Improvaganza 2012 was the 12th annual Improvaganza in Edmonton. The festival headliner was Maria Bamford, who performed a set both at the Varscona Theatre and at the Garneau Theatre.
This was the first year that the Garneau Theatre became a venue for the festival, and the last year that the festival was held at the Varscona Theatre before it was demolished and rebuilt.
Festival acts in 2012 included:
- BA Johnston | Hamilton
- Babysitter (Marjorie Malpass & Matthew Landry) | Toronto
- Dad’s Garage (George Faughnan, Megan Leahy)
- Dot Dot Dot (Joleen Ballendine & Jessie McPhee) | Edmonton
- A special edition of Dr. Jokes (led by Tim Mikula & Joleen Ballendine)
- Gentleman’s Club Comedy (Conor Holler, Devin Mackenzie, Matt Folliot, Matt Slater, Taylor White, Toby Hughes, Tom Hill)
- Get Real (Bradley Moss, Chris Craddock, Toby Berner)
- Hip.Bang! (Tom Hill & Devin Mackenzie) | Vancouver
- Improvised Dungeons & Dragons (Mark Meer & Company) | Edmonton
- Lorax (Ben Gorodetsky, Nima Gholamipour, Tim Carlson) | Vancouver
- Olymprov (Jamie Cavanagh & Richard Lam) | Edmonton
- Maria Bamford
- School of Night (Sean McCann, Alan Cox, Adam Meggido) | London, UK
- The Sunday Service (Taz VanRassel, Ryan Beil, Kevin Lee, Emmett Hall, Craig Anderson and Aaron Reed) | Vancouver
- The Sufferettes (Becky Johnson & Kayla Lorette) | Toronto
- Uncalled For (Anders Yates, Caitlin Howden, Matt Goldberg, Dan Jeannotte) | Montreal
- Young Guns (Julian Faid, Stephen Kent, Arlen Konopaki)
- Festival Ensemble (Directed by Matt Folliott, Becky Johnson, Matt Young, Christian Capozzoli)
- Stand-up acts Andrew Bush, Cheryl Hann, Jon Mick & Mike Robertson
