iO Fest 2026, Chicago's largest improv festival, returns on July 23-26!

Four days packed with improv, sketch, performance art, musical improv, music, and more, featuring over 130 acts from all over the world!

Purchasing this 1-Day pass grants access to all General Admission performances taking place over the weekend. Space is limited in every performance venue, so seating is first-come, first-served. Shows take place each day approximately from 4 PM to 1 AM.

This Saturday pass for iO Fest 2026 includes admission to the following acts: 

Annaliese Baker
Beverly: A Bevy Show
Birdlady
Blast!
Branded Silk
Camp Crush
Choose Your Own Comedy
Christine Ferrera
Chugga Chugga
The Cure Ate Her
D.A.R.E. Dropouts
Deck & Balls
Diversity Hire
Doomscroll
Dumb John
Edgewood Avenue
Eunji Kim
E&E
Goat Party
Hark!
Hellmash
Help me Help You Help Yourself
Hot Metal Playground
Improv is Dead
Improvised Columbo
Jack Layden
Matthew Schwartz
McGarnacle
Newt Work
Old Friends
Pavlov
Pyramid Funnel
The Reckoning & Friends
Riff City
Shotgun Wedding
The Show Presents: Dun Dun
That Thing You Pull When You Want to Stop
Tip Toe
Vik Pandya
Vivian Burgett
Who All Over There
Wolf Town
Wonderful Woman of Oz
The Wretched
The Yips
Your Favorite Cousin

***Purchase of this 1-Day GA Pass DOES NOT grant admission to any headliner shows: 3Peat, Armando, Astronomy Club, Baby Wants Candy, Claire + Kim, Comedy Dance Chicago, ¡ESCÁNDALO!, Improvised Shakespeare Co., Jackbox Games, James Conklin Memorial Scholarship Show, Parker Callahan, SAND, The Sloppy Boys, UCB Soundtrack, and Unmuted. Tickets for those specific shows much be purchased separately.***

1-Day passes are non-transferable and non-refundable. Purchaser must show up to our box office with an ID identical to the name under which they purchased the tickets to receive their day pass. 

iO Fest is an all-ages event, but due to the improvised nature of our shows, we cannot guarantee the appropriateness of each show for younger audiences. 

 

Follow iO on social media to stay up to date with all information related to iO Fest 2026. Purchase the 4-Day pass here to save money on all shows!