Comedy club · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Acme Comedy Co., Minneapolis, MN: Shows and Open Mic

708 North 1st Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401

The short answer

Acme Comedy Co. is a comedy club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 708 North 1st Street. Shows run Tuesday to Saturday; 18 and over, no minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Tuesdays), and publishes no other route to the stage — ask in person.

On stage soon

Lineups belong to the club and the comedians, and can change; the listing has the last word. More shows in Minnesota on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micTuesdays; free; doors 7:30 PM — Sign up in the bar between 6:00 and 7:00 PM; the performer list is posted by 7:30 PM; spots are never guaranteed; going over your time bars you for 1 year. source ↗
Getting bookedThe club publishes no submission route; ask in person.
ShowsTuesday to Saturday — the free Tuesday open mic, headliners Wednesday or Thursday to Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday source ↗
RoomPrivate events for up to 150 guests source ↗

Per the club's own site, read 23 September 2026.

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Funniest Person Contest is amateurs only; anyone ever paid for comedy is out. source ↗
Its other 8 rules
On stage
  • The open mic show is 18+ (stated in the attendees section). source ↗
  • Contest spots are pitched as 3 minutes. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Tuesday open mic: sign up in the bar 6:00–7:00 PM; performer list posted by 7:30 PM. source ↗
  • Open mic spots are never guaranteed. source ↗
House rules
  • Going over your time at the open mic bars you for one year, no exceptions. source ↗
  • Contest material must be 100% original; it need not be traditional standup. source ↗
  • Contestants get 10 free tickets to the show they perform in. source ↗
  • Judged on stage presence, creativity and audience laughs; top 25 summer scores reach the semi-finals. source ↗

From the club's own pages, read 25 September 2026 — hover a rule for its exact words, or open its source. Where two of its pages disagree, both are here.

More stage time: Stage Time has open mics by night, and the Gig Board has calls for comics posted by the rooms themselves.

For fans

Age18 and over, or with a parent or legal guardian source ↗
MinimumNo drink minimum source ↗
ParkingStreet parking mostly free after 6 PM; Impark lot across the street $5 for 12 hours; Borealis lot $3 by app source ↗

As the club's own pages give them, read 30 September 2026 — tap or hover a source for its exact words. Not published there: the ticket prices and the phone rule.

Club Etiquette: how to be the table the room loves →

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Acme Comedy Co.: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Plan a night here → The club's site ↗

Open, according to its own website on 23 September 2026. Listed then: Crash And Burn XV — Tim Slagle with Cy Amundson, Kristen Toomey and Andy Haynes — 29 September to 3 October 2026.

Near Acme Comedy Co.

Comedy clubs in Minnesota → · The Club Directory, coast to coast →

The Club Directory is also in the back of the D.O.C. book, Stand-Up Comedy: From Writing to Touring — $29, over 1,000 pages.

Updated 2 October 2026 · the club's facts from its own site, read 23 September 2026; its rules for comics read 25 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026