Comedy club · New York, New York

Stand Up NY, New York, NY: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

221 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

The short answer

Stand Up NY is a comedy club in New York, New York, at 221 W 46th St. Shows run Friday and Saturday evenings for most house shows, with some Thursday shows; tickets $20–$35, 18 and over, $20 minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Wednesdays, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM) and 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

Open micWednesdays, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Let’s Go Mental, a free open mic co-sponsored by Stand Up NY in the lobby of the Hotel Edison, 228 West 47th Street — Sign in by 4:55 PM; ten comics, up to five minutes each; material kept PG-13 — no cursing, nothing sexually explicit or graphic, no suicide jokes source ↗
Getting bookedPro shows: fill in the performer form on the club’s website with a link to a set and three credits. Newer comics are pointed to the Comedy Mob showcases, where the club’s Directors of New Talent watch. source ↗
ShowsFriday and Saturday evenings for most house shows, with some Thursday shows source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
How to get booked
  • Have three credits before applying; comedy clubs you have played count. source ↗
  • To be booked, get seen by the club’s Directors of New Talent through the Comedy Mob showcases. source ↗
What you can say on stage
  • Let’s Go Mental is in a public hotel lobby with families: keep it PG-13 — no cursing, nothing sexually explicit or graphic, no suicide jokes, and avoid the word “suicide”. source ↗
Its other 5 rules
On stage
  • Let’s Go Mental: five minutes at most per comic. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Newer comics can register for the Monday Night Open Mic with Comedy Mob; no fee to perform, but a one-item minimum at the bar or club. source ↗
  • Let’s Go Mental (Wednesdays, Hotel Edison lobby): sign up in person; ten comics. source ↗
House rules
  • Let’s Go Mental: sign in by 4:55 PM and stay for the whole hour. source ↗
  • Producers can pitch a show through the club’s show form; it replies only if the show is a match. source ↗

From the club'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

TicketsGeneral admission $20 to $35 on the shows it listed for 2 to 30 October 2026; VIP $25 to $75 source ↗
Age18 and over; 16 and 17 with a guardian; some shows are 21 and over source ↗
Minimum$20 food and drink minimum per person in the showroom source ↗
PhonesPhotos before or after the show are fine; no video or photos of the comedians once the show begins source ↗

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

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Stand Up NY: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Plan a night here → The club's site ↗

Open, according to its own website on 29 September 2026. Listed then: Latino Laughter with BK Made (Stand Up NY Presents), Friday 2 October 2026, 8:30 PM, at Bond 45; Saturday House Show, Saturday 3 October 2026, 9:00 PM.

Near Stand Up NY

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 2 October 2026 · the club's facts from its own site, read 29 September 2026; its rules for comics read 29 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026