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A comedy club is a venue, typically a nightclub
Nightclub

A nightclub is a Alcoholic beverage, Dance and entertainment Music venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers....
, where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians
Comedians

Comedians are a type of entertainer who tell jokes.Comedians can also refer to:*Comedians , a 1954 film*Comedians , a play by Trevor Griffiths...
, impersonator
Impersonator

An impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another. There are many reasons for someone to be an impersonator, some common ones being as follows:...
s, magicians
Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means....
, ventriloquists and other comedy acts. The term "comedy club" usually refers to venues that feature standup comedy, as distinguished from improv theaters that host improv or sketch comedy and variety clubs that may also host musical acts.








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A comedy club is a venue, typically a nightclub
Nightclub

A nightclub is a Alcoholic beverage, Dance and entertainment Music venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers....
, where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians
Comedians

Comedians are a type of entertainer who tell jokes.Comedians can also refer to:*Comedians , a 1954 film*Comedians , a play by Trevor Griffiths...
, impersonator
Impersonator

An impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another. There are many reasons for someone to be an impersonator, some common ones being as follows:...
s, magicians
Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means....
, ventriloquists and other comedy acts. The term "comedy club" usually refers to venues that feature standup comedy, as distinguished from improv theaters that host improv or sketch comedy and variety clubs that may also host musical acts.

List of comedy clubs

  • Comix Comedy Nightclub
  • Caroline's
    Caroline's

    Carolines on Broadway is a venue for stand-up comedy located in Times Square in New York City on Broadway between 49th and 50th Street. It is one of the most established, famous, and recognized stand-up comedy clubs in the United States....
  • Catch a Rising Star
    Catch a Rising Star

    Catch a Rising Star is a chain of comedy clubs, founded in New York City in December 1972 and owned by Rick Newman. It has since spread to other areas, such as Las Vegas, Nevada and New Jersey....
  • Comedy Cellar
    Comedy Cellar

    The Comedy Cellar is a famous comedy club in Manhattan, where many top New York comedians perform. It is located in the heart of Greenwich Village on 117 Macdougal Street between West 3rd and Bleecker Street....
  • EastVille Comedy Club
    EastVille Comedy Club

    The EastVille Comedy Club is a New York City comedy club located in Manhattan's East Village. It's an A-list club popular with New Yorkers because of its decor, vibe, and strong comedian line-up....
  • Jongleurs
    Jongleurs

    Jongleurs is a chain of sixteen comedy clubs in the United Kingdom, established in 1983. Jongleurs Clubs are now owned by Regent Inns plc, the owners of Walkabout & Surfer's Paradise , while the Jongleurs brand is still owned by founder Maria Kempinska and her business partner, John Davy....
  • Ha! Comedy Club N.Y.C.
  • The Comedy Store
    The Comedy Store

    'The Comedy Store' is a comedy club located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip.The Comedy Store was opened in April 1972 by comedians Sammy Shore and Rudy DeLuca....


  • The Comic Strip Live
  • The Improv
    The Improv

    The Improv is a comedy nightclub founded in 1963 in New York City. A second location was opened in 1974 at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California of Los Angeles, California....
  • The Laugh Factory
    The Laugh Factory

    The Laugh Factory is a comedy club on Sunset Boulevard.The Laugh Factory opened in a tiny storefront on the Sunset Strip in 1979 and is still owned by its founder Jamie Masada....
  • Laughing Cows Comedy Night
    Laughing cows comedy

    Laughing Cows Comedy Night was set up in 1998 after a London comedy promoter inadvertently threw down the proverbial gauntlet."We were discussing female comics and I asked why there's never more than one female comedian on the bill and he said, oh we wouldn't take that risk," she explains....
  • The Punchline
  • The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong
    The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong

    The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong is a venue for stand-up comedy and improvisational comedy located at 34 Elgin Street, basement, Soho, Hong Kong....
  • The Laff Stop
    The Laff Stop

    The Laff Stop is a comedy club, located in Houston, Texas. It was one of the most successful clubs through the 1990s, and is considered as the heart of the Texas stand-up comedy scene....
  • The Stress Factory Comedy Club


List of improv theaters

  • ComedySportz
    ComedySportz

    ComedySportz is an improvisational comedy organization started in 1984 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Dick Chudnow....
  • I.O.
    I.O.

    iO, or iO Chicago, is a theater located at 3541 N. Clark St., in Chicago, Illinois, in the neighborhood known as "Wrigleyville" . The theater both has performances of, and teaches improvisational comedy....
  • The Groundlings
    The Groundlings

    The Groundlings is an improvisational comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California, California, USA. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin to produce sketches and improvised scenes....
  • The Second City
    The Second City

    The Second City is a long-running improvisational theatre based in Chicago's Old Town, Chicago neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto, Novi, Michigan , Las Vegas, Nevada, Los Angeles, California, and New York City....
  • Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
    Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

    The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated Training Center with locations in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, and Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, California....


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