TOSketchFestBlog
November means we fall back an hour and start to truly embrace the shorter and darker days. Add some light back into the night with incredible comedy shows to see in Toronto. This month has a lot to offer with solo, Clown, dark comedy, classic sketch, and even the SKETCHIEST sketch show of the year. Here’s a list of the top shows that you don’t want to miss!
VIVEK SRIKANTHAN: ONE MAN NO CITY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
As a solo performer, Vivek was semi-finalist in Toronto’s Sketch to the Death competition, and has performed at Toronto, Montreal & Denver Sketchfests. Directed by Dave Barclay this is a show just waiting for an audience of sketchfest-diehards! Join Vivek as he comedically and painfully pulls apart his life, history, relationships, ethnicity, and family while struggling to understand himself in this meta-fictional, idiotic, self-deprecating solo sketch comedy revue.
Aki Studio, Tickets and Info
CLOWN HOUR
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Get a taste of all kinds of some of Toronto’s most hilarious sketch comedy at this hour of clown. You’ll see Cheap Wine, Jon Blair, Hilarity Strikes, 24 Double B, Sarah Bennett, and Sachin Sharma. That’s a powerhouse lineup with guaranteed laughs ready for their audience!
Tallboys Craft Beer House, Tickets and Info
TORONTO SKETCHFEST COMEDY SHOWCASE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21
We’re getting 20th anniversary festival vibes started early with this showcase featuring SIX local sketch comedy acts: The Understudies, Lower Class Act, Friedman & Stew, Better News Toronto, Spencer Glassman, and Small Friend Tall Friend. Get that sketchfest energy out of hibernation and be prepared to laugh!
Comedy Bar Danforth, Tickets and Info
GRIEF IS A JERK
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24
Comedy is all about taking a look at life and reflecting it back through different perspectives and interpretations. The sadness that wrecks on our emotional, mental, and physical well-being is often avoided in everyday conversations. Upstate NY comedian and producer, Angela, shouts from the stage “Grief is a Jerk!” to acknowledge the real life pain experienced by so many grievers. This hilariously irreverent show is currently running in New York City but is coming to Toronto for one night only!
Bar Cathedral, Tickets and Info
FINE ART: A COMEDY SHOW WITH 24 DOUBLE B
NOVEMBER 27, 28, 29
Winners of the TO Sketchfest 2024 “Sketchiest Sketch Troupe” 24 Double B presents a night of comedy that proves that they are serious artists, thank you very much. It is the lore of the Toronto Comedy Community that this peer-voted award comes with the burden and honour of hosting a Sketchiest Sketch Show before the next TOsketchfest. We will be there and you should be, too!
Division 88, Tickets and Info
Want to see more funny in the city?
Thanks for checking out TOsketchfest’s Five Comedy Shows to see in Toronto November 2024. Like our picks? Let us know! Have a show you would like us to know about? Contact info@torontosketchfest.com.
