Comedy club · Cincinnati, Ohio

Bombs Away! Comedy at The Comet, Cincinnati, OH: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

4579 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223 (inside The Comet)

The short answer

Bombs Away! Comedy at The Comet is a comedy club in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 4579 Hamilton Ave. Shows run Friday and Saturday (Saturdays at 7:00 and 9:30 PM), plus the Thursday open mic; tickets $10–$25, 18 and over, no minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Thursdays, 7:00 PM); its submissions are closed for now.

On stage soon

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

For comics

Open micThursdays, 7:00 PM — Git Gud Comedy Open Mic, in The Basement at The Comet — Sign up in person any time after 6:00 PM; everyone who signs up before the list closes gets on stage source ↗
Getting bookedNot taking submissions for now; its Submit to Perform page says they will reopen soon source ↗
ShowsFriday and Saturday (Saturdays at 7:00 and 9:30 PM), plus the Thursday open mic source ↗

Per the club's own site, read 29 September 2026.

What the room asks of comics
The tape it wants
  • Open-mic comics are told to record a set and submit it to be considered for booked showcases (this conflicts with the closed Submit page). source ↗
Each rung: what it asks and pays
  • Most shows have a host, two feature acts and a headliner. source ↗
What you can say on stage
  • No house rule on clean or blue: it books different kinds of comedy, some nights cleaner than others. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Git Gud Open Mic (Thursdays, 7:00 PM): sign up in person any time after 6:00 PM; everyone on the list before it closes goes up. 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

Tickets$10 to $15 early bird, $15 to $20 in advance, $20 to $25 on the day, on the shows it listed for 2 to 24 October 2026 source ↗
Age18 and over to enter; 21 and over to buy alcohol source ↗
MinimumNo drink minimum and no cover beyond the ticket source ↗
ParkingFree, lit street parking around the venue; if Hamilton Avenue is full, try Robinson Circle or Stanford Drive 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 phone rule.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Bombs Away! Comedy at The Comet: 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 29 September 2026. Listed then: Matt Banwart, Friday 2 October 2026, 7:00 PM.

Near Bombs Away! Comedy at The Comet

Comedy clubs in Ohio → · 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