YippieFest

07/31/2024

Sweatpants, Episode 2- Saturday Aug 24, 7 pm. Nate, Diane, Crowbar, Dennis and Dodger are back for a half hour of unlikely romance, hanging out, improv and the importance of sweatpants.

07/30/2024

5:00pm Saturday 24th. Come and check it out. bring a friend!
A look at the comedy of early television innovator Ernie Kovacs through video clips and live stage reenactments.

07/29/2024

Friday 8/23 at 9:25PM
Mayday Mayhaim life is comedy
(Stand up comedy show about how we can learn from life and still have the sense of humor to laugh about it. There is no nudity, only stand up comedy from real life situations and how I found the humor in it.)

07/09/2024

The schedule so far is up with the latest descriptions and pictures we've received.
https://www.yippiefest.com/Schedule.asp

06/20/2024

The Deadline for applications is June 30. Scheduling will begin at that point and we'll have a schedule earlier than ever before. We are seeking all kinds of acts (no bands) such as Short Plays, Improv, Monologues, Sketch Comedy, Clowning, Burlesque, Vaudeville, Stand-up, Performance Art, Dance, Puppet shows, Variety Acts, and more (just ask). Shorter pieces of 5-30 minutes are preferred. All artists get a pass to see any and all shows all weekend.

YippieFest

04/19/2024

YippieFest regular, participant, supporter, and infotainer has a show tonight!! Go..

Discover the thrilling world of FreakShow & Tell, now performing at the renowned Baton Show Lounge. Learn about the shows, and see how to purchase tickets !

11/26/2023

08/08/2023

YippieFest 2023 is in the books and we raised $1,800 for our local charities. $600 each has been donated to:
Howard Brown Health
Brave Space Alliance
Ravenswood Community Services

08/06/2023

TODAY- Sunday
All proceeds benefit local charities.
Tix/Schedule: www.yippiefest.com
4:05PM Our Lake is an Ocean Unplanned Obsolescence
5:05PM Top Banana Productions Fasting Cougars - Redux
5:35PM Roberto Del Rio Roberto Del Rio
6:30PM Continuous Dream Theater The False Years
7:00PM Hooked Up Hooked Up: The Improvised Musical About Your Love Life
7:45PM John Lattuada / Proles the Clown Impermanence and Animal Balloons
7:50PM Noel & Mick D A Scene from PROMISES PROMISES
8:00PM Roberta Miles Roberta Miles
8:25PM John Francis Klingle Perverse Virgin - Songs of Longing and Heartache
9:00PM RPG-13
10:00PM El Bear ANOMALIES BEYOND
10:30PM Closing Ceremony

YippieFest

08/05/2023

TONIGHT!! SATURDAY -- Pride Arts Center 4139 N. Broadway
Philip D. Clarke, Can't Help but Think * Lisa Zane, Sleeping Beauty a short story * Collage Productions/Jeff Helgeson, The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain * Shawn Wickens, Time Machine Blueprints (the theatrical experience) * The Belligerent Sayings of David Drazin * Perceptual Motion, Inc, Cleanlines is Godliness * Black Forest, Wonders & Woes * Famous In The Future, Thwarted Optimism * AP US History * Masters of Sketch, Attack of the 50ft Comedy Sketch * Angie McMahon, Stand Up * Amber Nettles, Take Two: The Improvised Movie * Jack Allen, Stand-up Comedy

TIX: www.yippiefest.com or at the door

08/04/2023

TONIGHT!! Pride Arts Center 4139 N. Broadway

Opening with Chicks with Licks and Picks and special guests * Rush Pearson - Diary of a Madman * Mike Felten * Haunted: The Imrpovised Ghost Hunters * Dark Room Men * The Survivalist * Roses and Rainbows * Industry Darlings - The Improvised Industrial Musical

TIX: www.yippiefest.com or at the door

UPDATE: Proceeds from the fest will benefit three local charities, two of them LGBTQ+. Howard Brown is confirmed as one and we'll announce the others when it is official.

07/31/2023

Friday Aug 4 10:30PM
Thee Courtesan Belle Weathers - Roses and Rainbows
One woman's journey from an unhealthy relationship to finding herself again

07/31/2023

Saturday Aug 5 -- 10:30PM
Amber Nettles - Take Two: The Improvised Movie
Give us a song, we'll give you a movie! Based on a song lyric supplied by the audience, this group of movie buffs use their knowledge of cinema and genre to create a sometimes-logical 30 minute film making fun of the tropes found in your favorite genres: Romcoms, horror, action, holiday, and more!

07/31/2023

Saturday Aug 5 -- 7:40PM
Black Forest - Wonders & Woes
🌎

07/31/2023

Sunday Aug 6 -- 7:45PM
John Lattuada / Proles the Clown - Impermanence and Animal Balloons
A performative exploration of the impermanence inherent within our own existence and that with one another - plus, animal balloons!

07/30/2023

Sunday Aug 6 - 6:30PM
Continuous Dream Theater - The False Years
A man on the eve of coming home from a psych ward tries to work out when it all went wrong. Starring Pete Blatchford. By award-winning writer Amy Crider.

07/30/2023

Sunday Aug 6 - 5:05PM
Top Banana Productions - Fasting Cougars - Redux
Three 10 minute plays: Blood of the Refurbished Virgin, Pulling My Leg, Don't Judge a Book by Its Coverture.

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 -- 9:30PM
Masters of Sketch - Attack of the 50ft Comedy Sketch
Like MadTV but good

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 - 7:35PM
Perceptual Motion, Inc. - Cleanlines is Godliness
Come see this lighthearted dance with some rather unorthodox cleaning ladies. Their trusty brooms turn into canoe paddles, curling stones and salsa partners while they work to get that very last speck of dirt off the floor.

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 -- 11PM
Jack Allen - Stand-up Comedy
Jack Allen is a one-of-a-kind up-and-coming comedic talent. Originally from Oklahoma and now based out of Chicago, Jack is infamous for his original, clever, and delightfully absurd style of joke telling. He regularly performs at a variety of venues thoughout the midwest.

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 - 7:15PM
David Drazin - The Belligerent Sayings of David Drazin
Chicago's only stand up comedian on full social security.

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 - 5:20PM
Lisa Zane - Sleeping Beauty a short story
Lisa Zane will read an original short story which is a macabre fable

07/30/2023

Friday Aug 4 - 8:25PM
Mike Felten
A lot of gunshots, raised fists and shouting in the street. Whoops, that's my dating profile

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 -- 8:10PM
TG Jamroz joining Famous In The Future Sketch Comedy to play a few songs between sketches.

07/30/2023

Sunday Aug 6 -- 10PM
El Bear
ANOMALIES BEYOND
Two soldiers begin to question their orders and their sanity as something from beyond reality begins to creep into their minds in this psychological thriller from writer/director John Fisher.

07/30/2023

Saturday Aug 5 - 5PM
Philip D. Clarke
Can't Help but Think . . .
Ophelia is closing up; an article of snail mail has got her thinking about evangelical ministers while doing side work.