The Best Comedy Events in San Francisco This Month

If you’ve been feeling like comedy events in San Francisco suddenly got louder, we’re right there with you. The scene feels especially charged right now—over 500 people are already circling this week’s shows alone—which in SF terms means: buy the tickets now, overthink your outfit later. From drag chaos in the Mission to classic club sets in North Beach, it’s one of those stretches where every group text has at least one "who’s down for a show tonight?" in it.

The names you keep hearing aren’t random. DIVA or Die: Guillotine Romance – SF and Trixxie Carr’s Fantasy presents THE HUNGER! are pure San Francisco: theatrical, queer, a little unhinged, and absolutely not your standard stand-up. The Valentine’s Party with THE NINETEENS, THE HYPERDRIVE KITTENS, and THE ANGRY OUTLAWS is big-night-out energy if you like your romance loud, glittery, and probably slightly off-script. Pause for Laughter is more your hang if you’re into that intimate, I-might-accidentally-talk-to-the-comedian vibe, while Drag Bingo with Olivia Hart & Crew is peak SF weeknight culture: low-stakes, high camp, and very likely to derail your "just one drink" plan. And if Tonight! A clown who wanted to be loved? doesn’t scream "this city," nothing does—it’s tailor-made for people who enjoy their comedy with a side of existential crisis in greasepaint.

The anchors of the scene still matter, though. Punch Line Comedy Club and Cobb’s Comedy Club are where you go when you want the real-deal club experience: tight sets, names you recognize from podcasts, and that classic dimly lit room that makes every joke land harder. Victoria Theatre, on the other hand, is where things get a little more theatrical—special events, bigger concepts, and the kind of shows people bring up months later at a bar in SoMa like, "Remember that one night at Victoria…?" If you’re choosing where to spend your time (and money) this month, hit a club night at Punch Line or Cobb’s for polished stand-up, then balance it with one of the weirder, more immersive picks—DIVA or Die, THE HUNGER!, or that lonely clown—for the full, deeply San Francisco experience.

All of this—the drag bingo, the punky Valentine’s lineup, the experimental clown show—is what discovery looks like in San Francisco right now: a little messy, very queer, occasionally heartfelt, and never, ever boring. Pick one thing that feels safely in your comfort zone, and one that sounds slightly unhinged. That’s the sweet spot.