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
Ugly Dog Open Mic open mic	Ugly Dog Saloon and BBQ	Every Friday	Aj Bell
Craft Comedy at Rendezvous Tavern standup	Rendezvous Tavern	Every Friday		Craft Comedy
Bear With Me Comedy Open Mic open mic	Twelve Mile Limit	Every Monday		Lauren Malara, Amanda G
Jokes on Oak standup	Oak St Brewery	Every Saturday		Craft Comedy
Piss Yo Pants Sundays standup	The Howlin' Wolf	Every Sunday	Mark Caesar
Courtyard Comedy standup	Courtyard Brewery	Every Sunday		Craft Comedy
Joy Noises: A Comedy Open Mic open mic	Poor Boys	Every Thursday	Jon Reynolds Nico Perez Sable Levy
Comedy Workout open mic	Clyde’s Corner	Every Thursday		Tommy Brennan
Comedy Gumbeaux open mic	Howlin' Wolf Den	Every Thursday	Red Bean Nature Boy	Red Bean
Queers Of Comedy New Orleans standup	Oz New Orleans	Every Thursday	Daniel Gray	Daniel Gray
Not Another Open Mic open mic	Another Bar	Every Tuesday
Comedy Beast standup	The Howlin' Wolf	Every Tuesday	Amanda G Allison Hotard	Amanda G
Monarch Media Group - Open Mic (All Acts Welcome) open mic	The Domino	Every Tuesday		Ben C
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
Free Comedy Show at Uncle Matt’s in Harahan standup	Uncle Matt’s Bar and Patio	First Sunday		Brandon Haynes Comedy
Wait, What? The Stand-up Comedy Drinking Game standup	Sports Drink	First Thursday		Geoffrey Gauchet
Comedy night at Prytania Bar standup	Prytania Bar	First Wednesday
Greetings from Queer Mountain storytelling	ALLways Lounge	Second Friday	Amanda G	Amanda G
Moral Panic standup	Sports Drink	Second Thursday	Kamari Stevens Benjamin Hoffman Michael Glaviano Mary-Devon Dupuy
Laughs & Drafts standup	Nola Brewing	Second Wednesday		Craft Comedy
Damn that’s funny comedy show case standup	bar redux	Third Monday	Keeda With A Q Akeyla	KeedawithaQ
Spin Cycle Comedy7 open mic	Black & Gold Wash & Fold	Third Thursday	Ashley Zoerner	Ashley Zoerner
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.