System to the Tickle Monster to CATS. It’s awesome to watch a Best…

  • The Best of 2019, part 1

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    Josh Higham

    Recently, we asked a bunch of friends to highlight some of the favorite comedy moments of 2019. Here’s a few we’ve received so far. Isaiah Headen, Bad Medicine, Washington DC. TikTok. I know it’s lame, but it reminds me of Vine so much. There are many good videos and I really do find myself laughing…

  • Happy Holidays from Philly Sketchfest!

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    Josh Higham

    All the best, joy, and loveliness from all of us at Philly Sketchfest! We’re looking forward to what we have in store in 2020.