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BushwickAlphavilleAlphaville pairs a Bushwick band stage with a bar you can settle into, making a small concert feel like part of a neighborhood visit.Next: Mon Oct 12 · 6:45 PM · Yard Sale Comedy Open MicChelseaAsylum NYCA 150-seat comedy theater with a bar attached on East 24th Street, booking named stand-up bills and other live shows, and renting the stage out when it is free.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 9:30 PM · The New York Neo-Futurists: The Infinite WrenchHasbrouck HeightsBananas Comedy ClubA stand-up club attached to a hotel in Rutherford, New Jersey, drawing its headliners from the same touring circuit that fills the Manhattan clubs.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Vic DibitettoEast WilliamsburgBCC Pig PenThe Brooklyn Comedy Collective's second stage, on Boerum Street four blocks from its main venue, carrying part of the same improv and stand-up calendar.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Weirdos: A Character MicHell's KitchenBroadway Comedy ClubA West 53rd Street club run by Al Martin, a working comedian turned club owner who pushed to get stand-ups health insurance.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · An Evening With Lynne Koplitz. Special Event.East WilliamsburgBrooklyn Comedy CollectiveAn indie comedy theater on Graham Avenue with shows Tuesday through Sunday, free open mics and jams, and a school running improv, sketch and stand-up classes year-round.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Good BoyWilliamsburgBrooklyn ImprovA Brooklyn improv listing tied to the same North 9th Street complex as Second City New York, not a separate standalone club.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM · The Extraordinary Card Magic of Jason LadanyeBushwickBushwick Comedy ClubStand-up every weekend in Bushwick with pop-up chefs cooking and a bring-your-own-bottle policy instead of a bar, which keeps the whole cost at the ticket price.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:30 PM · Friday Night Open MicMyrtle-BroadwayCaptain Kirk’s Comedy LoungeA Brooklyn stand-up venue on Broadway with food-and-drink service and rotating headliners rather than a fixed resident show.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:00 PM · Anthony Fuentes LiveLower East SideCaveatA small bar and stage on Clinton Street programming comedy and lecture shows, the kind built around a subject rather than assembled as a straight stand-up bill.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Vocabaret: MagicEast VillageClub CummingA small East Village bar on East 6th Street running drag, cabaret and variety shows, open from 6pm until 4am every day of the week.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · An Evening with James Sheppard & FriendsGreenwich VillageComedy CellarThe MacDougal Street basement runs stand-up seven days a week, putting comics with national credits on the same bill as people still working material out.No upcoming events on the calendar.Greenwich VillageComedy Cellar at the Village UndergroundThe Comedy Cellar's second Manhattan stage sits in the basement of what was once Gerdes Folk City, where Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel played in the 1960s.Next: Wed Oct 21 · 6:00 PM · Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation benefit showHarlemComedy In HarlemIt opened on St. Nicholas Avenue in Sugar Hill in October 2021 and describes itself as the only Black-owned comedy club in New York City.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Brandon Reaves: “Life Be Lifin’” Birthday Show & Live TapingIndustry CityComedy Show 3rd Fridays of the month at Fort Hamilton Distillery (Plain Slice, fka Tall Boy)A monthly stand-up show inside Fort Hamilton Distillery at Industry City, with the distillery serving as the host and comedy running as a recurring series.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:30 PM · Plain Slice Comedy @ Fort Hamilton Distillery (Industry City): Free StandupTimes SquareComedy VillageA stand-up club a block off Broadway in the Theater District, running shows seven nights a week with working comics from the New York circuit.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Times Square ComedyDumboComedySportz New York CityNew York's branch of the ComedySportz format, where improv teams compete using audience suggestions and a referee keeps the match moving.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 5:00 PM · Saturday, October 10, 2026East VillageEast Village Stand Up ComedyStand-up inside a working East Village barbershop, with roughly forty seats, secret lineups and folding chairs set among the barber stations.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:15 PM · Live at the Barbershop NYC: Hottest Stand Up Comedy Show in NYC! BYOB!Boerum HillEastVille Comedy ClubA comedy club that kept the name of the neighborhood it left. It sits on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn now, booking touring headliners alongside multi-comic showcases.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:00 PM · Peter Liu, Tom Zappia, Malachi Fox, Joe Mahoney, Shaunak Godkhindi, Natan Badalov, Derrell MeyersHell's KitchenEight Is Never Enough ImprovAn interactive improv troupe that has played New York since 2002 and has been based at the Broadway Comedy Club on West 53rd Street since 2011, with a 3pm matinee.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 3:00 PM · Times Square NYC Improv ComedyGreenwich VillageFat Black PussycatThe Comedy Cellar's sister venue on West 3rd Street, carrying the same rotating-comic model across additional stages and later sets.