TOsketchfest Announces 2026 Lineup

The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, Toronto's longest-running live comedy festival, returns for its 21st year March 4-15, 2026 at The Theatre Centre and Comedy Bar Bloor.

TOsketchfest has announced its largest lineup to date, including the featured series with Tita Jokes by Tita Collective (pictured), A Comedy Show at the End of the World by Jon Blair, Crime After Crime (After Crime) by Sex T-Rex, and BDB Mandarin Sketch Night.

TOsketchfest will present over 75 comedy troupes in double and triple bills at the heart of the festival including 2 Draculas, 24 Double B, A.C. Birch, Aidan O’Connor (Los Angeles), Alien Pizza, All Sorts, Amanda Xeller (NYC), Anders Yates, Asian Takeout (Chicago, IL), Banana Loafers, Beacon of Hope (Montreal), Beggar's Canyon, BEST BY FAR, Bicycle Jousting (St. John’s, NL), Big Chick Energy, Big Ol' Mess (Denver, CO), Boy Girl Party, BoyFringe, Brain Frogs, Burnt Toast Sketch Show (Brooklyn, NY), Cam Wyllie, Carson & Taylor, Cheap Wine, Cody Sullivan (Provincetown, MA), Comedy Dance Chicago (Chicago, IL), Dave Barclay, Debit-Cash-or-Credit, Devin Bateson (Hamilton), Emily Jeffers, Firecracker Department, Friedman & Stew, Good News Toronto, Grease Trap (Montreal), Hillary Yaas, Janelle McGuinness, Joy Provision, Kenneth Cheung, Legally Brown, Lou Laurence (Montreal), Lower Class Act, Manic Depressive Thrillness: A Mad Musical Comedy, Meredith Mullen, Miles Chaney (Chicago, IL), MILK!, Monster Island, Nkasi Ogbonnah, No Vowels (St. John’s, NL), Pat Gourdeau, Potato Potato, Ryan Sheedy, Sarah Bennett, Sarah Conway, Seth K Thomas (Dallas, TX), She/They (Montreal), Sick Day (Portland, OR), Sketch To The Death, Sketchy Broads (Edmonton), Small Friend Tall Friend, Spencer Glassman, Srutika Sabu, Success 5000 (Edmonton), Summer Dad, The Nostalgia Girls, The Red Hot Sili Peppers, The Rocket Scientists, The Suburban Sisterwives (Durham), The Understudies, TIK TOK BOOM, Tiyawnda, Trash Panda Comedy, Two2Mango, Vest of Friends, Vivek Srikanthan.

The festival also proudly presents the 9th annual TOsketchfest Film Festival presented by New Metric Media, featuring hilarious short films and micro-shorts from creators around the globe.

Returning this year, International Women’s Day programming on Sunday, March 8 will feature a full day of performances by all female and non-binary artists.

Alongside a stacked lineup of shows, TOsketchfest presents a Learning + Fun series of workshops and panels for artists and the comedy-curious, offering an accessible look at the creative process and the community behind the laughs.

Tickets and passes are on sale now at TorontoSketchFest.com