Comedy club · Appleton, Wisconsin

Skyline Comedy Club, Appleton, WI: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

1004 S Olde Oneida St, 3rd Floor, Appleton, WI 54915

The short answer

Skyline Comedy Club is a comedy club in Appleton, Wisconsin, at 1004 S Olde Oneida St, 3rd Floor. Shows run Wednesday to Sunday; tickets $10–$20, 18 and over, two-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Wednesdays, 7:00 PM) and 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 Wisconsin on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micWednesdays, 7:00 PM; free — Fill in the online form at barkentertainment.com/open-mic between the 1st and the 15th for the following month; the lineup is emailed on the last Wednesday of the month and posted on OpenMicer.com; three walk-in Lucky Bucket spots for comics who arrive 6:00–6:50 PM source ↗
Getting bookedNew comics submit through the form at https://barkentertainment.wufoo.com/forms/qlehqqh0c279y1/ source ↗
ShowsWednesday to Sunday — the free Wednesday open mic, headliners Thursday to Saturday and some Sundays source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Form asks which clubs you have worked in the past 12 months. source ↗
  • Form asks for referrals from comedians who currently work for Bark. source ↗
  • Once passed, you join an avails email sent at least quarterly; that is the only way to submit for dates. source ↗
The tape it wants
  • Submission form asks for a video; 5 minutes recommended. source ↗
  • You may send updated video every 6 months. source ↗
Each rung: what it asks and pays
  • Positions offered: MC, Showcase, Feature, Headliner. source ↗
  • Most headliners bring their own opening acts. source ↗
  • Open-mic host gets $25 and $20 off the bar tab. source ↗
What you can say on stage
  • Code of conduct: set content is 100% up to the comic; no censorship. source ↗
  • Paid MCs need a clean 10-15 minute set, no worse than PG-13. source ↗
Its other 14 rules
Hearing back
  • No reply is guaranteed; they get a lot of submissions. source ↗
  • Open-mic lineup confirmation emailed the last Wednesday of the month. source ↗
On stage
  • They try to support local scenes as much as possible. source ↗
  • Open mic: running the light by more than 20 seconds bans you for 2 months. source ↗
  • Open-mic host opens the show with a 6-minute set. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Open mic (Wednesday): fill in the online form between the 1st and 15th for the following month. source ↗
  • Three walk-in 'Lucky Bucket' spots for comics who arrive 6:00-6:50 PM. source ↗
  • Applying for open mic means agreeing to Bark's Open Mic Rules and Code of Conduct. source ↗
House rules
  • Open-mic no-shows are banned from performing for 2 months. source ↗
  • No talking during the show. source ↗
  • No degrading or speaking inappropriately of or to another comedian, on or off stage. source ↗
  • No physical touch beyond a handshake or high-five. source ↗
  • Harassment, online or in person, can bring suspensions of 30 to 120+ days. source ↗
  • MCs must be polite to staff and not intoxicated on stage. 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

TicketsGenerally $10–$20, more for special events; $5 more at the door source ↗
Age18 and over unless a show says otherwise; valid ID required source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum a person (drink or food); none on open mic nights source ↗
PhonesNo phone use during shows; step out to check your phone source ↗
ParkingClub parking lot and free street 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 Skyline Comedy Club: 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 Skyline Comedy Club

Comedy clubs in Wisconsin → · 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