HaHa Cafe Comedy Club, founded in 1988, is a full-time comedy club, with a full calendar of comedy shows, from nurturing new talent in talent contests and open mic nights to hosting celebrity comedy evenings.
A bar and restaurant is available, catering for a wide range of tastes, offering traditional club menus to international cuisine. Minimum age is 18 to be permitted entry into the club and two items of identification are required at the door. There is also a strict dress code and so people wearing shorts or tank tops will not be admitted.
Open mic nights run from Sunday to Thursday, sign up is 5.30pm with shows starting at 6pm.
HaHa Cafe Comedy Club
5010 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood
CA 91610
818-508-4995
hahacafe.com
The Comedy Store is a world famous comedy club having headlined many well-known comedians, such as Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy and Jim Carey, to name but a few. It is a full-time club open seven days per week.
You must be 21 to enter the Comedy Store. A bar is available, and a two-drink minimum rule applies.
Open mic nights are available on scheduled nights listed in the diary of events. Sign up is between 6pm to 6.30pm. Show at 7pm.
Comedy Store
8433 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles
CA 90069
323-656-6225
thecomedystore.com
Cafe Muse is located in Hollywood's Theater Row. It was opened by two theater artists who wanted to run a creative comedy cafe in the heart of theatre land. They are a cafe and a coffee shop, serving up a varied menu of comfort food, also catering for vegetarians and vegans. They operate a rotating art gallery and offer free entertainment, such as piano music, cabaret, poetry readings and music and comedy open mic nights. Comedy open mic nights take place every Wednesday, with sign up at 8pm and the show at 8.30pm.
Cafe Muse
6547 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood
CA 90038
323-464-6873
cafemusela.com
Laugh Factory is a comedy club focusing on developing new talent, including youngsters, and holding auditions to participate in comedy nights. They host a variety of comedy evenings, from all star evenings to open mic nights. Open mics take place every Tuesday evening, and sign up is at 5pm for the next week's show. Get there early, as places go fast because there are only 15 comedy slots. Show starts at 6pm.
Laugh Factory
8001 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood
CA 90046
323-656-1336
laughfactory.com