Comedy club · Fort Wayne, Indiana

Summit City Comedy Club, Fort Wayne, IN: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

5535 St Joe Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46835

The short answer

Summit City Comedy Club is a comedy club in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at 5535 St Joe Rd. Shows run Wednesday to Sunday; tickets $10–$52 + fee, 18 and over, 2-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (most 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 Indiana on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micMost Wednesdays, 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 most weeks, headliners Thursday to Saturday (two shows most Fridays and Saturdays), some Sundays source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
The tape it wants
  • The form asks for a video (5 minutes recommended), plus your base city, website, referrals from comics who work for BARK, clubs worked in the past 12 months, and positions wanted (MC, showcase, feature, headliner) source ↗
Its other 6 rules
Hearing back
  • The next month's line-up comes by email on the last Wednesday of the month source ↗
  • If there is no reply, don't take it personally; send updated video every 6 months source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Open mic spots are booked a month ahead: fill out the online form between the 1st and 15th for the following month source ↗
  • Three walk-in Lucky Bucket spots each mic for comics who arrive between 6:00 and 6:50 PM source ↗
House rules
  • Monthly open-mic line-ups are posted on OpenMicer.com source ↗
  • Once passed, comics go on an avails email sent at least quarterly — the only way to submit for dates 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

TicketsOpen mics free; local showcase $10; headliners $20 to $52 general admission, premium $28 to $67; plus a $2.50 to $7.50 fee online; $5 more plus tax at the door source ↗
Age18 and over unless a show says otherwise; valid ID required source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum per person (drink or food); happy-hour items don't count; none on open mic nights source ↗
PhonesNo phone use during shows; step out to the restroom or front desk to check it source ↗
ParkingLimited free parking at the entrance; paid parking in front (Joe Carter lot) and behind; baseball crowds get the Joe Carter lot first in season 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 Summit City Comedy Club: 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: Jeffrey Keller, Friday 2 October 2026, 7:00 PM.

Near Summit City Comedy Club

Comedy clubs in Indiana → · 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