Comedy venue · Somerville, Massachusetts

The Rockwell, Somerville, MA: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144

The short answer

The Rockwell is a regular comedy venue in Somerville, Massachusetts, at 255 Elm Street. On its calendar: no fixed stand-up night; tickets $10 to $35, 21+ Fri and Sat. For comics, it runs an open mic (Mondays, 7:00 PM) and publishes how to get booked.

A regular comedy venue, not a comedy club — stand-up runs here alongside its other shows.

On stage soon

No dated show here on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar yet — the venue's own calendar has what is on: its listings ↗

Lineups belong to the venue and the comedians, and can change; the listing has the last word. More shows in Massachusetts on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micMondays, 7:00 PM — the Rockwell Open Mic, held next door at its sister bar Saloon; open to all acts, comedy included — Sign up in advance through the online form linked from the open mic's page, or take a first-come, first-served spot at the door (doors 6:30 PM) source ↗
Getting bookedSubmit through the booking form on its Artist Booking page (show name, genre, preferred dates, one link to a live performance, performance history); it replies within two weeks only if it is moving forward source ↗
ShowsNo fixed stand-up night — touring stand-ups on booked Saturdays, the glADDY8rs stand-up battle about once a month on a Friday at 9:30 PM, and a Monday open mic for all acts next door at Saloon; music, clown, sketch and theatre on other nights source ↗
Room145 fixed seats; up to 203 with added chairs source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
The tape it wants
  • The form asks for show name, genre, company, preferred dates, contact details, social links, one link to a live performance and performance history. source ↗
Hearing back
  • It replies within two weeks only if it is moving forward; no reply means no for now. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Monday open mic: sign up in advance through the Google form on the listing, or take a first-come, first-served spot on the night. source ↗
  • Spots not taken in advance go first come, first served. source ↗
House rules
  • The open mic takes all kinds of acts, comedy included. source ↗

From the venue'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 to $35 for comedy shows (stand-up mostly $15 to $30) source ↗
Age21 and over on Fridays and Saturdays unless noted; matinees and Sunday to Thursday shows are all ages, 16+ or 18+ source ↗
ParkingStreet meters (2 hours, free after 8 pm and on Sundays); for 3 hours try the Grove Street, Herbert Street or Rite Aid lots; Davis Square on the Red Line is a 3 to 5 minute walk source ↗

As the venue'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 Rockwell: where to eat before, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Plan a night here → The venue's site ↗

Open, according to its own website on 29 September 2026. Listed then: Jaboukie Young-White, Saturday 3 October 2026, 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM.

Near The Rockwell

Comedy clubs in Massachusetts → · 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 venue's facts from its own site, read 29 September 2026; its rules for comics read 29 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026