Comedy club · Pasadena, California

The Ice House Comedy, Pasadena, CA: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

24 N Mentor Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106

The short answer

The Ice House Comedy is a comedy club in Pasadena, California, at 24 N Mentor Ave. Shows run Friday and Saturday every week, plus some Sunday to Thursday shows; tickets $20–$45, 21 and over, two-item minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (some Thursdays, 6:00 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 California on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micSome Thursdays, 6:00 PM — Breaking the Ice Open Mic in the California Room; free to attend, 21 and over — Doors open at 5:00 PM; each food or drink item bought at the bar earns one entry in the bucket pull; names are drawn, each comic goes up once, for three minutes source ↗
Getting bookedEmail booking inquiries to booking@theicehouse.com source ↗
ShowsFriday and Saturday every week, plus some Sunday to Thursday shows source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
On stage
  • Three minutes of stage time at the open mic. source ↗
  • The open mic is listed as 21 and over. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Breaking the Ice Open Mic: from 5:00 PM, each food or drink item bought at the bar earns an entry into the bucket pull. source ↗
  • One item bought equals one entry; there is no limit, and entries can be earned while the show is going on. source ↗
  • A comic whose name is drawn goes up once only. 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$20 to $45 a ticket on the shows listed for 4 to 15 October 2026 (showcases $20; headliners $25–$45); the weekly open mic is free source ↗
Age21 and over on the show pages checked; some showcases are billed family-friendly source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum per seat in the showroom 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 Ice House Comedy: 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: Orny Adams, Saturday 10 October 2026, 7:00 PM.

Near The Ice House Comedy

Comedy clubs in California → · 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