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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tom Thakkar standup |
Sports Drink | Sat Dec 21 2024 | ||
Maddie Wiener standup |
Sports Drink | Fri Dec 13 2024 Sat Dec 14 2024 |
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Sydnee Washington standup |
Sports Drink | Fri Dec 06 2024 Sat Dec 07 2024 |
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David Gborie standup |
Sports Drink | Fri Nov 22 2024 Sat Nov 23 2024 |
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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 |
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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.