New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, New York
Comedy club · New York, New York

New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side, NY: Shows and Booking

236 W 78th Street, New York, NY 10024

The short answer

New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side is a comedy club in New York, New York, at 236 W 78th Street. Shows run nightly; tickets $15–$45 + fees, 18 and over, $20 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 New York on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedAudition requests by email to auditions@newyorkcomedyclub.com, with your contact details, a 5-minute clip and two references from comedians who work at the club; the club says the wait to be considered for an audition is at least a year source ↗
ShowsNightly source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Include two references from comedians who work at New York Comedy Club. source ↗
The tape it wants
Hearing back
  • Expect a wait of at least a year to be considered for an audition. 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 $15 to $45 plus fees online; premium seats $20 to $55 plus fees source ↗
Age18 and over; 16 and up with an adult, at the club's discretion source ↗
Minimum$20 minimum per person, ordered from your seat (drinks and snacks count); tax and an 18% gratuity are added source ↗
PhonesNo pictures or video during the show source ↗
ParkingThe club does not provide parking 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

New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side 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.

New York Comedy Club on D.O.C. → The club's site ↗

Seen running on its own site, 23 September 2026.

Near New York Comedy Club – Upper West Side

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 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