What we are
The PNW Comedy Rag is a new annual publication distributed at comedy shows throughout the PNW and alongside the month-long Seattle International Comedy Competition which takes place every November.
We’re up to stuff year-round, which you can keep up with on this here website or, even better, by subscribing to our mailing list. Which we won’t spam your inbox with.
Where to find us
You’ll be able to find the Rag at nearly all PNW comedy shows as well as every official SICC venues starting in November 2026
SICC venues are located throughout Washington, from Seattle to Bellingham, the Olympic Peninsula in Port Angeles, to Olympia and Longview by the Oregon border. The exact venue lineups may change somewhat year-to-year, but every November for 46 years, 32 comedians have come to Seattle to perform in over a dozen venues in Seattle, the Puget Sound area, and beyond.
A Note From Our Editor
The next comedy tsunami is launching from the Pacific Northwest. And there will be no survivors.
We have been the most influential-yet-underappreciated comedy scene for the last 40 to 400 years and if we don't get our flowers soon I fear there will be violent recourse. In order to avoid bloodshed, the PNW Comedy Rag is determined to spread our sweet Cascadia comedy gospel to the edges of this even sweeter Earth. We’ve birthed incredible clubs, celebrity comedians (we’re talkin’ stars who are such a big deal they’ve dated ex-NFL quarterbacks’ ex-wives), massive podcasts, glorious indie shows with cult followings, actual cults with cult followings, and the most eclectic geniuses of anywhere on the planet.
And they're plotting despicable feats if they are not acknowledged soon. Pay attention to us now, for your own survival.
A Note From Our Editor’s Editor
I thought he was gonna write some platitudes about how arts and community are intertwined and in the current digital, algorithm-driven ecosystem it’s more important than ever to seek out these things out with intention, but uh… Well, don’t worry about it, you’re definitely safe from any Cascadian comedy uprising.
We’re like, 92% sure.