Comedy Night for Immigrant Rights - 10th Annual
| Ticket Information Premiere Ticket Access: $259 ($250 + $9 Fee) Regular Price: $81 ($75 + $6 Fee) Student: $50 ($45 + $5 Fee) Ticket prices include all fees. Run Time: 2 Hours, 30 Minutes General Admission |
The 10th Annual Comedy Night for Immigrant Rights is the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area's flagship fundraising event of 2026. Every ticket directly supports high-quality, affordable immigration legal services for Bay Area immigrant families – at a time when the need is most urgent.
Upgrade to Premier Ticket Access for front center seating and an exclusive pre-show reception at 5:30 p.m. featuring light bites, special entertainment, and a private balcony view of San Francisco City Hall.
Upgrade to Premier Ticket Access for front center seating and an exclusive pre-show reception at 5:30 p.m. featuring light bites, special entertainment, and a private balcony view of San Francisco City Hall.
About The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA):
The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) is the largest non profit provider of immigration legal services in Northern California with seven offices across six counties. This year, IIBA celebrates its 10th Annual Comedy Night For Immigrant Rights. Founded in 1918, IIBA’s staff and Board have a long and storied history of working on behalf of refugees and immigrants and for justice.
For more information, visit iibayarea.org
Meet the Lineup: W. Kamau Bell is a comedian, author, and filmmaker. His CNN docu-series "United Shades of America" won five Emmy awards, and he was awarded a Peabody for his docu-series "We Need To Talk About Cosby." He is most proud of his Emmy award-winning documentary short "1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed.” Kamau is on the board of Donors Choose and Live Free, and is the ACLU's racial justice ambassador. In 2023 he and his wife Melissa Hudson Bell co-founded Who Knows Best, an Oakland-based production company.
 Melissa Villaseñor broke barriers by becoming the first-ever Latina cast member of Saturday Night Live. A comedic impressions expert, she got her start as a semifinalist on America’s Got Talent. Some of Melissa’s most memorable SNL impressions include Owen Wilson, Lady Gaga, and Dolly Parton. An accomplished voice actor, she has voiced characters on several television shows including Nickelodeon’s OK K.O.! and Rock, Paper, Scissors, and films including Toy Story 4 and Wreck It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Her acknowledgements include Forbes 30 Under 30, Rolling Stone’s 50 Funniest People Right Now, and CNN’s Women in Comedy.
 JOEL KIM BOOSTER is a Chicago-bred, Los Angeles-based actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in "Fire Island," which landed him two Emmy Award nominations. Joel's Netflix comedy special, "Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual," explores his experiences and observations as a gay Asian American male with commentary on identity, sexuality, cultural expectations and more.
 Negin Farsad was named one of 50 Funniest Women by Huffington Post, named one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper Magazine, and was selected as a TEDFellow for her work in social justice comedy. She is the author of How To Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto which was nominated for the Thurber Prize for Humor and recommended by Oprah Magazine. Farsad is host of Fake the Nation, a political comedy podcast on the Earwolf network and she’s a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.
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