On January 17th, the gates of hell burst open for Devil Fest, a one-night-only demonic bacchanalia of comedy at iO Theater hosted by Devil’s Daughter. This is not your typical comedy festival--this is a descent into pure madness.

Imagine all of your favorite comedy teams--those stalwarts of the Harold, musical improv, and short form games--completely unleashed from their usual forms. What chaotic theatrical experiments will they perform? What mind bending evil performances might they conjure? At Devil Fest, expect the unexpected and prepare to have your sense of reality forever warped.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” - Mary Kate Olsen.

Featuring:

22 Improv

BirdLady

Duluth

Escandalo

Fizz

FLEX

High Stakes Productions

Improvised Jane Austen

Megalodonna

The Mermaids

Spellbound

Stir Friday Night

Trigger Happy

Voila

Wet Pizza

Whimsy Lohan

Tickets can be purchased HERE

Stir Friday Night, Chicago’s longest-running Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedy team, is hot off the wok with 60 minutes of brand new material to keep you coming back for seconds.

Founded in 1995, with alumni such as Steven Yeun (Walking Dead, Minari) Danny Pudi (Community) and Mary Sohn (AP Bio) Stir Friday Night is a fixture in Chicago’s comedy scene.

Shows are weekly FRIDAYS AT 7:30 Sept 26-Oct 25th

Purchase Tickets HERE

Stir Friday Night is Having Auditions!!!

Detailed information can be found at the signup genius link here

Any questions email us in the contact form!

Stir Friday Night, Chicago’s longest-running Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedy team, is hot off the wok with 60 minutes of brand new material to keep you coming back for seconds.

Founded in 1995, with alumni such as Steven Yeun (Walking Dead, Minari) Danny Pudi (Community) and Mary Sohn (AP Bio) Stir Friday Night is a fixture in Chicago’s comedy scene.

Shows are weekly FRIDAYS AT 7:30 Sept 26-Oct 25th

Purchase Tickets HERE

Stir Friday Night, Chicago’s longest-running Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedy team, is hot off the wok with 60 minutes of brand new material to keep you coming back for seconds.

Founded in 1995, with alumni such as Steven Yeun (Walking Dead, Minari) Danny Pudi (Community) and Mary Sohn (AP Bio) Stir Friday Night is a fixture in Chicago’s comedy scene.

Shows are weekly FRIDAYS AT 7:30 Sept 26-Oct 25th

Purchase Tickets HERE

Stir Friday Night, Chicago’s longest-running Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedy team, is hot off the wok with 60 minutes of brand new material to keep you coming back for seconds.

Founded in 1995, with alumni such as Steven Yeun (Walking Dead, Minari) Danny Pudi (Community) and Mary Sohn (AP Bio) Stir Friday Night is a fixture in Chicago’s comedy scene.

Shows are weekly FRIDAYS AT 7:30 Sept 26-Oct 25th

Purchase Tickets HERE

Stir Friday Night, Chicago’s longest-running Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedy team, is hot off the wok with 60 minutes of brand new material to keep you coming back for seconds.

Founded in 1995, with alumni such as Steven Yeun (Walking Dead, Minari) Danny Pudi (Community) and Mary Sohn (AP Bio) Stir Friday Night is a fixture in Chicago’s comedy scene.

Shows are weekly FRIDAYS AT 7:30 Sept 26-Oct 25th

Purchase Tickets HERE

Yes, End Alz is a comedy show to bring light and laughter to the fight against Alzheimer's. Up and coming Chicago comedians will serve up improv, stand-up, and sketch in service of a great cause. All proceeds will benefit The Alzheimer's Association's Walk 2 End Alzheimer's.

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Catch Stir Friday Night on the East Coast Performing in BIF 2024!

The annual Baltimore Improv Festival is one of the largest improv festivals on the East Coast and brings hundreds of performers, top-tier instructors, and a variety of local, regional, and nationally-known improv comedy teams to Baltimore City for workshops and shows!
 

Seven Nights. 83 Shows. Infinite Laughs.

For general festival questions, please contact Andy McIntyre at andy@bigimprov.org

Show Block Tickets- $10 ($20 for Headline show)
Weekday Pass- $15
Weekend Pass- $ 50
All Show Pass- $100

Buy tickets here

Enjoy the second day of programming of the 2024 iO Fest with this single day general admission ticket. Gain access to performances happening in all 4 of our theaters. GA performances begin at 5:30pm and end at approximately 12:30am.

GA Pass Includes Access to the following performances only:

Anarchy

Andrew Cornelius

Behemoth

Chicken Big

ComedySportz

Devil's Daughter

Duchovny

Dumb John

Ian MacDonald

Jet City Improv

Josh Cahn

Kismet

Kitty Hawk

Laser Comedy Show

Late Night Shenanigans

Lauren Frost

Lil' Sluggers

Maureen Nolan

Melk

Messing with John Lehr

New York's Finest

People's Sketch Revue

Robert Johnson

Schmooty

Sissy Vanya

soft

Spellbound

Stir Friday Night

Very Good Boys

Young Douglas


Tickets Here!

