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Applications are now Open for our 2026 festival!

Applications are now OPEN for the third annual Bay Area Musical Improv Festival, bringing together musical improvisers from around the San Francisco Bay Area and across the country for a weekend of musical improv shows, workshops and jams.

Over four days, attendees will be able to watch over a dozen musical improv teams perform, attend workshops taught by visiting teachers, and jump in the fun themselves and jam with us. This is a weekend no musical improviser will want to miss!

It’s all happening October 22 - 25, 2026 at the All Out Comedy Theater in Uptown Oakland!

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Weekend of Workshops

We're excited to announce that this spring we'll be hosting our first ever Weekend of Workshops in San Francisco!
 
This is a weekend dedicated to showcasing and fostering local teachers, offering musical improvisers the chance to learn about unique topics from our own local talent pool!
 

And it culminates with our second-annual Jam & Bread FREE community event that's one part potluck, one part mixer, one part jam featuring improvised songs with a live band!

Workshop registrations are open and space is still available in several workshops!

Shows

The 2025 festival is over, but you can learn about our acts from around the Bay and across the country. 

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Workshops

Learn more about the incredible workshops we offered last year from seasoned instructors from around the country!

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Bay Area Musical Improv is a California nonprofit. Every dollar we raise goes directly toward creating opportunities for musical improvisers. Help support our mission and our festival and donate now.