Wyatt Cote was a sensation. A lifetime, passionate surfer hailing from Long Beach, CA, Wyatt was attending the University of Hawaii, studying biochemistry, when he dropped out to pursue comedy. We’re glad he did as his hard work on countless stages is paying off. With a remarkable knack for authenticity and concision, he delivers bits that are both relatable and dense with punchlines.
The 49th San Francisco Comedy Competition is accepting submissions for 2025.
He was the winner of the 2024 San Francisco Comedy Competition and emerged as a very popular headliner up and down the West Coast and beyond. He will be greatly missed.
Marsha Warfield, though perhaps best know as Roz from Night Court, has been a stand-up headliner for 46 years, almost from the moment she left Chicago for Los Angeles.
It’s a sad time for the Bay Area comedy community. Kabir Singh, who started doing comedy in Fremont and made his way to the Semifinals on America’s Got Talent, has died.
Former San Francisco Comedy Competition competitor Nina G has a new special on Amazon.
News Up Now reporter Gleidson Martins stopped by the Final show to interview competitors and we thought we should share.
IT’s incongruous, but a story about a wonderful happening must begin with a regrettable phrase: bad things come in threes. That’s because Frankie Marcos, the 2024 San Francisco Comedy Competition champ from San Jose, suffered a few serious mishaps on his way to winning.
After sharpening our pencils, adding up all of the scores, and double-checking our math, we are finally ready to reveal the final Top Five.
After 20 shows since August, the 48th San Francisco Comedy Competition finds itself at the very last show. They say all good things must come to an end, but did it have to include this show?
Every show in the run has unique challenges, but tonight at Clark Center was pretty unique. They could not sell alcohol because there was a high school football game nearby. So the “Big Creek” show was a dry one. It didn’t matter, the audience loved the show.
Our final evening in San Francisco in front of an enthusiastic crowd at a place designed for comedy. It used to be the Improv before becoming a jazz staple known as Biscuits & Blues.
Some of the comics joked at the Orinda Theatre that the crowd was full of grandparents. I mentioned that just up the street is Rossmoor, where this crowds parents live. Although it has a reputation of being an older crowd, the minimum age for residents is 55, they are very sharp, understand good humor and the venue is really fantastic.
Like any elimination event, the San Francisco Comedy Competition has one difficult issue, we start with 32 really great comedians, but each week we have to eliminate really funny comics and move on with the top five.
The biggest show on the tour is at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa. It’s a fantastic crowd that witnessed a really great comedy show.
