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
Comedy Fuck Yeah standup	Dragon's Den	Every Friday	Vincent Zambon	Vincent Zambon
Raw Dog Comedy open mic	Ugly Dog Saloon and BBQ	Every Friday	Ryan Anthony Rogers
Dat’s Funny standup	Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center	Every Monday	Troy Duchane	Troy Duchane
Bear With Me Comedy Open Mic open mic	Twelve Mile Limit	Every Monday	Lauren Malara Amanda G Allison Hotard	Lauren Malara, Amanda G, Allison Hotard
Pizza Party open mic	New York Pizza	Every Monday
Saturday Night Comics standup	Jinx Bar & Grill	Every Saturday		Tommy Brennan
Comedy Fuck Yeah standup	Dragon's Den	Every Saturday	Vincent Zambon	Vincent Zambon
Proving Ground open mic	Hi-Ho Lounge	Every Sunday	Isaac Kozell Shep Kelly DC Paul
Comedy Gumbeaux open mic	Howlin' Wolf Den	Every Thursday	Red Bean Nature Boy	Red Bean
It's Good Comedy Open Mic open mic	Dragon's Den	Every Thursday
Jokes on Oak open mic	Oak St Brewery	Every Thursday	Adam Crochet	Open Mic
Queers Of Comedy New Orleans standup	Oz New Orleans	Every Thursday	Daniel Gray	Daniel Gray
Comedy Beast standup	The Howlin' Wolf	Every Tuesday	Amanda G Allison Hotard	Amanda G
Getting Pickled open mic	Another Bar	Every Tuesday	Pickle
Comedy Quarter Open Mic Night open mic	JINX Bar & Grill	Every Wednesday		Tommy Brennan
Think You're Funny? open mic	Carrollton Station	Every Wednesday	Cassidy Henehan Mickey Henehan	Cassidy Henehan
Let's Laugh open mic	Selina Catahoula	Every Wednesday	Keeda With A Q	Shaqita Griffin
Shut Yeaux A$$ Up open mic	bar redux	Every Wednesday	Shep Kelly	Shep Kelly
Mr. C’s Slidell Comedy open mic	Mr. C's Billiards	First Friday	Jed Landry	Cherry Lewis
All-Star Comedy Sheaux standup	Hi-Ho Lounge	First Friday	Shep Kelly	Shep Kelly
Damn That's Funny standup	bar redux	First Monday	Keeda With A Q Akeyla
Double Six Comedy Open Mic open mic	The Domino	First Saturday	Anthony Scontrino Jon Reynolds
Greetings from Queer Mountain storytelling	ALLways Lounge	Second Friday	Amanda G	Amanda G
Moral Panic standup	ALLways Lounge	Second Saturday	Benjamin Hoffman Paul Oswell
Geneva Joy's Comedy Celebration standup	Ace Hotel New Orleans	Second Thursday	Geneva Joy Saya Meads	Geneva Joy
Stoned vs Drunk vs Sober standup	Hi-Ho Lounge	Third Wednesday	Isaac Kozell	Isaac Kozell

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.