Comedy club · San Jose, California

San Jose Improv, CA: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

Name: Chingo Bling at San Jose Improv
Start: 2026-10-11T18:00
Location: San Jose Improv

62 South 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95113

The short answer

San Jose Improv is a comedy club in San Jose, California, at 62 South 2nd Street. Shows run Wednesday to Sunday; tickets $31.14–$43.19, 21 and over, two-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (second Wednesday of the month, 8:00 PM) and publishes how to get booked.

On stage soon

Wednesday 7 October 2026, 8:00 PM — Rocky Dale Davis · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Thursday 8 October 2026, 8:00 PM — La Mole (La Mole (En Español)) · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Saturday 10 October 2026, 7:00 PM — Kira Soltanovich · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Saturday 10 October 2026, 9:30 PM — Kira Soltanovich · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Sunday 11 October 2026, 6:00 PM — Chingo Bling · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Saturday 17 October 2026, 7:00 PM — Dustin Nickerson · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Saturday 17 October 2026, 9:30 PM — Dustin Nickerson · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Sunday 18 October 2026, 6:00 PM — Dustin Nickerson · the listing ↗Plan this night →

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 micSecond Wednesday of the month, 8:00 PM — Open Mic at the San Jose Improv source ↗

Getting bookedEmail a 5–10 minute clip to submissions@levitylive.com source ↗

ShowsWednesday to Sunday source ↗

RoomSeats up to 450 source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics

The tape it wants

Send a 5–10 minute clip. 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

TicketsStarting prices $31.14–$43.19 on the shows it listed ("Starts at" on each show page) source ↗

Age21 and over unless the show says otherwise source ↗

MinimumTwo-item minimum; any food or drink counts, with or without alcohol source ↗

PhonesNo photos or recording without consent; some artists keep phones out of the show — check your show source ↗

ParkingStreet parking and several lots nearby; the club does not validate 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

The night planner builds an evening around San Jose Improv: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Plan a night here → The club's site ↗

Seen running on its own site, 23 September 2026.

Near San Jose Improv

Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club — Sunnyvale · about 8 mi · open mic · booking info
Alameda Comedy – Alameda Theatre Cinema Grill — Alameda · about 19 mi
Tommy T's Comedy Club — Pleasanton · about 25 mi · open mic
Comedy Oakland — Oakland · about 36 mi · booking info
Alameda Comedy – Fireside Lounge — Alameda · about 37 mi · open mic
Cheaper Than Therapy — San Francisco · about 42 mi

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