Comedy clubs across America

Note: Clubs may have to make last-minute substitutions. If a link is outdated, please contact me.

Effective July 2009

New York City

Carolines

Comedy Cellar: Headliner showcases nightly. Regulars include Dave Attell, Jim Norton, Robert Kelly, Godfrey, Keith Robinson, Sherrod Small. Click here for weekly schedules, updated Thursdays.

Comic Strip Live: Showcases nightly. Click here for updates.

Comix

Gotham Comedy Club

Stand-Up NY: Showcases nightly.

Governors Comedy Club (Levittown, Long Island): 

Los Angeles/Southern California

The Improv (Brea)

The Improv (Hollywood)

The Improv (Irvine)

The Improv (Ontario)

The Improv (Pechanga/Temecula)

The Comedy & Magic Club (Hermosa Beach): 

The Laugh Factory: (Hollywood) Mondays Latino night Joey Medina; Tuesdays Open Mic Hottest Comics and Life of the Party Jay Davis; Wednesdays All Star Comedy; Thursdays, Laughing with the Stars Tom Arnold and College Night Ashley Hamilton; Friday and Saturday, All-Star Comedy and Midnight Madness; Chocolate Sundays, David Arnold.

The Laugh Factory: (Long Beach) Thursdays, College Night; Friday and Saturday, All-Star Showcase; Sundays, Guy Black.

The Ice House (Pasadena): 

The Comedy Store (Los Angeles): Showcases in three rooms (check with club for updated lineups).

The Comedy Store (La Jolla): Check listings.

Atlanta

The Punchline

Laughing Skull Lounge (formerly the Funny Farm): 

Austin

Cap City

Velveeta Room

Boston

Comedy Connection: .

Comedy Studio: local showcases Wednesday-Sunday.

Chicago

Zanies (Chicago): .

Lakeshore Theater (Chicago): 

Zanies (St. Charles)

Zanies (Vernon Hills): .

The Improv

Cleveland

Hilarities

The Improv

Cincinnati

Funny Bone (Newport, Kentucky)

Go Bananas

Columbus

Funny Bone

Dallas

The Improv (Addison)

Hyena’s: (Arlington) 

Hyena’s: (Ft. Worth) 

Hyena’s: (Dallas) 

Dayton

Funny Bone

Denver

Comedy Works: (Downtown) 

Comedy Works: (Landmark) 

Wits End

The Improv

Des Moines

Funny Bone

Detroit

Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle

Hartford

Funny Bone

Houston

Laff Stop

The Improv

Indianapolis

Crackers (Broad Ripple): 

Crackers (Downtown): 

Morty’s Comedy Joint

Jacksonville

Comedy Zone

Kansas City

Stanford’s

The Improv

Memphis

Comedy, TN: CLOSED!

Miami/South Florida

The Improv (Ft. Lauderdale)

The Improv (Miami)

The Improv (West Palm Beach)

Minneapolis

Acme Comedy Co

Nashville

Zanies

New Jersey

Stress Factory (New Brunswick): 

Omaha

Funny Bone

Philadelphia

Helium

Phoenix

The Improv (Tempe)

Pittsburgh

Funny Bone

The Improv

Portland (Ore.)

Harvey’s Comedy Club

Raleigh (N.C.)

Charlie Goodnight’s

Richmond (Va.)

Funny Bone

Salt Lake City

Wiseguys

Wiseguys (Ogden): 

San Antonio

River Center

San Francisco/Bay Area/Northern California

Cobb’s Comedy Club

Pepper Belly’s (Fairfield): 

Punchline (Sacramento)

Punchline (San Francisco)

Rooster T. Feathers (Sunnyvale): 

The Purple Onion: SFStandup.com presents Something People Like, Wednesdays

The Improv (San Jose)

Tommy T’s (Concord): 

Seattle

Laughs Comedy Spot (Kirkland): 

The Comedy Underground

The Comedy Underground (Tacoma): 

Giggles

St. Louis

Funny Bone

Tampa

The Improv

Virginia Beach

Funny Bone

Washington, D.C.

The Improv (D.C.)

Sean L. McCarthy

Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.

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