Palm Springs International Comedy Festival

Welcome to the Palm Springs International Comedy Festival! Get ready to be entertained at Mary Pickford is D'Place. Join us for the PSICF Red Carpet Celebrity Awards Gala & After Party at Hotel Zoso on Saturday, September 21st, then for a weekend filled with laughter, good vibes, unforgettable stand-up performances, and films at Mary Pickford Theatre, September 27, 28, 29th! From over 100 stand-up comedians to international comedy film projects, Comedy Theme Shows, Q&A's, Celebrity Events, Parties, and more, this festival has it all. Don't miss out on the chance to see some of the funniest comics and content from around the globe. Grab your friends and come on down for a comedy extravaganza you won't soon forget! Support this non-profit 501 C3 organization because "Laughter is Healing!"

Coverage of the first Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Red Carpet Celebrity Awards Gala.

Comedian Judy Tenuta performs at the very first Palm Springs Comedy Festival. This year, to honor her legacy, we are handing out the 'PSICF Judy Tenuta Award for Best Female Stand-up' which is the same award she won from the very first American Comedy Awards and presented to her by George Carlin.

Cybill Shepherd. This years PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame Award honoree. Cybill started her career in comedy films directed by acclaimed director Peter Bagdanovich and then followed that up with more comedy in TV starring in the hit series 'Moonlighting,' with Bruce Willis and later, her own self titled hit series 'Cybill.' She also receives the 'PSICF Stanley Kramer Mad World Comedy Award' for narrating the comedy film documentary 'Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins,' Directed by Nicholas Eliopoulos, Produced by Dolly Parton and includes Shirley MacLaine, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Goldie Hawn.

Mo Collins is a 2024 PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame Award honoree with an impressive career from her unforgettable characters on the long-running sketch comedy series, 'MAD TV to the hit 'Parks and Recreation' and more recently a dramatic turn on 'Fear the Walking Dead,' Mo has entertained us for decades with TV and some most memorable scene -stealing moments in films like 'The 40 Year Old Virgin,' and 'Knocked Up.'

Tom Arnold. This years PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame Award honoree. From Stand-up to the hit series 'Roseanne, and then a slew of feature film box office hits like 'True Lies' opposite Arnold Schwarzenneger and Jamie Lee Curtis, 'Nine Month's, opposite Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, Jeff Goldblum, Joan Cusack, and the hit cult comedy classic 'Soul Plane, with Kevin Hart, D.L. Hughely, and Monique. Then starring in his own series 'The Jackie Thomas Show' and more!

Stand-up Comedian Roz Hernandez is a proud transgender Latina and is our '2024 PSICF Diversity in Comedy Award' honoree. Besides being an AMAZINGLY gifted Stand-up performing shows all around the country, she's also seen interjecting humor in the Kristen Stewart produced Hulu Series 'Living for the Dead,' the Netflix hit comedy docuseries 'Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution,' produced by Wanda Sykes,

Executive Board Members Kat Kramer and Karen Sharpe Kramer discuss the PSICF Stanley Kramer Mad World Award and the film 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World,' that inspired it as well as the legacy of Director, Producer, Stanley Kramer.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mary Pickford is D'Place, 36850 Pickfair Street, Cathedral City, United States