Comedy club · New Brunswick, New Jersey

Stress Factory New Brunswick, NJ: Shows and Booking

90 Church St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901

The short answer

Stress Factory New Brunswick is a comedy club in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at 90 Church St.. Shows run Thursday to Sunday, some Tuesdays and Wednesdays; tickets $25–$45 + fee, two-item minimum. For comics, it advertises no open mic but 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 New Jersey on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedNew Talent Showcase: comics sign up online at least two weeks ahead, on the club’s New Talent page — its sign-up link did not open on 30 September 2026, so ask the club source ↗ read 30 September 2026
ShowsThursday to Sunday, some Tuesdays and Wednesdays source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
Each rung: what it asks and pays
  • MCs are chosen by the club and work only the booked portion. source ↗
  • Guest spots with national headliners and MC/feature bookings go to local comedians. source ↗
Its other 11 rules
Hearing back
  • Comics booked for a week get an email saying they are on. source ↗
On stage
  • Booked comics get 7 minutes each; all sets are recorded. source ↗
  • Night-of 'buzzer beater': 10 comics get 5 minutes each. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • New Talent Showcase: online sign-up must be at least 2 weeks in advance — though the sign-up form this page links to no longer opens, and no showcase is on the club's calendar (September 27, 2026). source ↗
  • Questions about the showcase's rules or changes go to info@stressfactory.com. source ↗
  • From online sign-ups they book 10 comics per show. source ↗
  • Booked comics must promote themselves and the show (no ticket number stated). source ↗
  • Or sign up at the club on show night, during the first 30 minutes after doors open. source ↗
House rules
  • Be in the club 30+ minutes before your set time or the spot is given away. source ↗
  • Comics who blow the light may find it harder to get booked. source ↗
  • Capped at 20 comics a week: 10 booked, 10 buzzer beater. source ↗

From the club's own pages, read 27 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

Tickets$25 to $45 for a single ticket plus a $7 fee on the shows it listed for 30 September to 1 November 2026; tables and VIP tables sold too source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum per person; any two items the club sells source ↗
ParkingLower Church Street Parking Deck next door; also the Gateway Garage, the Albany Plaza Deck and metered street parking; it fills up, so leave extra time 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: the age rule and the phone rule.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around Stress Factory New Brunswick: 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 23 September 2026. Listed then: Hannibal Buress, Sunday 11 October 2026, 7:00 PM.

Near Stress Factory New Brunswick

Comedy clubs in New Jersey → · 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 27 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026