Good Medicine: A Night of Live Native Stand-Up
September 12 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Doors open at 6 pm; Show starts at 7:30 pm
After selling out venues across the country, the smash-hit, all-Native comedy show, Good Medicine, returns to OMCA for the fourth year for a night of live stand-up from the best and brightest Native comedians across North America. Hosted and produced by comedian Jackie Keliiaa (Netflix) this year’s showcase features Brian Bahe (CBS), Cheyenna Sapp (Acting Good), and Marc Yaffee (Showtime). Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts promptly at 7:30 pm.
We welcome visitors to arrive early to enjoy live music, food by critically acclaimed Native American restaurant Wahpepah’s Kitchen, and a Native artisan market featuring handcrafted art and jewelry from Hokuemek, Feisty Pueblo, and Bazi Beaded It. Alcoholic drinks and other beverages will also be available for purchase. Guests are welcome to bring their own food; however, no outside alcoholic beverages are allowed in the venue.
Held outdoors in the OMCA Garden, “Good Medicine” is the perfect opportunity to grab your favorite picnic blanket and dine al fresco before enjoying 90 minutes of hilarious live Native comedy. As the venue for “Good Medicine” is an open, grassy field, the organizers recommend that guests bring blankets or low chairs that rest on the ground with a low back. Tall chairs are not permitted as they obstruct views of the stage. Lawn space is first-come, first serve. Accessible seating is also available. To request accessibility accommodations, please call the Customer Service team at 510-318-8400, or email OMCA at [email protected].
Accessibility
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations, like American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Spanish or another language interpreter, please email [email protected] at least three weeks before the event.
comedians
Brian Bahe is an Indigenous (Tohono O’odham, Hopi, Navajo), gay (vers bottom) comedian and writer originally from Phoenix, Arizona, now based in Los Angeles by way of New York City. He’s a writer for the CBS series GHOSTS. Before that, he was a writer for the Fox series THE GREAT NORTH. He was named a “Comedian You Should and Will Know in 2023” by Vulture and he was a 2022 New Face at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. He co-starred in the “Untitled Sierra Teller Ornelas/Jackie Keliiaa/Bobby Wilson/Project” comedy pilot for NBC in 2025. He co-hosts the podcast “Sage-Based Wisdom” with Jana Schmieding where they offer sacred, Indigenous wisdom to callers.
Jackie Keliiaa is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. You can find her in the book, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy. She co-wrote and executive produced an Untitled NBC comedy pilot set at a Native community center in Oakland. She has been featured on Comedy Central, Team Coco and voices the character Bubble on Netflix’s “Spirit Rangers.” Jackie wrote for the web series You’re Welcome America and has been featured in a variety of publications including Vulture, Uproxx, LA Times and KQED among others.
She has opened for Judah Friedlander, Nikki Glaser, and was featured on the First Nations Comedy Experience streaming on Amazon Prime. Jackie produces Good Medicine Comedy, an all-Native comedy show which has sold out venues in the Bay Area and beyond. She is a regular at Bay Area venues and has performed at San Francisco SketchFest, Punch Line San Francisco and Cobb’s Comedy Club.
A seasoned veteran, Marc Yaffee has performed in 42 states and 11 countries, including six overseas tours for Armed Forces Entertainment. Marc is a co-star of the historic Showtime special, Goin’ Native, the American Indian Comedy Slam, the first ever all-Native American standup special. He is also a founding member of the Pow Wow Comedy Jam, whose cast was honored as the National Indian Gaming Association’s Entertainers of the Year. Marc has also appeared on FNX Network’s First Nations Comedy Experience and released two Dry Bar Comedy specials.
Cheyenna “Shy” Sapp is a Nehiyaw actor, comedian, writer, and emerging film maker from Little Pine First Nation in Treaty 6 Territory. She is best known for her role as Rose Sinclair on the hit CTV sitcom Acting Good, nominated for Best Comedic Ensemble at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards. Her stand-up comedy has taken her across Canada, the U.S., and Aotearoa (New Zealand), where she headlined the Indig-E Girl Comedy Showcase and performed at the Saskatoon, Vancouver, and Wellington Fringe Festivals. Shy was also featured in the 2025 Winnipeg Comedy Festival “Maybe It’s Me” Mega Show and “Bannock Bums” show. She has produced her first hour of comedy titled “The Hot Mess Comedy Show”, which she is taking to the Edmonton Fringe Festival in August of 2026. Shy brings warmth, humility, and delusion to every project she works on a combination that you don’t want to miss.
Sponsors
Good Medicine at OMCA is generously funded by the Alameda County Arts Commission ARTSFUND, Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, Sogorea Te Land Trust, Google Aboriginal and Indigenous Network, and the Oakland Museum of California.