I’m building a list of standup comedy venues, nights, festivals and the like in Vancouver, and it begins here on this very page. Here’s a very modest beginning; add your suggestions, corrections and additions in the comments below (thanks, Riel!) and I’ll keep updating.
More often than not…
Lafflines
(Most) Thursdays – $10, opens 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.
Fridays – $15, opens 8:30 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m.
Saturdays – $15, opens 8:30 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m.
#26-4th Street (at Columbia, near the Columbia SkyTrain station)
New Westminster
tel. 604-525-2262
Yuk Yuks
1015 Burrard
Tuesdays – Crash and Burn – $5, show at 8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays and Thursdays – $15, show at 8:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays – $15, shows at 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Mondays
Urban Well
Improv Mondays
1516 Yew Street
Vancouver
tel. 604-737-7770
Jupiter
$5 cover; show at 9:00 p.m.
Bute at Davie
Balthazar
$5 cover; show at 9:00 p.m.
Bidwell at Davie
Darby D. Dawes
No cover; show at 9:00 p.m.
4th at McDonald
Tuesdays
Urban Well (see above)
Stand-up Tuesdays
Underground Comedy at The Cellar
Last Tuesday of every month – $7, opens at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:00 p.m.
1006 Granville Street
Vancouver
e-mail: rawcomedyshow-at-yahoo.ca
Wednesdays
The Laugh Gallery at El Cocal Restaurant
$3 cover; show at 9:30 p.m.
1037 Commercial Drive
Email thelaughgallery@hotmail.com
Thursdays
Closed, sadly: Zizanie
Thursdays – No cover; show at 9:30 p.m.
1607 West 7th Avenue
tel. 604-738-7387
The Cotton Club
$5 cover; show at 9:00 p.m.
near entrance to Granville Island
Fridays
Laughing Bean
Fridays – no cover ($3 minimum), show at 8:30 p.m.
Last Friday of every month is religion night
2695 East Hastings
Vancouver
tel. 604-251-5282
Saturdays
The Candy Bar
2066 Kingsway
East Van Comedy Show
Saturdays – $3-5 or sometimes free, show at 8:00 p.m.
Sundays
DV8 (will resume when fire damage cleaned up)
No cover; show at 10:00 p.m.
Davie between Richards and Seymour
This and that
Zesty’s Restaurant
The next season of Laff Riot Girls begins this September
920 Commercial Drive
Vancouver
tel. 604-255-0470
Thanks for doing this…it’s awesome. I’m a comic and am always having to write this list out for people…now I can direct them here.
Riel
The Laugh Gallery, Wednesday nights at El Cocal Restaurant, 1037 Commercial Drive, 9:30pm, $3 cover. Email thelaughgallery@hotmail.com
Monday nights at Jupiter, Bute at Davie, 9pm, @$5 cover.
Monday nights at Balthazar, Bidwell at Davie, $5, 9pm
Monday nights at Darby D. Dawes, 4th & McDondald, 9pm, no cover.
Thursday nights, The Cotton Club, near entrance to Granville Island, @$5 cover, 9pm
Sunday nights at DV8, (will resume when fire damage cleaned up), 10pm, no cover, Davie between Richards and Seymour.