The San Francisco Comedy Competition is one of the most prestigious comedy events in North America, launching the careers of notable comedians such as Patton Oswalt, Robin Williams, and Ellen DeGeneres. It’s an outrageously funny evening, where you will see the comedy stars of tomorrow competing for their chance at fame and fortune. Hundreds of comedians audition each year to compete, but only 32 are chosen. Performers will be announced September 13 at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa. 7:30 PM Doors 8:00 PM Show

Spike Einbinder and Honey Pluton hit the west coast from NYC to split an hour of stand up comedy! Expect transsexual musing, tales of lore and hilarity ensuing. 7:30 PM Doors 8:00 PM Show $15 ADV / $20 DOOR

A Night of Music, Movies, and Meaning: Finding Lucinda Screening & Live Performance Featuring a cinematic experience about a journey to uncover the early life and creative spark of Lucinda Williams with live music by Lake Charlatans with ISMAY, special guests Steve Earle, Chuck Prophet, Olivia Wolf, Elizabeth Lubin and more. Music lovers and Lucinda Williams fans are invited to an inspiring evening that blends live performance, documentary screening, and conversation as Finding Lucinda comes to San Francisco on Friday, October 3. Presented as an official Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Out of the Park show, this show benefiting Sweet Relief and the Bay Area Musicians Fund celebrates the early life, creative spark, and lasting influence of the legendary singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. Finding Lucinda follows singer-songwriter ISMAY (Avery Hellman) on a transformative road trip through the American South, exploring the early life and enduring legacy of three-time GRAMMY-winning artist Lucinda Williams. Along the way, the film features never-before-seen footage, rare recordings, and interviews with Charlie Sexton, Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, and Lucinda herself. Directed by Joel Fendelman (Man on Fire) and featuring cinematography by Rose Bush (Colette), the film is a soulful meditation on music, identity, and what it means to forge your own creative path. Part memoir, part music history, and part spiritual road trip, Finding Lucinda is ultimately a story about self-discovery, artistic bravery, and learning how to move forward — even when you’re unsure where the road will lead. (FindingLucindaFilm.com) Presented by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Out of the Park. A portion of every ticket will go to benefit Sweet Relief, Bay Area Musicians Fund. Q&A with ISMAY to follow the film. DOORS at 7:00PM | MUSIC at 8:00 PM

New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown flophouse he calls home.

LIVE MUSIC: Dad Bod 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $12 ADV / $15 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Eleni Drake 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20 ADV / $22 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Flaco el Jandro Philthy Dronez Tropisphere plus DJ Puto Escobar Presented by Nada Sound & Tunnel Records 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $15 ADV / $20 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Katie Malco mui zyu 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $18 Presented by (((folkYEAH!)))

LIVE MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz Prog Frog Loco Tranquilo Dinner Date presented by PSYCHED! RADIO as part of PSYCHED! FEST 2025 7:00 PM Doors 7:30 PM Music $18 ADV / $22 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Lael Neale Guy Blakeslee Presented by (((folkYEAH!))) 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20

LIVE MUSIC: Maria Chávez (Presented by Cinechamber) 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $20

LIVE MUSIC: Nour Harkati Local Support TBA 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $14 ADV / $17 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: Roméo Poirier Local support to be announced 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $18 ADV / $21 DOOR

LIVE MUSIC: TAKAAT Local Support TBA 7:00 PM Doors 8:00 PM Music $15 ADV / $20 DOOR

VIRGIN BEASTS (1991) An Animated, Agit-Prop, Sci-Fi, Underground Comic, Saturnalia, Punk Opera! Artist Toby Zoates, the film's producer, director, writer, animator, actor, musician, art director, editor and First Aid nurse, described the film as "Beauty Meets the Beast at the Masque of the Red Death on a Quest for the Holy Grail to Win Brand Rights for Gray Males = The Last Wishes of a Dickhead Arms Dealer on His Deathbed = A Journey into the Male Unconscious (using animation transformation juice.)" Exploring themes of the patriarchy and colonization, the film flows between live action and animated sequences, suffusing everything with both queer leftist politics and late-night 90s animated wackiness as we explore a DIY glam-punk post-apocalyptic Sydney. MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE Gender jesters Piranha Psychotronica and Kafka X bring you a new experience in cinematic depravity… Media Meltdown Movie Madhouse! Prepare yourself to enter into a world of face-flaying forgotten and forsaken films… Made-for-TV, Direct-to-Video, VCR games, underground cinema, and more wiley weirdness than your minds can handle! In a world dominated by AI, CGI, mega streaming platforms, and cinematic universes, Media Meltdown celebrates the amateur, the low-budget, the handmade, the experimental, and the weird! Commit yourself every 3rd Sunday to … MEDIA MELTDOWN MOVIE MADHOUSE!

Old friends Wallace (Wallace Shawn) and Andre (Andre Gregory) haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright. As they sit down to eat, Andre launches into a series of fantastic stories from his time away, and Wallace can't help but notice how different their worldviews have become.

Night Flight comes to the 4 Star with a special premieres of the 4K restoration of ‘70s cult comedy Tunnel Vision and an exclusive Night Flight Supercut! TUNNEL VISION “Tunnel Vision” is a riotous satire of TV, packed with outrageous sketches and biting humor that mercilessly skewers the absurdities of TV culture. It’s the year ‘1985’ and the proprietors of new television channel called ‘TunnelVision’, which is notably free of censorship are under a government investigation led by a Senator who wishes to shut down the network due to its widespread negative effects on the population. During the hearing, the committee examines a typical day or programming which includes shows, programs, commercials, news, and much more, and what they discover will surely crack you up in this outrageous and irreverent spoof of 1970’s movies and television. Featuring Chevy Chase, Al Franken, Lorraine Newman, and more. NIGHT FLIGHT SUPERCUT Night Flight compiles a “Best Of” medley of classic segments and iconic moments curated from the Night Flight Plus library. Q&A with Night Flight creator and Tunnel Vision executive producer, Stuart S. Shapiro to follow the screening.

Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again?

A shy, introverted, Chinese-American, straight-A student finds herself helping the school jock woo the girl they both secretly love. In the process, each teaches the other about the nature of love as they find connection in the most unlikely of places. Co-presented by Frameline Pop-up Shop by On Waverly Special pricing for High School Students (with ID)

A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).