Barrel Proof Lounge, Santa Rosa, CA: Shows, Open Mic and Booking
501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
The short answer
Barrel Proof Lounge is a regular comedy venue in Santa Rosa, California, at 501 Mendocino Ave. On its calendar: stand-up most weeks among music, karaoke and DJ nights: the Tuesday Night Comedy Showcase at 8:00 PM, headline comedy most Fridays at 8:00 PM and free Sunday Evening Comedy at 6:00 PM; tickets $15 adv / $20 door, 21 and over. For comics, it runs an open mic (Wednesdays, 6:00 PM) and publishes how to get booked.
A regular comedy venue, not a comedy club — stand-up runs here alongside its other shows.
On stage soon
No dated show here on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar yet — the venue's own calendar has what is on: its listings ↗
Lineups belong to the venue and the comedians, and can change; the listing has the last word. More shows in California on the Comedy Calendar →
For comics
Per the venue's own site, read 29 September 2026.
On stage
- Wednesday open-mic sets are four minutes, with a light at one minute left, unless the hosts say otherwise. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
- Wednesday open mic: twenty spots are drawn at random from pre-sign-ups taken from 10:00 AM to noon on the BACN Facebook group. source ↗
- Wednesday open mic: fifteen more spots go to walk-in sign-ups from 5:00 PM. source ↗
From the venue'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 venue's own pages give them, read 30 September 2026 — tap or hover a source for its exact words. Not published there: a minimum and the phone rule.
Plan the night
The night planner builds an evening around Barrel Proof Lounge: 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: Hal Sparks, Friday 2 October 2026, 8:00 PM.
Near Barrel Proof Lounge
- Cobb's Comedy Club — San Francisco · about 47 mi · booking info
- Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco — San Francisco · about 48 mi · booking info
- Cheaper Than Therapy — San Francisco · about 48 mi
- Alameda Comedy – Fireside Lounge — Alameda · about 52 mi · open mic
- Comedy Oakland — Oakland · about 52 mi · booking info
- Laughs Unlimited — Sacramento · about 66 mi · open mic · booking info
Comedy clubs in California → · 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 venue's facts from its own site, read 29 September 2026; its rules for comics read 29 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026