Comedy club · San Diego, California

Mic Drop Comedy, San Diego, CA: Shows and Open Mic

8878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92123

The short answer

Mic Drop Comedy is a comedy club in San Diego, California, at 8878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Shows run Wednesday to Sunday, some Tuesdays; tickets $20–$50 + fees, 21 and over, no minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Saturdays, 3:00 PM), and publishes no other route to the stage — ask in person.

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 micSaturdays, 3:00 PM — Once Upon A Mic, in the Gold Room; and some Sundays at 12:30 PM, the clean Daytime at Mic Drop mic — Email info@micdropcomedy.com to ask how to get on source ↗
Getting bookedThe club publishes no submission route; ask in person (its pages read 30 September 2026).
ShowsWednesday to Sunday, some Tuesdays source ↗
RoomMain Showroom over 200 seats; Gold Room 50 seats source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
What you can say on stage
  • Daytime at Mic Drop is a clean open mic. source ↗
  • The club says it does not censor professional performers' material. source ↗
On stage
  • All events are 21+ unless a listing says otherwise. source ↗
House rules
  • Once Upon A Mic: questions go to info@micdropcomedy.com. 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

TicketsGeneral admission $20 to $50 plus a service fee of $5.50 to $9.50 on the shows it listed for 1 to 4 October 2026; VIP and meet-and-greet tickets cost more on some shows source ↗
Age21 and over unless the show's description says otherwise source ↗
MinimumNo drink or item minimum source ↗
PhonesPhotos are welcome before and after the show; no phones or photos during it source ↗
ParkingFree parking on site, with overflow next door at the Superior Court; the Denny's lot is not the club's; parking passes sold elsewhere are not valid 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

The night planner builds an evening around Mic Drop Comedy: 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 23 September 2026. Listed then: Christian Johnson, Sunday 4 October 2026, 6:00 PM.

Near Mic Drop Comedy

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