SAN FRANCISCO — The first weekend of October in San Francisco is synonymous with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The free music festival in Golden Gate Park has for 18 years been a haven for people of…

More than 200 shows. Seventeen days. And 20 venues. That’s SF Sketchfest 2017 by the numbers, and the artist lineup for the January festival is equally impressive and lengthy. The performers, announced today, range from the casts…