Best of SF Comedy Competition
THE APRIL FOOLS —
Saturday, April 4, 2026 8 PM
$40 (Marin Center Fees Included)
Approaching its 50th anniversary, the San Francisco Stand-up Comedy Competition enjoys a talent pool of past participants that numbers well over a thousand.
“We do our best to stay in touch with our alumni throughout their subsequent careers,” says Jon Fox of Fox Family Productions, “We meet them in their 20s and continue presenting the most worthy for decades thereafter.”
Many hilarious acts do not end up in Hollywood or New York due to day job and/or family situations but Fox nonetheless keeps track of the best. In the case of headliner Mike Baldwin, after making the finals in SF and then winning the sister event in Seattle, he relocated to The Big Apple for a time only to return to Wichita when his grandmother needed him.
Fox is excited about bringing him back to close this outstanding four-act show.
Mike Baldwin simply goes out night after night and delivers top notch comedy. His style is instantly likable, entirely personal and it highlights his attention to detail. His material is crisp and efficient and he supplements that material with subtle but perfect facial expressions, vocal inflections and a genuine smile.
Mike won the grueling, 3-week-long Seattle International Comedy Competition, as well as Indianapolises’s Trial By Laughter. He has three comedy albums: “Bees Can Taste With Their Feet”, “Front To Back”, and “#1 Top Selling Best Comedy Special EVER!!”, all of which shot up the charts online. Mike is best appreciated in person. He is one of the best live acts you will see this year!
Marin Center Showcase Theatre
20 Ave of the Flags
San Rafael, CA 94903
Saturday, April 4, 2026 8 PM
$40 (Marin Center Fees Included)
Approaching its 50th anniversary, the San Francisco Stand-up Comedy Competition enjoys a talent pool of past participants that numbers well over a thousand.
“We do our best to stay in touch with our alumni throughout their subsequent careers,” says Jon Fox of Fox Family Productions, “We meet them in their 20s and continue presenting the most worthy for decades thereafter.”
Many hilarious acts do not end up in Hollywood or New York due to day job and/or family situations but Fox nonetheless keeps track of the best. In the case of headliner Mike Baldwin, after making the finals in SF and then winning the sister event in Seattle, he relocated to The Big Apple for a time only to return to Wichita when his grandmother needed him.
Fox is excited about bringing him back to close this outstanding four-act show.
Mike Baldwin simply goes out night after night and delivers top notch comedy. His style is instantly likable, entirely personal and it highlights his attention to detail. His material is crisp and efficient and he supplements that material with subtle but perfect facial expressions, vocal inflections and a genuine smile.
Mike won the grueling, 3-week-long Seattle International Comedy Competition, as well as Indianapolises’s Trial By Laughter. He has three comedy albums: “Bees Can Taste With Their Feet”, “Front To Back”, and “#1 Top Selling Best Comedy Special EVER!!”, all of which shot up the charts online. Mike is best appreciated in person. He is one of the best live acts you will see this year!
Marin Center Showcase Theatre
20 Ave of the Flags
San Rafael, CA 94903