Comedy club · Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Comedy Corner Underground, Minneapolis, MN: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

400 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (inside Whitey's Old Town Saloon)

The short answer

The Comedy Corner Underground is a comedy club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 400 East Hennepin Avenue. Shows run Wednesday to Saturday; tickets $10–$19, 18 and over, 21 late. For comics, it runs an open mic (Wednesdays, 8:00 PM (Dingbats Open Mic)) 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 Minnesota on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micWednesdays, 8:00 PM (Dingbats Open Mic); Thursdays, 7:00 PM (The Thursday Mic); Fridays, 10:00 PM (Friday Night Open Mic) — Sign up on the club's Stagetime page, ccu.stageti.me — Thursday sign-ups open Monday at noon for that week, four-minute sets picked by the host; Friday sign-ups open 12 hours before and close 30 minutes before, three-minute sets, with a waitlist source ↗
Getting bookedComics and agents send a booking inquiry through the contact form on the club's website source ↗
ShowsWednesday to Saturday — open mics Wednesday at 8:00 PM, Thursday at 7:00 PM and Friday at 10:00 PM; a Thursday showcase at 8:30 PM; Friday and Saturday headliners at 8:00 PM source ↗
RoomAbout 65 seats source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
What you can say on stage
Its other 8 rules
On stage
  • Performers under 21 may do their sets at 21+ shows but must leave afterwards. source ↗
  • Thursday mic sets are four minutes. source ↗
  • Friday open-mic sets are three minutes. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • The club's open mics are on its calendar; sign up there or on Stagetime. source ↗
  • Thursday mic sign-ups open Monday at noon for that week's show. source ↗
  • Friday open-mic sign-ups open 12 hours before the show and close 30 minutes before. source ↗
House rules
  • The Thursday mic lineup is picked by the host. source ↗
  • The Friday mic's order is points-based. 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

Tickets$10–$19 on the paid shows it listed; open mics free source ↗
Age18 and over at shows starting 8 PM or earlier (16 and over with a guardian possible); 21 and over from 9 PM source ↗
ParkingMetered street parking on Hennepin Avenue and nearby streets, mostly free after 6 PM weekdays and all weekend 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: a minimum and the phone rule.

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

Plan the night

The night planner builds an evening around The Comedy Corner Underground: 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: Sarah Adelman and Eion Falance, Friday 2 October 2026, 8:00 PM.

Near The Comedy Corner Underground

Comedy clubs in Minnesota → · 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