Of course Boom Chicago comes from Chicago, but improv comedy itself comes from Chicago. This is your chance to see a showcase of the Windy City’s top improvisational comedy talents in 2024. Featuring Wolftown, Stir Friday Night and Baby Wine. Learn those names!

Tickets Here

I know the Instagram fundraiser may not look like it, but with other donations directly to our PayPal via our website, we’re about halfway to our goal! This Memorial Day come dine with us and bid on some prizes to help us make a big push to our goal of 10k! For only $66 you’ll dine like royalty and help us fly to Amsterdam for the Boom Comedy Festival! Ticket Link Here

Your ticket covers the cost of the food and gratuity. Any drinks will charged individually. Additionally, each cast member of Stir Friday Night will be hosting different games in the restaurant that will cost a small fee, so be prepared to bring cash or be comfortable using Venmo or Zelle.

In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, iO presents The Asian Persuasion Comedy Variety Showcase in partnership with The Foundation for Asian American Independent Media (FAAIM). This comedy variety show will take place May 26th at 8:00 PM at iO Theater and be the culmination of FAAIM’s film festival happening the week prior at the Gene Siskel Theater.

Hosted by:
Jerry Tran

Lineup
Asian Takeout
Stir Friday Night
Second City Victor Wong Fellows of 2024
William-Paik
Sonal Aggarwal

Music from
Shawn Shakya

Headliner
Evan Mills

Learn more about our comedic acts and buy tickets at www.faaim.org or by visiting the link in our bio! Follow @faaimchicago on Instagram to keep up with all of our AAPI Heritage Month events! #Chicago #comedy #improv #sketch #iO #standup #chicagothingstodo #comedians #secondcity #AAPIHeritageMonth

This Sunday Chicago’s Best Improv Team nominees will showcase themselves and the audience will decide who will become Chicago’s Best Improv Team. So, dress to impress for a night that celebrates Chicago's vibrant comedy scene, blending talent, absurdity, and audience participation into a night of unforgettable laughter. #chicago #do312 #whattodochi #whattodochicago #secondcity #bestofchicago

Purchase Tickets Here

Round Two! Thanks for your patience everyone with our last-minute venue change.

We still have a hilarious brand new hour of sketch comedy for you to keep your April focused on laughter instead of the rain.

Purchase Tickets Here!

DOORS: 6:30pm

SHOW: 7:30pm

Regarded as one of Chicago's funniest and most promising improv groups of the last decade, Dumb John is proud to return to The iO Theater where they got their start with a new weekly long form improv show. 

Longtime members Mike Geraghty, Steve Plock, and Linda Orr apply their high energy strain of improvisation to a bizarre cultural harvest of small town Americana influence and ephemera.

Dumb John uses a single audience suggestion to inspire a piece of unhinged long form improv that propels diesel-soaked characters through fever dream karaoke scenes and down neon aisles of roadside antique marts; exploring the depravity and brilliance found at the heart of every moment. Wipe off your boots, grab an ice cold cruiser and join them for an evening of more fun than the law allows.

**Use your ticket to get free admission to any 9PM show**

here

A weekly comedy show featuring some of the best improv, standup, and sketch in the city!

Doors Open  7:30 PM
Show 8:00 PM - 9:20 PM
Cost $5

Tickets can be purchased online and at the door as well. 
We are a small, open seating venue and encourage groups to arrive 15 minutes before show time to find seats together.
We are also BYOB! (Bring your own beverage)

Tickets can be purchased here

Check out our weekly long-form improv showcase featuring all hot, new improv teams! Hosted by improv team, SquareUp!

Doors Open  9:30 PM
Show 10:00 PM - 11:15 PM
Cost $5

Tickets can be purchased online here and at the door as well. 
We are a small, open seating venue and encourage groups to arrive 15 minutes before show time to find seats together.
We are also BYOB! (Bring your own beverage)

Windy Indie is Excited to Have Stir Friday Night back on the show!!

Tonight 9pm at iO Chicago

Tickets can be purchased here

Take the stress out of holiday conflict with a night of comedy! Come see us find the silver linings in common stressful situations around the holidays. We'll have a variety of guest comedians joining us each night.

SFN: Opens for Conflict of Interest

Tickets can be found here

Are you a member of the AAPI community? Do you know someone a part of the AAPI community? Do you/they love comedy?

Well come audition/forward this flyer for Stir Friday Night!

We're a 503c3 Non-profit comedy organization that's been around for 28 years and have alumni such as Steven Yeun (Minari, Walking Dead), Danny Pudi (Community), and Mary Sohn (AP Bio).

Sounds like a good time? I know it is!

Sign Up Here
(make sure to read the whole post before submitting)

Any questions, email us!

Thanks for reading!

Watch us perform at the Portal, A roaming variety show all around Chicago

Get Tickets Here!

SFN is back in 2023 hitting up one of our favorite venues to perform some improv!

For one night only, we’re bringing our comedy chops uptown to the library! Come watch us play surrounded by knowledge!

Come watch us do Improv with the legendary iO Harold team Devils Daughter

Come watch us play for Logan Square Improv’s signature show The Saturday Show!