A first open mic: a comic at the microphone under one light, a small room listening
Going out · Open mics · California

Open mic comedy in Santa Monica, CA

4 open-mic nights a week and 1 more on some weeks at 2 rooms in Santa Monica, from each room's own listing: the next two weeks night by night, then every room's weekly night and how to get on.

Santa Monica's open mics at a glance

2 rooms in Santa Monica run open mics on their own listings: Crow Comedy Club (Mondays, Tuesdays and some Sundays) and Westside Comedy Theater (Tuesdays and Saturdays).

Tuesday is the busiest night, with 2 rooms running a mic; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday have none on the listings.

How the rooms take comics, in their own words: 1 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 and 2 name a price.

Elsewhere in California: Los Angeles (8 a week, 2 more some weeks), San Diego (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 Santa Monica, night by night

No dated open mic on the rooms' own listings in Santa Monica in the next two weeks; the weekly nights below still run.

Every week in Santa Monica, room by room

Each room's regular mic night and how to get on, in its own words.

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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