Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles
Comedy club · Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Improv, Los Angeles, CA: Shows and Booking

8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046

The short answer

Hollywood Improv is a comedy club in Los Angeles, California, at 8162 Melrose Avenue. Shows run nightly; tickets from $8 to $29, 21 and over, 2-item minimum. For comics, it advertises no open mic but publishes how to get booked.

On stage soon

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

For comics

Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedEmail a 5–10 minute clip to submissions@levitylive.com source ↗
ShowsNightly source ↗
RoomMain room seats 200 source ↗

Per the club's own site, read 23 September 2026.

What the room asks of comics
The tape it wants

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

TicketsTickets start at $8.24 for The Lab and from $15.95 to $29.34 for main-room shows source ↗
Age21 and over unless the show says otherwise; valid photo ID needed to enter source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum; any food or drink counts, with or without alcohol source ↗
PhonesNo photos, filming or recording without consent of the club and the artist; some artists do not allow phones in the show source ↗
ParkingValet, plus street meters nearby that end at 8 pm; nearby residential streets need a permit source ↗

As the club's own pages give them, read 30 September 2026 — tap or hover a source for its exact words.

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

Plan the night

Hollywood Improv has its own D.O.C. page, with the room's photo, its house rules and the night planner: where to eat, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Hollywood Improv on D.O.C. → The club's site ↗

Seen running on its own site, 23 September 2026.

Near Hollywood Improv

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 club's facts from its own site, read 23 September 2026; its rules for comics read 25 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026