If March Madness leaves you picking contenders cluelessly based on mascots, Like2Laugh Productions offers the bracket without the sports. 2025 marks nearly 20 years of its March Comedy Madness tournament, and its first in-person edition in four years. The event, pitting comedians’ one- to 2-minute sets against each other, divides its time between Boston and Camberville with a qualifying round at Davis Square’s Somerville Theater and final rounds at Harvard’s Comedy Studio. “It’s anybody’s game,” event founder and organizer Josh Filipowski says. “Pros and amateurs alike have a solid start in the first rounds, but we always crown a worthy champ.” Past winners include Sam Morril (MSG Network, Netflix), Gianmarco Soresi (Comedy Central) and Zilla Vodnas (HBO). The tournament also raises funds for the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, a nonprofit researching mental illnesses such as addiction, autism and depression. Not able to attend all the shows? Follow the tournament at @like2laugh4real on Facebook or Instagram.
March Comedy Madness brackets at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square ($23); and finals at 5 p.m. March 29 at The Comedy Studio, 5 John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge ($15 to $20).
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