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Resources for Visiting Comedians

Thinking about coming through New Orleans to do some comedy? Hell yeah! It's always a good time here. Here's some resources thrown together to help you out around here.

Shows

As you can tell, shows are listed and categorized as the main point of this website. There's a dedicated page for open mics if you're looking for those specifically. All shows -- booked and open mics -- are DIY and independently run by other comedians. That is to say, 504Comedy does not currently produce any of the shows in New Orleans so contacting us about bookings isn't useful.

If you're looking to get booked, you'll find a table of shows and who runs them below. Not everyone has provided their contact information, so search Facebook, or ask around.

Show Venue When Host(s) Booking
Craft Comedy at Rendezvous Tavern
standup
Rendezvous Tavern Every Friday
Ugly Dog Open Mic
open mic
Ugly Dog Saloon and BBQ Every Friday Aj Bell
Bear With Me Comedy Open Mic
open mic
Twelve Mile Limit Every Monday Lauren Malara, Amanda G
They Fuckin Wit It Wednesday
standup
Bourbon Square Jazz Bar Smiley Da Comedienne
Jokes on Oak
standup
Oak St Brewery Every Saturday Craft Comedy
Courtyard Comedy
standup
Courtyard Brewery Every Sunday Craft Comedy
Comedy Gumbeaux
open mic
Howlin' Wolf Den Every Thursday Red Bean
Nature Boy
Red Bean
Joy Noises: A Comedy Open Mic
open mic
Poor Boys Every Thursday Jon Reynolds
Nico Perez
Sable Levy
Queers Of Comedy New Orleans
standup
Oz New Orleans Every Thursday Daniel Gray
Daniel Gray
Monarch Media Group - Open Mic (All Acts Welcome)
open mic
The Domino Every Tuesday Ben C
Comedy Beast
standup
The Howlin' Wolf Every Tuesday Amanda G
Allison Hotard
Amanda G
Not Another Open Mic
open mic
Another Bar Every Tuesday
Let’s laugh comedy showcase and open mic
open mic
Maison (Upstairs) Every Tuesday Keeda With A Q
Keeda with a Q
Think You're Funny?
open mic
Carrollton Station Every Wednesday Cassidy Henehan
Mickey Henehan
Cassidy Henehan
Damn That's Funny
standup
bar redux First Monday Keeda With A Q
Akeyla
Tell Me a Joke
open mic
Pirogue's Whiskey Bayou First Thursday
Comedy night at Prytania Bar
standup
Prytania Bar First Wednesday
Geoffrey Asmus
standup
The Howlin' Wolf Wed Nov 13 2024
Matt Braunger
standup
Sports Drink Fri Jan 17 2025
Sat Jan 18 2025
Tom Thakkar
standup
Sports Drink Sat Dec 21 2024
Maddie Wiener
standup
Sports Drink Fri Dec 13 2024
Sat Dec 14 2024
Sydnee Washington
standup
Sports Drink Fri Dec 06 2024
Sat Dec 07 2024
David Gborie
standup
Sports Drink Fri Nov 22 2024
Sat Nov 23 2024
Gumbo-laya in the Bywater: Power's Back!
open mic
The Domino Flavius Maximus
Kat Dreher
Flavius Maximus
Greetings from Queer Mountain
storytelling
ALLways Lounge Second Friday Amanda G
Amanda G
Moral Panic
standup
Junk Drawer Coffee Third Friday Kamari Stevens
Benjamin Hoffman
Michael Glaviano
Mary-Devon Dupuy
Damn that’s funny comedy show case
standup
bar redux Third Monday Keeda With A Q
Akeyla
KeedawithaQ
Craft Comedy Night at Prytania Bar
standup
Prytania Bar Third Wednesday Craft Comedy

Lodging

New Orleans is a tourism town, so hotels are everywhere and really like the same price as an AirBnB. Speaking of, please do not use AirBnB. AirBnBs are pretty much unregulated here and have destroyed neighborhoods and have made it impossible for people to afford rent here and have pushed a lot of the local entertainers (of all genres) out of the city and into neighboring areas. It sucks. Hotels are basically the same price now (especially in off seasons). If you talk to people booking you before you come down, they probably know someone with a couch or a spare bed you can crash on for a couple days. Do that instead if you can.

What to Do and Eat

There's a lot of bullshit here, like any tourism town, but the vast majority of bars and food are as good as everyone says they are. We used to curate a guide here on the site, but after COVID and the normal passage of time, it was just too hard to keep up with what's open and what's good. So check out our local alt-weekly Gambit's Best of New Orleans 2021 results. The places are voted on by locals so it's mostly right. It's at the least a good starting point.