Comedy venue · Santa Monica, California

Westside Comedy Theater, Santa Monica, CA: Shows, Open Mic and Booking

1323-A 3rd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (entrance in the alley between 3rd and 4th Streets)

The short answer

Westside Comedy Theater is a regular comedy venue in Santa Monica, California, at 1323-A 3rd St. On its calendar: stand-up on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM, a 10:00 PM Saturday show, Wednesday showcases and the Tuesday open mic; tickets $9–$28, 21 and over, no minimum. For comics, it runs an open mic (Tuesdays, 10:00 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 California on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micTuesdays, 10:00 PM — The Tuesday Open Mic (be there by 9:45 PM); also The Witching Hour, a mic for female and nonbinary comics (all welcome), most Saturdays, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM — Tuesday: a $2 ticket; performers write their name on a slip for the bucket onstage, 20 to 25 names are drawn up front and go up in random order, three minutes each. Witching Hour: $5 for five minutes — buy a ticket, then sign up on Slotted; the sheet opens Wednesdays at 11:00 AM source ↗
Getting bookedMost shows are run by outside producers. The theater says the best way on stage is its classes, its open mics, or meeting producers at shows; tape sent to it can be forwarded to producers. New shows are pitched through its Pitch a Show form. source ↗
ShowsStand-up on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM, a 10:00 PM Saturday show, Wednesday showcases and the Tuesday open mic; improv and sketch on the other nights source ↗

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

What the room asks of comics
The tape it wants
  • Most shows are run by outside producers; tape sent to the theater can be forwarded to them, though meeting them is better. source ↗
What you can say on stage
  • No rape jokes and no threats of violence; treat the staff with respect. source ↗
Its other 9 rules
On stage
  • Three minutes per comic at the Tuesday mic. source ↗
Open mic and new talent
  • Tuesday Open Mic: it starts at 10:00 PM — be at the theater by 9:45 PM. source ↗
  • Tickets are $2; anyone who wants to perform is given a slip. source ↗
  • Write your name on the slip and drop it in the bucket onstage. source ↗
  • Usually 40 to 50 comics come and 20 to 25 names are drawn up front; they go up in random order over the next two hours. source ↗
  • The Witching Hour (female and nonbinary mic, most Saturdays at 6:00 PM): the sign-up sheet opens every Wednesday at 11:00 AM. source ↗
  • The Witching Hour: $5 for five minutes — buy a ticket, then sign up on Slotted. source ↗
House rules
  • The Witching Hour: cancel at least three hours before your slot, and try to stay for the whole mic. source ↗
  • Show pitches go through the Pitch a Show form; a pitch that is just comics and a headliner, or an indie improv team doing a montage, will be passed on. 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$9.22 to $28.16 on the shows it listed for 30 September to 3 October 2026, depending on the show and ticket type source ↗
AgeMost shows 21 and over; bring valid ID source ↗
MinimumNo drink minimum source ↗
PhonesNo filming or photos of the performers or performances source ↗
ParkingParking Structure 1 (entrance on 4th Street between Wilshire and Arizona): first 90 minutes free, 2 hours for $2, then $1.50 a half hour; free street parking after 6 pm on 5th Street and east source ↗

As the venue'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 Westside Comedy Theater: 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: The Friday Show (stand-up), Friday 2 October 2026, 8:00 PM; The Saturday Show (stand-up), Saturday 3 October 2026, 8:00 PM.

Near Westside Comedy Theater

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 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