Comedy venue · Portland, Oregon

Portland Comedy Theater, OR: Shows and Booking

535 NW 16th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

The short answer

Portland Comedy Theater is a regular comedy venue in Portland, Oregon, at 535 NW 16th Ave. On its calendar: second Sunday of the month, 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM); tickets $15–$20, varies (18+ late). 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

No dated show here on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar yet — the venue's own calendar has what is on: its listings ↗

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

For comics

Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedIn its rules for comics, below
ShowsSecond Sunday of the month, 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM) — Stand Up Second Sunday; ComedySportz improv on Friday and Saturday and other improv shows on other nights source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Groups can apply to play the monthly Trial Run show (fourth and fifth Sundays at 5:00 PM), a low-stakes show for new, established and experimental groups — an improv showcase, not a stand-up spot source ↗
House rules
  • Auditions open to the wider comedy community are posted in the Portland Improv and Sketch Comedy Facebook group; some mainstage auditions are advertised only within the theatre's own community (classes and volunteers) 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

Tickets$15 to $20 general admission; a Date Night ticket is $66 source ↗
AgeDepends on the show: ComedySportz is a family show, rated E for everyone; the stand-up night and late-night shows are 18 and over source ↗
ParkingShared lot with Pearl ACE Hardware on NW Glisan St from 6:30 pm (cars parked earlier risk towing), plus street parking, metered until 7 pm source ↗

As the venue's own pages give them, read 30 September 2026 — tap or hover a source for its exact words. Not published there: a minimum and the phone rule.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Portland Comedy Theater: 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: Stand Up Second Sunday, hosted by Carl Wolfson, Sunday 11 October 2026, 7:30 PM.

Near Portland Comedy Theater

Comedy clubs in Oregon → · 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; fans' facts read 30 September 2026