Comedy club · Fargo, North Dakota

Comedy in the Cellar (The Cellar), Fargo, ND: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

614 Main Ave, Fargo, ND 58103 (downstairs, below Front Street Taproom)

The short answer

Comedy in the Cellar (The Cellar) is a comedy club in Fargo, North Dakota, at 614 Main Ave. Shows run Friday and Saturday headliners; tickets $20–$35, 21 and over. For comics, it runs an open mic (Wednesdays, 8:00 PM (doors 7:00 PM, sign-up 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 North Dakota on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micWednesdays, 8:00 PM (doors 7:00 PM, sign-up 7:30 PM) — Sign up at 7:30 PM; up to 20 comics doing 3- or 5-minute sets; stage time not guaranteed; free, 21 and over source ↗
Getting bookedEmail frontstreettaproom@gmail.com with an up-to-date bio, credits, years of experience, where you are based, video clips, website, headshots, your weekends available and how you heard about the club source ↗
ShowsFriday and Saturday headliners — Friday at 8:00 PM, Saturday at 7:00 and 9:30 PM — some Thursday specials, and the Wednesday open mic source ↗

Per the club's own site, read 24 September 2026.

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Include an updated bio, credits, years of experience and where you're based. source ↗
The tape it wants
  • Include video clips, a link to your website and headshots. source ↗
On stage
  • Up to 20 comics per open mic, doing 3- or 5-minute sets. source ↗
  • The open mic is free and 21+. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Wednesday open mic: doors 7 PM, sign-up 7:30 PM, show 8 PM. source ↗
  • Open mic stage time is not guaranteed. source ↗

From the club's own pages, read 25 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$20 to $27 in advance, $25 to $35 at the door, on the shows listed from October 2026 on (most weekends $25 advance, $32 door) source ↗
Age21 and over 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: a minimum, the phone rule and parking.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Comedy in the Cellar (The Cellar): 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, 24 September 2026.

Near Comedy in the Cellar (The Cellar)

Comedy clubs in North Dakota → · 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 24 September 2026; its rules for comics read 25 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026