Name: New Years Comedy with Competition Winners
Start: 2025-12-31T19:00:00-08:00
Location: Raven Performing Arts Theater

New Years Comedy with Competition Winners

An outrageously funny New Year’s Eve returns to the Raven!
The Raven’s 2026 New Year’s Eve show brings the San Francisco Comedy Competition back for another hilarious New Year’s, headlined by Shawn Felipe, winner of the 2025 competition.
Openers for the show are two finalists, runner-up CJ Koepp and finalist Dan Aguinaga. The SF Comedy Competition is celebrating 49 years of bringing rising stars to a wide audience. Join us for a New Year’s that stand-up comedy lovers won’t want to miss!
Shawn Felipe has the ability to blend family-friendly humor with sharp wit has clearly resonated with audiences across various platforms. Winning the 2025 San Francisco International Comedy Competition is a huge achievement, especially considering its reputation as a prestigious event in stand-up comedy. Performing at over 200 colleges and universities is no small feat, and it speaks volumes about his ability to connect with younger audiences.
His dedication to entertaining U.S. military personnel and cruise line passengers further highlights his commitment to bringing joy to diverse groups of people.

Wisconsin-raised, Oakland-based CJ Koepp is a comedian, writer, artist, and climate activist who specializes in “dark woke.”
She took this year’s 49th San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition by storm, placing second in a close finish. In addition to stand-up comedy, she writes for Reductress, was awarded the 2024 Diversity in Comedy Writing Fellowship at Killing My Lobster SF, and has been arrested twice (so far).
Dan Aguinaga is a comedian, writer, and father who has a penchant for tackling dark and taboo subjects with tight writing and a dynamic stage presence that not only makes it work, but makes it K*ll. He was a finalist in the 2024 San Francisco International Comedy Competition, and winner of the 2023 Rooster T Feathers New Talent Showcase.
He is a regular at The San Francisco Punch Line, Cobbs Comedy Club, and San Jose Improv.
K. Cheng has appeared at the Comedy Cellar, the Comedy Store, and Gotham’s Comedy Club… not to perform, he’s just appeared there. He has, however, performed at NBC Stand Up for Diversity, EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival), and San Francisco Sketchfest. He’s the producer of Crazy Funny Asians, Cosplay Comedy, The Khmers of Comedy, and Cardi Spelling Bee. He’s also a contributor to The Lunar Times, From the Desk of Nerd Legion, and The 1990 Institute.