Comedy club · Bloomington, Indiana

The Comedy Attic, Bloomington, IN: Shows and Open Mic

123 S Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47404 (corner of 4th and Walnut)

The short answer

The Comedy Attic is a comedy club in Bloomington, Indiana, at 123 S Walnut Street. Shows run Thursday to Saturday; tickets $10 to $30, 17 and over, 2-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Thursdays, 8:00 PM), and publishes no other route to the stage — ask in person.

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 micThursdays, 8:00 PM — on some Thursdays the club's calendar has the Bloomington Comedy Showcase or a headliner instead — Email comedyattic@gmail.com; up to five minutes of original material; newcomers and anyone who is not a paid professional must bring audience members source ↗
Getting bookedThe club publishes no submission route; ask in person.
ShowsThursday to Saturday — Friday and Saturday at 7:00 and 9:15 PM (some 9:30 PM), Thursdays at 7:00 or 8:00 PM source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
What you can say on stage
  • Swearing is fine, but no racist, homophobic, transphobic, rape or female-bashing jokes source ↗
On stage
  • No more than five minutes, all of it your own original material source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • The open mic is every Thursday at 8:00 PM source ↗
  • Sign up by email to comedyattic@gmail.com source ↗
  • Newcomers and anyone who is not a paid professional must bring audience members — no exceptions source ↗
  • The FAQ gives the same sign-up address for the open mic 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 $10 to $30 (student tickets $16 to $25), plus a $2.89 service fee source ↗
Age17 and over unless a show says otherwise; 21 to drink source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum; food counts as well as drinks; if two items are not ordered, the price of the two cheapest menu items is added 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 phone rule and parking.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around The Comedy Attic: 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: An Evening With Cliff Cash, Friday 2 October 2026, 7:00 and 9:15 PM.

Near The Comedy Attic

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