7 NIGHTS OF OPEN MIC INFO

Thinking about trying stand up comedy? Already doing some standup up but need a consistent place to get on stage? We’re proud to have a supportive staff and an awesome group of comics performing on our open mic, so relax, grab some friends and have a great time. Read below for sign up instructions.

If you’re not ready yet, the show’s free so come by, hang out, grab a drink, talk to some of the comics, and check out the show.

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Here’s how the open mic works. We have open mics 7 nights a week, 365 nights a year.

To sign up to perform on the open mics go to Instagram and search for @opemmicmadhouse. The link to sign up is at the top. Instruction are in the first pinned post.

To be on the mics shows you need to sign up ahead of time. Do not call the box office with questions about the open mic list.

If you just want to watch the open mic just show up. Tickets are free at madhousecomedyclub.com or you can just walk up to the door with a valid, state issued photo ID. We’re 21+ for the open mic.

The Mad House Open Mic Performance Week runs Mon thru Sunday. The SIGN-UP DAY is on the Sunday PRIOR to the week starting.

Again, the day to sign up to perform is Sunday. You have all day Sunday. A full 24hrs. Set an alarm. Ask your friends to set an alarm. If you don’t have any friends, ask your Mom to remind you. Set 2 alarms. Whatever you must do in order to sign up, do that. Because if you don’t sign up on Sunday you won’t be able to perform on any of the nights that week. There are no pop ins. There is no Alternate List.

Please pay careful attention when requesting to perform on Sunday’s. Example. If you sign up to perform on all 7 nights of the week on Sunday The Sign Up Day…you’d be signing up for Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and the FOLLOWING Sunday. You can’t sign up on Sunday the Sign Up Day and then show up to the club that same night to perform.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON’T SHOW UP?

Signing up for nights you don’t show up creates problems with the lineup, for the hosts, for the bookers, and for the poor person processing the hundreds of requests each week. If you casually say, “All 7 nights” and don’t show up for all 7 nights you’re a bad person.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Everyone gets up. If you sign up you’ll go onstage.

You can sign up for one night, some nights, or all 7 nights.

The line ups are done right before the show. We don’t accept requests to go up early or late.

Just check the box for the night you want to perform.  Nothing extra. No need for a “please”, or “anything available” or “Tuesday or Wednesday whatever works”.

We need your first and last name, so we know who’s onstage.

Last important note. Don’t call the comedy club for any open mic questions. Ever.

LESS IMPORTANT, BUT USEFUL, NOTES:

Don’t call the box office with open mic questions. Scientific studies have shown conclusively there is a connection between calling the box office with open mic questions and a sudden onset of a rare form of airborne gonorrhea.

  • Sets are usually 3min but could be a little longer depending on how many comedians we have on the shows.
  • Sets are uncensored
  • If you go over the time you will be played off stage.
  • Check in with the host when you arrive at the club.

There is no two drink min for the open mic shows, and there is never a two drink min for any performing comedian at the Mad House Comedy Club regardless of the night or show.

Last and most important.

PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE COMEDY CLUB PHONE NUMBER WITH OPEN MIC QUESTIONS.