Standup comedian, actor, writer, and director Demetri Martin performs at the Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo on Saturday, March 28 (7:30 p.m.; ages 5 and older but parental discretion is advised; $52 to $97 at pacslo.org), as a Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa fundraiser to benefit local youth charities.
Martin has appeared in films such as Analyze That, The Rocker, Taking Woodstock, and others, and TV series such as Flight of the Conchords, House of Lies, and We Bare Bears, and many more.
āDemetri won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh for his one-man show, If I,ā organizers announced. āAt the Melbourne International Comedy festival, his show Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin won Australiaās Barry Award. Demetri has released three stand-up comedy albums and four hour-long stand-up comedy specials, including his latest for Netflix, The Overthinker.ā
His books This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This areNew York Times bestsellers. His latest, If Itās Not Funny Itās Art, is a collection of his original drawings. In fact, he often uses a large pad of paper to draw during his stand-up shows, which feature one-liners and his live music. ā
This article appears in Spring Arts Annual 2026.