For the second year in a row, The Onion and The A.V. Club are teaming up for the “26th Annual Comedy Festival†in Chicago, and today they announced 2015’s expanded lineup. This year’s festival will take place in various Chicago venues from Tuesday, May 26th through Saturday, May 30th and is set to include standup, film screenings, and live Q&As featuring Weird Al Yankovic, John Mulaney, Eric Andre, Adam Resnick, writers from The Onion and The Simpsons, and plenty more. Check out the full schedule below, then head over to 26comedy.com to buy tickets Friday at noon.
Tuesday, May 26Wednesday, May 27
- Cabin Boy screening plus Q&A with writer-director Adam Resnick, Lincoln Hall, 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 28
- UHF screenings with “Weird Al†Yankovic and Jay Levey Q&A, Music Box Theatre, 7 p.m. & 10 p.m.
- Kyle Kinane, Thalia Hall, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 30
- Eric Andre w/ guest Brian Babylon, Thalia Hall, 9p.m.
- Seven Minutes In Purgatory, The Hideout, 7 p.m.
- The Upperclassmen, The Hideout, 10 p.m.
- The Onion and The Simpsons panel discussions, Athenaeum Theater, 2 p.m.
- John Mulaney, Chicago Theater, 7:30 p.m.
- The Katydids, The Hideout, 7 p.m.
- Joe Mande, The Hideout, 10 p.m.