Where "the breadth and depth of clowning as an art form is on forceful display" - Come see our 3rd Annual Flop Festival
Sophia Tavasieff
3rd Annual Flop Festival 2025
October 3 - 19
Shows Thurs-Sun @ 5pm, 6:30pm, & 8pm
Church of Clown (2400 Bayshore Blvd, SF, CA 94134)
Tickets $20 - $40 Sliding Scale (NOTAFLOF)
Where “the breadth and depth of clowning as an art form is on forceful display”
-SF Chronicle
Clowns and Queens, don your finest noses and break out your Sunday best, Church of Clown is celebrating the beauty and frivolity of life with its third annual Flop Festival! Flop Fest features an eclectic collection of International and Bay Area artists, movers, and dreamers. With 13 different shows, 3 unique Clown Cabarets, an Opening Gala & a Closing Awards Ceremony - what’s not to love? Come commune with the sacred fools and lose yourself, if only for an evening, in the rapture of the ridiculous.
Can't get enough Flop?
Purchase a 3 Flop, 5 Flop or Full Flop Pass and catch as many shows as you can!
See any 3 shows, any 3 times!
See any 5 shows, any 5 times!
See ANY show in the festival, ANY time you want and get a snazzy golden ticket for your trouble. Be a super supporter of the clowns and check out our other tiers for free drink tickets, signed posters, stickers, and VIP seating! You’ll also get to vote on your favorite physical theater artist ;)
The shows! Tell us more about the shows!
Circus of the Self by Lucy Eden
Oct 5 @ 5pm, Oct 16 @ 8pm
A revealing personal narrative, paired with high stakes circus stunts, this one woman show about growth, failure, fear and the trans experience is not to be missed.Lucy Juggles shows us how she discovered her own resilience, and the important roles community and trust have in shaping our lives in this special one hour adaptation of Lucy’s show, Circus of the Self, which debuted at World Pride in Washington D.C. this summer.
Clown Cabaret I, II, and III
Oct 4, 10, 18 @ 8pm
Clown Cabaret at Flop Fest is going to be a bangin’ good time. Come one, come all, bring your friends, See new things, old things, funny things, dirty things. Let us entertain you in this one human life with squeakers, chickens, fanboys, twinks, kinks, and nerds. See you there. And yes - all three shows will be different!
Donut Goat with Sierra Camille & Dan Griffiths
Oct 5 @ 6:30pm, Oct 11 @ 5pm, Oct 17 @ 6:30pm
Donut Goat is a gritty proto clunk band birthed in an undisclosed location. Blending elements of satire, clown, punk rock, and disco Donut Goat brings anarchy to the stage. This bozo punk duo snarls tongue and cheek songs while embodying anarchic mockery wherever they go. Challenging the line between what is fake and what is real, It’s noisy in your face chaotic fun.
Double Feature: My Lil’ Guy & Feral Child
Oct 4, 16 @ 6:30pm
Two shows for the price of one! Get answers to questions like “What makes us human?” and “What happens when the manliest of men get a little too manly for us to handley?” with Jamin Jollo and Maia Deutsch’s split bill!
Dream Mechanic with James Donlon & Luciano Brindisi
Oct 9 @ 8pm, Oct 11 @ 6:30pm, Oct 12 @ 8pm
With inventive staging full of movement, comedy, mystery, and adventure, master mime/clowns James Donlon and Luciano Brindisi of Argentina collaborate on this new show bringing a combined 95 years of international performance experience to the Church of Clown stage.
The Fetus Show by Jessica Farber / Directed by Dan Griffiths
Oct 4 @ 5pm, Oct 18 @ 6:30pm
Are we just the result of a chaotic collision of cells, or has our journey already begun before we take our first breath? The Fetus Show is an absurd, comedic exploration of birth, our baggage, and the grand cosmic joke of the interwovenness of it all.
Oct 11 @ 8pm, Oct 12 @ 6:30pm
Rotund, rowdy, and ribald, this theatrical creature will seduce your eyes and confound your wits. Honeybuns, who sometimes bills themself as 'The World's Greatest Mime,' is a visceral and hilarious theatrical event. To share the room with the gigantic bright yellow entity known simply as Honeybuns is to experience a highly physical, interactive piece of performance art that has impressions of post modern clown, bouffon, and electro shock treatment.
Kami Girl by Kami Dimitrova w/ live music by Connor Bowen
Oct 17 @ 8pm, Oct 18 @ 5pm
Set in a fictional Bulgarian eatery, Kami Girl tells the story of a mediocre waitress constantly demoted by her father at Cafe Papa Restaurant. But her passion for singing keeps derailing her job—and her life. Featuring live piano and riotous clowning, Kami’s performance is “dumb in the smartest possible way.”
Only Gags by Luciano Brindisi
Oct 10 @ 6:30pm, Oct 12 @ 5pm
Making his West Coast debut at Church of Clown, madcap Argentine mime/clown LUCIANO BRINDISI explodes on the stage with electric energy solving the “NOW” with absurd and eccentric antics.
Punching Judy by Isadora Sharon Directed by Dan Griffiths
Oct 5 @ 8pm, Oct 9 @ 6:30pm
Wickedly funny and unapologetically raw, Punching Judy blends physical theatre, dance, mime, and clown to tackle tough subjects with bold humor and razor-sharp insight. This darkly comedic solo performance shines a light on patriarchal brutality, systemic violence, and domestic abuse, inviting you to laugh, squirm, and reflect.
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Church of Clown is a performance venue in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley with a focus on physical theatre and clowning. Our purpose is to embolden humanity through community, teach resiliency through humor, find humility through service, and nurture inspiration through joy.
