Open mic comedy in Los Angeles, CA
8 open-mic nights a week and 2 more on some weeks at 5 rooms in Los Angeles, from each room's own listing: the next two weeks night by night, then every room's weekly night and how to get on.
Los Angeles's open mics at a glance
5 rooms in Los Angeles run open mics on their own listings: Laugh Factory Hollywood (Tuesdays), The Clubhouse (some Sundays and some Thursdays), The Comedy Store (Sundays and Mondays), The Lyric Hyperion (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) and Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (Tuesdays).
Tuesday is the busiest night, with 3 rooms running a mic; Wednesday and Saturday have none on the listings.
How the rooms take comics, in their own words: 3 take a list on the night and 2 draw names from a bucket. Each room's exact way in is under "How to get on" below.
What it costs: 1 say it's free to go up.
Elsewhere in California: San Diego (4 a week, 1 more some weeks), Santa Monica (4 a week, 1 more some weeks), Sacramento (3 a week, 1 more some weeks) and North Hollywood (1 a week, 2 more some weeks).
Every mic here links its room's own listing, the place to check a night before you go, and "Plan this night" builds the evening around it: dinner near the room, the trip there and the ride home after a late list.
Open mics in Los Angeles, night by night
Tuesday 17 November 2026 1 mic
- 8:30 PM — The Punch-up Open Mic w/ Beth Stelling & special guest host XX · Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre · the listing ↗Plan this night →
Every week in Los Angeles, room by room
Each room's regular mic night and how to get on, in its own words.
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Tue5:30 PM
Laugh Factory Hollywood
How to get on
Sign-up 5:00–5:30 PM via a QR code at the door; 2-minute sets; lineup picked at random by lottery; stage time not guaranteed
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Thu · Sun8:00 PM
The ClubhouseNice Mic; open-mic spots at the Stand Up Showcase on the second and fourth Sundays, 9:00 PM
How to get on
Nice Mic: sign up at the door for a five-minute slot; sign-ups open 15 minutes before the show
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Sun · Mon6:00 PM
The Comedy StorePotluck
How to get on
Sign up in person on the patio between 4:00 and 5:00 PM; the list of performers goes up in the Original Room; check in with the host; doors 5:30 PM
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Mon · Tue · Thu · Fri9:00 PM
The Lyric HyperionHoopla Open Mic Comedy Night; daytime comedy mics on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
How to get on
Sign up by bucket draw for a four-minute set; free to watch
Before you go up
How the night works, the ribbing that comes with being new, and why you bring a set rather than wing it: open-mic etiquette, thick skin and staying power →
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