Comedy venue · Sacramento, California

Sacramento Comedy Spot, CA: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

1050 20th St, #130, Sacramento, CA 95811

The short answer

Sacramento Comedy Spot is a regular comedy venue in Sacramento, California, at 1050 20th St, #130. Shows run Tuesdays at 8:00 PM. For comics, it runs an open mic (Tuesdays, 8:00 PM (sign-ups at 7:30 PM)); its submissions are closed for now.

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 California on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micTuesdays, 8:00 PM (sign-ups at 7:30 PM) — Sign up in person at 7:30 PM with the host outside or in the lobby — no early, late, email, text or voicemail sign-ups; about 20 comics, up to five minutes each; 18 and over; bring someone who buys a ticket and you are on the list source ↗
Getting bookedNot taking unsolicited stand-up bookings: its stand-up shows are produced in-house and booked by invitation, with a focus on its students and local comedians source ↗
ShowsTuesdays at 8:00 PM — the weekly Stand-Up Open Mic show; improv and sketch shows Monday to Saturday source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
On stage
  • Performers must be 18 or older. source ↗
  • Up to five minutes each, sometimes less when the list is long. source ↗
Its other 6 rules
Open mic and new talent
  • Tuesday open-mic sign-ups are at 7:30 PM; the host meets comics outside or in the lobby. source ↗
  • In person at 7:30 PM only — no early, late, email, text or voicemail sign-ups. source ↗
  • The final list goes up in the lobby just before the show; about 20 comics perform, so some may not make it. source ↗
  • Bring someone who buys a ticket (not another comic) and you are on the list. source ↗
House rules
  • The host decides who performs and makes the list. source ↗
  • Don't run the light: a red light shows one minute left, and music means end the set. 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

Ticket prices, the age rule and any minimum are on each show's own page at the venue.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Sacramento Comedy Spot: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Open, according to its own website on 29 September 2026. Listed then: Stand-Up Open Mic, Tuesday 6 October 2026, 8:00 PM.

Near Sacramento Comedy Spot

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 venue's facts from its own site, read 29 September 2026; its rules for comics read 29 September 2026