Rodney's Comedy Club, New York, NY: Shows and Booking
1118 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10065
The short answer
Rodney's Comedy Club is a comedy club in New York, New York, at 1118 1st Avenue. 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
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 New York on the Comedy Calendar →
For comics
Per the club's own site, read 1 October 2026.
Open mic and new talent
- Open mics: Monday 9:45 PM; Wednesday and Thursday 6:00 and 9:45 PM; Friday 5:30 PM source ↗
House rules
- Step one: be seen at a live show by Kevin from Comedy Mob, the Director of New Talent source ↗
- Step two: an invitation to the 'Get Made' audition show, seen by Kevin, the club's booker and the owner source ↗
- The surest way to be seen by the Directors of New Talent is the Comedy Mob Showcase (sign-up link on the page) source ↗
From the club's own pages, read 4 October 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
As the club's own pages give them, read 4 October 2026 — tap or hover a source for its exact words. Not published there: parking.
Plan the night
The night planner builds an evening around Rodney's Comedy Club: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.
Seen running on its own site, 1 October 2026.
Questions about Rodney's Comedy Club
Where is Rodney's Comedy Club?
Rodney's Comedy Club is at 1118 1st Avenue, in New York, New York.
When are the shows at Rodney's Comedy Club?
Nightly. That is from the club's own site; each show's own page has its time and lineup.
Does Rodney's Comedy Club have an open mic?
Its own site advertises none. Stage Time has open mics by night.
How do comics get booked at Rodney's Comedy Club?
New talent gets passed in three steps: be seen by Comedy Mob's Director of New Talent at a live show (the Comedy Mob Showcase is the surest way), get invited to the 'Get Made' audition show, then do well at the audition — its page read 4 October 2026.
How much are tickets at Rodney's Comedy Club?
$20 plus a $2.81 fee for the house shows (No Respect Fridays, Rodney's Gold Standard, ROR Comedy, New Faces of Comedy in October 2026); other shows run $15 to $45 plus fees. The price of each show is on its own ticket page.
Is there an age limit at Rodney's Comedy Club?
18 and over; 16 and over with an adult, at the club's discretion.
Comedians based in New York
As their SUCDb records give where they are based — 167 in all, the first 24 here:
- Aaron Berg
- Aaron McCann
- Adrienne Iapalucci
- Alaire Thomas
- Alex English
- Alex Kumin
- Alex Quow
- Ali Sultan
- Alvin Kuai
- Andy Haynes
- Anthony DeVito
- Ashley Gavin
- Austin Nasso
- Bassam Shawl
- Bonnie McFarlane
- Brandon Barrera
- Brendan Sagalow
- Brittany Brave
- Brittany Carney
- Caitlin Peluffo
- Carmen Lynch
- Carolina Montesquieu
- Caroline Hanes
- Casey Balsham
Near Rodney's Comedy Club
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Rodney's Comedy Club is one of 33 comedy rooms D.O.C. lists in New York, each checked on its own website. 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 4 October 2026 · the club's facts from its own site, read 1 October 2026; its rules for comics read 4 October 2026; fans' facts read 4 October 2026