Backdoor Comedy Club, Richardson, TX: Shows and Open Mic
940 E Belt Line Rd, Richardson, TX 75081
The short answer
Backdoor Comedy Club is a comedy club in Richardson, Texas, at 940 E Belt Line Rd. Shows run Friday at 8:30 PM and Saturday at 8:00 PM, with the open mic on Thursdays at 8:00 PM; tickets about $9–$23, two-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Thursdays, 8:00 PM), and publishes no other route to the stage — ask in person.
On stage soon
No dated show here on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar yet — the club's own calendar has what is on: its listings ↗
Lineups belong to the club and the comedians, and can change; the listing has the last word. More shows in Texas on the Comedy Calendar →
For comics
Per the club's own site, read 29 September 2026.
Open mic and new talent
- Thursday open mic: anyone can sign up and is guaranteed at least three minutes. source ↗
- Sign up in advance; call the club for details. source ↗
From the club's own pages, read 29 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
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 age rule and the phone rule.
Plan the night
The night planner builds an evening around Backdoor Comedy Club: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.
Open, according to its own website on 29 September 2026. Listed then: Stand-Up Fridays, Friday 2 October 2026, 8:30 PM; Stand-Up Saturdays, Saturday 3 October 2026, 8:00 PM.
Near Backdoor Comedy Club
- Addison Improv — Addison · about 7 mi · booking info
- Hyena's Comedy Nightclub Dallas — Dallas · about 9 mi
- Mic Drop Comedy Plano — Plano · about 11 mi · open mic
- Dallas Comedy Club — Dallas · about 12 mi · open mic · booking info
- Punch Line Irving — Irving · about 14 mi · booking info
- Arlington Improv — Arlington · about 29 mi · open mic · booking info
Comedy clubs in Texas → · 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 29 September 2026; its rules for comics read 29 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026