PRE-SALES FOR THIS EVENT ARE CLOSED.
Have no fear! Walk up tickets for are available at both Changing Hands and The Torch Theatre. Purchase your tickets and performer passes upon arrival.
Ghostfest 2017 is the seventh annual longform improv comedy marathon and starts on Friday, October 13th at 6pm and runs into the late night of Saturday, October 14th. Ghostfest is produced by The Torch Theatre as a fundraiser for the Phoenix Improv Festival.
This year, in addition to The Torch Theatre hosting 111+ shows for over 32 hours straight, Ghostfest expands to two nearby venues that are within walking distance as well:
– Ghostfest presents legendary globetrotting (but Minneapolis-based) improv performer Jill Bernard and her epic one-woman historical musical, DRUM MACHINE, at Changing Hands/The Newton (300 West Camelback Road) on Friday, October 13th, at 8pm. Admission is $15 for this ticketed event.
– Megaphone PHX (4700 North Central #112) hosts the Ghostfest Mega Stage, a showcase of improv shows from all over the valley, San Diego, and Austin, Texas. The Ghostfest Mega Stage is from 8pm to 11pm on Friday, October 13th, and Saturday, October 14th. Admission to the Ghostfest Mega Stage is free!
In total, across three different venues, Ghostfest is 32+ hours of non-stop improv action with 130+ different shows, from the sublime to the ridiculous! In addition to The Torch’s mainstay shows and troupes like Adult Bakery, Apollo 12, Beach Blanket Bingo, Displacers, Galapagos, Mail Order Bride, The Neighborhood, Spearmint, Unicorn Warpath, and Zombie Gourmet, Ghostfest also features performers from Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, Austin, Boston, and San Diego, and Ghostfest Jr., a free, kid-friendly block of shows at The Torch Theatre from 10am to 11:30am on Saturday, October 14th.
All-Ghostfest Weekend Passes for admission to all Ghostfest shows at The Torch Theatre (seating availability permitting) are $15. Single-night passes are $10. Walk-up tickets available at the Box Office for all events.
Are you a performer? Passes are available at the Torch Box Office.
Ghostfest 2017 Show Schedule
Ghostfest presents Jill Bernard’s DRUM MACHINE on Friday, October 13th @ 8pm
Changing Hands Bookstore/The Newton, 300 West Camelback Road in Phoenix
Changing Hands Bookstore/The Newton, 300 West Camelback Road in Phoenix
One of two Ghostfest performances of DRUM MACHINE, Changing Hands Bookstore/The Newton has capacity of up to 150 and food & bevs for purchase. Phoenix-based improv upstarts, Always in Trouble, opens the show. This is a ticketed event: $15 for general admission and $20 for admission & an All-Ghostfest Weekend Pass Bracelet. These tickets are upon arrival!
Ghostfest 2017 at The Torch Theatre, Friday, October 13th & Saturday, October 14th
Friday, October 13th @ The Torch Theatre
6pm – Ghostfest Opening Ceremonies • Judd • Carrie Benton Memorial Improv Library Dedication Ceremony
7pm – Skewed News • Two Hens: 20×20 (Old Orchard Beach, Maine)
8pm – Paul Ryan (Austin, TX) • NES (San Diego) • Pound Town
9pm – Displacers • Unicorn Warpath • Empty Promises (ATX) • Too Cubed
10:10pm – Robot Destroyers from Planet Earth • Laura Ingalls • I’m With Her
11pm – Cry Report (Tucson) • ¿Cómo Se Dice? (Tucson) • VerizonQwest
Saturday, October 13th @ The Torch Theatre
12am – Dexy’s Midnight Riders (PHX+) • SNOT • JACKIE (San Diego) • Pharma Hairperm
1am – Heart of Darkness • Middle Word • The Beatdown Rap Battle • Tiny Punches (Flagstaff)
2am – The Improvised Period Piece • Matt & Alejandro’s One-Man Show (Austin, TX) • This is 40 (San Diego) • A List of Things That Make Me Anxious • Cacophony of Noise
3am – Ultraviolet Crown (ATX/PHX) • Improvised Jeopardy! • Data Dump! • Improv Action Heroes
4am – Character Karaoke with Bela Lugosi • 10 Minutes of Bunny Bunny (ATX+) • Slackers (15) • Roundball Rock (ATX+)
5am – Improvised 90s Music Videos • Silent Reactions to the Dabney Main Street Electrical Parade Monoscene Jam • Ghostfest Inception • TBA Jam
6am – Orphans • Charlie Carmichael • The Unauthorized Harry Potter Jam!
