Comedy club · Dayton, Ohio

Bricky's Comedy Club @ The LightHaus, Dayton, OH: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

510 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH 45402

The short answer

Bricky's Comedy Club @ The LightHaus is a comedy club in Dayton, Ohio, at 510 E. Fifth St.. Shows run Thursdays, sometimes Wednesdays, 7:30 PM, with headliners on some Thursdays; tickets $8–$25 + fee, 21+ recommended, 2-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Thursdays, sometimes Wednesdays, 7:30 PM) and publishes how to get booked.

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 Ohio on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micThursdays, sometimes Wednesdays, 7:30 PM — the Bricky's Downtown Mic — Sign up with the form on the club's Open Mic page, choosing three dates; the club emails back with the date it has booked you for. Each comic must bring at least five guests and arrive by 7:00 PM. source ↗
Getting bookedIn its rules for comics, below
ShowsThursdays, sometimes Wednesdays, 7:30 PM, with headliners on some Thursdays source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
The tape it wants
  • Upload a performance video with the sign-up if you have one; it is not required. source ↗
Its other 8 rules
Open mic and new talent
  • To perform on the Downtown Mic, fill in the sign-up form on the Open Mic page. source ↗
  • Choose three upcoming Downtown Mic dates you can do; the club replies by email with the date it has booked you for. source ↗
  • Each comic on the Downtown Mic must bring at least five guests. source ↗
House rules
  • The open mics are for comics at every level, including first-timers. source ↗
  • Arrive by 7:00 PM for the 7:30 PM show; comics who arrive later may not be allowed to perform. source ↗
  • Follow the club on social media so it can tag you when it promotes your show. source ↗
  • A video recording of your set costs $20, paid after the show through the club's online store. source ↗
  • Open-mic questions go to the club by email. 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$8 for the Downtown Mic; $15 to $25 for headliners; plus a $2 fee source ↗
AgeRecommended for 21 and over; 21 and over with ID to buy or drink alcohol source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum per guest at ticketed shows (drinks, alcoholic or not, or food) source ↗
ParkingMetered street parking, public lots and garages in the Oregon District; the Oregon District Parking Garage at 200 S. Jefferson St. is a short walk 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 Bricky's Comedy Club @ The LightHaus: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Plan a night here → The club's site ↗

Seen running on its own site, 29 September 2026.

Near Bricky's Comedy Club @ The LightHaus

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