Pundemonium San Diego's Only Pun Competition

All puns are intended!

Calling all lovers of dad jokes: San Diego's only pun competition is back on the FCI Main Stage! Watch, laugh, groan, or join word nerds from across the city in a battle to see who's the punniest of them all—and win prizes!

Pundemonium! is a three-part event based on the format used by pun contests in cities nationwide. Curious about competing? Here are the three ways you can do that!

1. Give a two-minute speech riddled with puns on a topic of your choice in "Battle of the PUNdits." No Need to Sign up In Advance, but we always appreciate a heads-up that you're participating to sarah.flocken@gmail.com. Click here to check out this video for examples of pun speeches from world champions.

2. Write down as many puns as you can think of on a given topic in two minutes during "Punslingers." You can do this in teams and you can sign up for it at the show.

3. Go head-to-head with opponents in a tournament-style pun-off in "The Punger Games." It's like the nerdiest rap battle you've ever seen. Skip ahead in this video a bit to see examples of how a truly epic pun-off goes.

Pundemonium is hosted by Sarah Flocken, two-time champion of Beltway Pundits in Washington, D.C., panel judge and competitor at the 2021 and 2022 O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, and lover of the card game Punderdome. She's great company on long road trips.

Pay What You Can! Reserve your tickets now! If you wish to donate to FCI's Save Our Stage fund, you'll have the opportunity at checkout.