Comedy venue · New York, New York

Caveat, New York, NY: Shows and Booking

21A Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002

The short answer

Caveat is a regular comedy venue in New York, New York, at 21A Clinton Street. On its calendar: no fixed stand-up night. For comics, it advertises no open mic but publishes how to get booked.

A regular comedy venue, not a comedy club — stand-up runs here alongside its other shows.

On stage soon

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

For comics

Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedPitch a show through the form on its Pitch page source ↗
ShowsNo fixed stand-up night — stand-up shows several times a month (Immigrant Jam, Next Slide Please, Econ LOL and others) among science, game-show, improv, sketch and storytelling shows; shows most nights at 7:00 and 9:30 PM source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • The pitch asks whether the show has run before, where, and what it sold; if not, what else you have produced or been part of. source ↗
  • A sales report from an earlier in-person or livestreamed run helps a pitch. source ↗
Each rung: what it asks and pays
  • The pitch asks who produces the show and who else is involved (people, partner organisations, sponsors). source ↗
On stage
  • Shows run 60 to 90 minutes, starting at 7:00 or 9:30 PM most days; exceptions only for exceptionally strong pitches. 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

Ticket prices, the age rule and any minimum are on each show's own page at the venue.

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

Plan the night

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

Plan a night here → The venue's site ↗

Open, according to its own website on 29 September 2026. Listed then: Lucie Pohl's Immigrant Jam, Friday 2 October 2026, 7:00 PM.

Near Caveat

Comedy clubs in New York → · 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