The Improv Festival of Cincinnati, known as IF Cincy, is scheduled for October 15–17, 2026, at Know Theatre in Over-the-Rhine. The festival database at improvfestivals.org lists evening performances across those three dates.
The length of the break is described differently by the sources: CityBeat calls it a seven-year hiatus, while the festival database records six annual editions, from 2014 through 2019, before the pause. Know Theatre is a returning venue; WVXU’s 2016 coverage also placed an IF Cincy series of shows there.
Local performers and visiting guests
In its report on the 2026 program, CityBeat says more than a dozen local troupes will perform, alongside visiting artists. The guests it identifies include Carla Cackowski, a Kentucky-born writer and improviser based in Los Angeles; Portland trio Broke Gravy; and Bob Weick, who performs and teaches in Detroit and has appeared at IF Cincy before.
CityBeat reports that Cackowski has television credits including PBS Kids, DreamWorksTV and Nickelodeon, and has performed and taught internationally. The outlet describes Broke Gravy as three Black performers whose unscripted comedy and conversation address subjects such as relationships and daily life.
Visiting artists will also lead workshops at Know Theatre on Saturday, October 17, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., according to CityBeat’s event coverage. The festival database likewise lists workshops for Saturday.
