Zanies Chicago Comedy Club, Chicago
Comedy club · Chicago, Illinois

Zanies Chicago Comedy Club, IL: Shows and Booking

1548 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610

The short answer

Zanies Chicago Comedy Club is a comedy club in Chicago, Illinois, at 1548 N Wells St. Shows run nightly; tickets $20–$38, 21 and over, two-item minimum. For comics, it advertises no open mic but 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 Illinois on the Comedy Calendar →

For comics

Open micNot advertised on its site
Getting bookedLocal acts can email chris@zanies.com source ↗
ShowsNightly source ↗

Per the club's own site, read 23 September 2026.

What the room asks of comics
House rules

From the club's own pages, read 25 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

TicketsThe club says prices typically range from $20 to $30, varying by show; the four shows priced on its site for October 2026 were $26.75 to $37.95 source ↗
Age21 and over with a valid photo ID, no exceptions source ↗
MinimumTwo-item minimum per person (food or drink; drinks need not be alcoholic) source ↗
ParkingThe club recommends reserving parking ahead through SpotHero, from its SpotHero parking page 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.

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

Plan the night

Zanies Chicago Comedy Club has its own D.O.C. page, with the room's photo, its house rules and the night planner: where to eat, the trip there and home, and what the night costs.

Zanies Chicago on D.O.C. → The club's site ↗

Open, according to its own website on 23 September 2026. Listed then: Felicia Folkes, Thursday 8 October 2026, 7:00 PM (doors 6:00 PM), $37.95.

Near Zanies Chicago Comedy Club

Comedy clubs in Illinois → · 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 23 September 2026; its rules for comics read 25 September 2026; fans' facts read 30 September 2026