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 5:00 PM · Louie CK Working on VERY NEW Material.WilliamsburgFlop House Comedy ClubA Williamsburg stand-up club built around compact showcase bills and developing comics rather than a large headliner-driven format.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · The Best Indie Comedy Night in Williamsburg — Comics from Netflix & HBOPark SlopeFreddy's BarA Fifth Avenue bar in Brooklyn open from noon until 4am, with a back space running ticketed shows several times a week, burlesque among them.Next: Mon Oct 12 · 7:00 PM · FREE Stand-Up Comedy + $5 High Lifes @ Freddy's (Park Slope) | The FUN MicChelseaGotham Comedy ClubA Chelsea club whose main stage was rebuilt as the Copacabana for Scorsese's The Irishman, and which books named headliners on weekend runs.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:30 PM · The Gotham All-Stars (The Vintage Lounge)LevittownGovernor’s Comedy ClubsA stand-up club on Division Avenue in Levittown, booking touring headliners for a Nassau County audience that never has to cross a bridge to see them.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · "Wyatt Feegrado and Luke Abranches" - SPECIAL EVENT - IN THE GIGGLE ROOMGramercyGramercy TheatreNext: Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM · New York Comedy Festival Presents: Adam RayGreenpointGreenpoint Comedy ClubA Greenpoint stand-up club and bar with rotating showcase bills, open mics and a neighborhood-scale setup on Greenpoint Avenue.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · The Friday ShowcaseGreenwich VillageGreenwich Village Comedy ClubA MacDougal Street club whose Saturday bill starts at five in the afternoon, with comics off Netflix and Comedy Central and unannounced drop-ins.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:00 PM · Stand Up Comedy In Greenwich Village-First Stop FridayAstoriaGrove 34 Comedy ClubA stand-up club on a side street in Astoria, two minutes from the subway, that rents the space out and runs classes when it is not programming shows.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:30 PM · Grove ComedyWest ChelseaHigh Line Comedy ClubA weekend stand-up series inside Puttery in the Meatpacking District, pairing close-range comedy with the larger mini-golf, cocktail and restaurant operation around it.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Comedy Show + Mini-Golf!Hell's KitchenImprov 4 KidsInteractive comedy written for children, performed at the Broadway Comedy Club on West 53rd Street, with skits and songs built out of what the audience shouts.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 3:00 PM · Improv 4 Kids Times Square NYCGreenwich VillageImprovolutionA Greenwich Village improv school that also stages student and instructor performances, with character-based improv at the center of both.Next: Thu Oct 29 · 8:00 PM · Monster Mash ($15)InwoodInwood Art WorksInwood Art Works brings film, music and theater into neighborhood life, with local artists and outdoor screenings sharing the program.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 8:00 PM · Comedy Night in Inwood!NoHoJoe's PubThe cabaret stage inside the Public Theater's Lafayette Street building, booking named comedy and variety acts alongside music, in front of a seated audience.Next: Thu Oct 15 · 7:00 PM · New York Arab American Comedy FestivalFlatbushKings TheatreKings brings concerts and live performance into a Flatbush movie palace whose chandeliers make their own argument for arriving before the show.Next: Fri Nov 13 · 8:00 PM · NY Comedy Festival Presents Dropout ImprovGowanusLittlefieldA former 1920s printing press warehouse in Gowanus that runs stand-up and podcast recordings one day and a dancehall party or a short film race the next.Next: Sun Oct 18 · 7:00 PM · Kendall Farrell: Standup Comedy Special TapingCarlstadtMeadowlands Comedy ClubA New Jersey stand-up club near the Meadowlands, serving rotating comics and conventional club-format bills outside Manhattan.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 9:00 PM · Meadowlands Comedy Club at Redd'sTheater DistrictMidtown ComedyA Midtown stand-up club presenting rotating comics from West 54th Street, close to the Broadway and Times Square comedy circuit.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Flirty Friday - An Elevated Matchmaking ExperienceDowntown NewarkNew Jersey Performing Arts CenterNJPAC pairs major touring performers with a substantial local program, bringing music, dance and comedy to Downtown Newark.Next: Sat Nov 28 · 8:00 PM · Thanksgiving Comedy FestEast VillageNew York Comedy Club - East VillageNew York Comedy Club's second stage, opened on East 4th Street in 2018, running the same multi-comic showcase bills as the 1989 original.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · New York Comedy Club PresentsKips BayNew York Comedy Club - MidtownThe original New York Comedy Club, open on East 24th Street since 1989 and still running fast showcase bills of several comics rather than one headliner.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · New York Comedy Club PresentsStamfordNew York Comedy Club - StamfordThe Stamford outpost of New York Comedy Club, a Manhattan operation founded in 1989 that has survived changes of address and ownership without changing the booking.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Tyler FischerUpper West SideNew York Comedy Club - Upper West SideThe newest of New York Comedy Club's three stages, opened on West 78th Street in 2024 and booking the same quick showcase format as the other two.