7am – 30 Minutes of Time • LOLitaliano! An All-Laugh Garden Jam! • Pickles
8am – Two Sweeties • “Special Offers” by the Level Up Losers • The Mishaps! • 2 Banditos!
9am – WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! • Bjorkfast • [THEATRE CLEANING]
Saturday, October 13th @ The Torch Theatre
GHOSTFEST JR. — 10am-11:25am
Admission is Free!
10am – GHOSTFEST JR: Justice League of Extraordinary X-Men • Lucky Dad • The Peel • CREEPIN’ IT REAL • Apollo 12 • Gilmore Girls + Dad
Saturday, October 13th @ The Torch Theatre
11:30am – GISHWHES! • The Positive People Power Project
Noon – Cropsies • NewHeart • Haroldception • Piethagorus
1pm – Wild Dungarees • Purple Crayons • BrIcks • Less Than Dead
2pm – Rufio • My Favorite Color is Bacon • Rodney • Bechdel Midterms
3pm – The Semantics • Scareolas! • Flock of Beagles • Wizard Sleeves
4pm – Sweater Pills (Tucson) • Happy Birthday, Carrie Fisher! • Pillow
5pm – Galapagos • The Nerve! • Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed (Tucson)
6pm – Spearmint • Mail Order Bride • Riot Jam • [THEATRE CLEANING]
7pm – Jill Bernard’s DRUM MACHINE (Minneapolis, MN)
8pm – Beach Blanket Bingo • SIDECOACH! • B&B (Portland, OR)
9pm – The Neighborhood • Dr. Zombie
10pm – Slack to the Future (San Diego) • Paper Dolls (Boston/Portland) • Tights! (San Diego)
11:10pm – Birds & Broads • Mort & Rachel Weinberg Pitch You TV Shows • Look What We Found (San Diego)
Sunday, October 14th @ The Torch Theatre
Midnight – Fart Doctors • Sinister M.O.’s Improvised Seance (San Diego) • Inspirational Football Coach Speech Show • Have A Good Weekend, Neil Diamond! • Sensitive Boys Dance Party
1am – GIF of the Magi • The Colony • Zombie Gourmet • Southern Wisdom • ghostbox
The Ghostfest 2017 Mega Stage @ Megaphone PHX, Friday, October 13th & Saturday, October 14th
Friday, October 13th @ Megaphone PHX, 4700 North Central Avenue, Suite #112, in Phoenix
8pm – Barren Mind improv • The Soapbox
9pm – Candy From Strangers • Joanie Loves Cersei • Well, Well, Well • 2 Dollar Bill (PHX/PDX)
10:10pm – Apollo 12 • Adult Bakery • Good Ship Lollipop (San Diego)
Saturday, October 14th @ Megaphone PHX
8pm – PIZZA PARTY • Greg Hess’ Hair (San Diego) • B’Lart
9pm – Gloria Marx • Paul Ryan’s Empty Promises (ATX) • Baby Steps
10pm – Chavez, Hanlon, Green (PHX/PDX) • Dead Man’s Pants • SECRET SHOW
WALK UP TICKETS ARE
AVAILABLE ALL WEEKEND
@ OUR BOX OFFICE
This is happening on my birthday and I simply cannot wait.