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The 60 best places to see stand-up comedy in L.A.
There’s nothing like the electricity in the air on a good night at a comedy show. Packed in a room full of strangers looking for a good time, comedians who can light up a room experience a taste of godliness that’s unlike any other form of expression, even in a town like L.A. that’s full of entertainment. If laughter is important to you (how could it not be in these times?), there’s no shortage of ways to get your fix of funny jokes across L.A. From the hallowed Hollywood venues that became the stamping ground of comedy legends to the backrooms of local bars, even an abandoned zoo on a lunch hour (yes, really!), there is a place for you to find a comic doing their thing and using the power of laughter to help us all relate to one another a little better and, hopefully, leave our cares at the door. Here’s a list of the 60 best spots for comedy in L.A.
Bar Bandini
Blind Barber
Highland Park Location: 5715 N. Figueroa St, Highland Park, CA 9004
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
The Bourbon Room
Café Tropical
Can’t Even Comedy
Cavern Club Celebrity Theater at Casita Del Campo
Chatterbox
Clown Zoo at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park
The Clubhouse
The Comedy Chateau
Comedy House at Soho House
The Comedy & Magic Club
The Comedy Nook
The Comedy Patio at Horse Thief BBQ at Grand Central Market
Comedy at the Roosevelt?
The Comedy Store
The Crow
The Dime
Dynasty Typewriter
The Elysian
Feinstein's at Vitello's
Flappers Comedy Club
The Glendale Room
Good Heroin at Stories Books & Café
The Groundlings
HaHa Comedy Club
The Hollywood Comedy
Hollywood Improv
Holy S— Improv at Silverlake Lounge
The Ice House
Jam in the Van
Jetpack Comedy at Bar Lubitsch
Junior High
Largo at the Coronet
Laugh Factory Hollywood
Laugh Factory Long Beach
Leimert Park Comedy Night at Regency West
Lounge on Melrose
The Lyric Hyperion
The Nitecap
The Pack Theater
Permanent Records Roadhouse
The Puterbaugh Show at Akbar
Serotonin Comedy Show at Hotel Cafe
Skiptown Playhouse
The Stand Up Comedy Club
SuperNova Comedy
Tao Comedy Studio
Terrace Theater
Third Wheel
Townhouse Venice
UnCabaret at El Cid
Upright Citizens Brigade
Venice Underground Comedy at Killer Shrimp Yacht Club
Westside Comedy Theater
Whammy! Analog Media
Yamashiro Hollywood
The Yard Theater
Zebulon
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