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:15 PM · New York Comedy Club PresentsStamfordPalace Theatre StamfordThe Palace is Stamford's downtown theater, booking touring comedy, tribute acts and music an hour up the line from Grand Central.Next: Fri Feb 26 · 8:00 PM · Italian Bred Comedy ShowEast VillagePangeaPangea puts cabaret inside an East Village restaurant, with singers and other performers close enough to make the show feel like a conversation.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 9:00 PM · Cabaret Room: EAT, DRINK, LAUGH, a stand-up comedy showAstoriaQED AstoriaKambri Crews opened this small Astoria arts space in 2014 and the comedian Hannah Lieberman owns it now. The calendar runs from first-time stand-ups to writing workshops.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:00 PM · Open Mic (Free w/ $5 Bar Purchase!)Upper East SideRodney's Comedy ClubA First Avenue stand-up club operating in the old Dangerfield's location, with headliners, recurring house showcases and new-comic dates on the same calendar.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · No Respect FridaysEast VillageSesh ComedyA Lower East Side stand-up club with affordable showcase bills, a small bar and a BYOB option that keeps the setup deliberately simple.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · 10/9 Friday Night SESH ShowcaseTheater DistrictSheba's Speakeasy Comedy ClubA stand-up series inside The Three Monkeys near Times Square, with Sheba Mason presenting rotating bills in the host bar.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 9:30 PM · $9 Titos! Tito's Tuesday at Sheba's Speakeasy! Get Sinful!ChinatownSoho LiveNext: Thu Nov 12 · 10:00 PM · Prohibition ComedyEast VillageSt. Marks Comedy ClubA small stand-up club on St. Marks Place, between Second and Third Avenues, with live comedy every night of the week.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 5:00 PM · Open Mic — Audience (Drink Included)Theater DistrictStand Up NYOpen since 1986, Stand Up NY started on the Upper West Side and now plays Times Square, filing its dates at Bond 45 on West 46th Street.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:30 PM · Stand Up NY Presents: Comedy KillersGrand CentralStones Comedy ClubA small Midtown East stand-up setup above a bar, built around close audience proximity and rotating comics rather than a large full-time club operation.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 9:00 PM · Live Comedy at Stones Comedy ClubNew BrunswickStress Factory Comedy ClubA New Brunswick stand-up club that books touring headliners, multi-night runs and local showcase dates with table seating and a full club schedule.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Akaash Singh at State Theatre New JerseyGowanusThe Bell HousePodcast tapings are a real part of the calendar at this Gowanus venue: Las Culturistas and Two Dope Queens have both recorded here, between stand-up bills and indie bands.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:30 PM · Josh & Aaron Do Improv (Feat. Hayden Johnson)Upper East SideThe Comic StripAn Upper East Side stand-up club operating since 1975, with a long showcase tradition and a stage tied to early careers from Eddie Murphy to Chris Rock.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Tom Van Horn, Rachel Lenihan, Isiah Kelly, Olga Namer, & Brian McFadden!Lower East SideThe Fear City Comedy ClubA stand-up club on Essex Street that serves no alcohol and sets no drink minimum, running curated bills alongside open mics most nights of the week.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · THE FEAR CITY COMEDY CLUB PRESENTS: MAGIC CITY - A Night Of ComedyDowntown Jersey CityThe Laugh Tour Comedy ClubA recurring stand-up series inside Dorrian's in Jersey City, not a separate building, with different lineups presented across several weekend shows.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:30 PM · Live ComedyChelseaThe PITAli Farahnakian started the Peoples Improv Theater in 2002 in a blackbox on West 29th Street, in a building over a century old that had been a synagogue and later held church services.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Awkward Family DinnerBushwickThe Tiny Cupboard Comedy Club & Game BarAmy Wong and Matt Rosenblum started this in 2019 in a 153 square foot Bushwick space. It is now a stand-up club with a board game bar and a film space behind it.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Best of Brooklyn Stand-Up ComedyPark SlopeUnion HallTwo indoor bocce courts and a library upstairs, a comedy and music stage one flight down. The Park Slope bar was converted out of a warehouse.Next: Fri Nov 6 · 10:00 PM · Shaunak Does Improvised StandupUpper East SideUpper East Side Comedy Club at Bedford Falls NYCA recurring stand-up series operating from the rear of Bedford Falls on East 67th Street rather than a freestanding comedy club.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · FUNNY PEOPLE Live | Stand-Up Comedy on the Upper East SideUnion SquareUpright Citizens Brigade TheatreAn improv theater on East 14th Street with a school attached. The address on the door has changed more than once, and this is the current one.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · The ProphecyWest NyackWest Nyack Levity LiveA 350-seat comedy club inside Palisades Center, booking touring headliners for multi-show weekends rather than functioning as a small local showcase stage.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · Rene VacaUpper West SideWest Side Comedy ClubAn Upper West Side stand-up club with table service, a full dinner menu and mixed bills of working New York comics.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Friday Shows