2018 DC Guide to FREE Comedy & Improv Shows

Do you “love to laugh”? Did you literally put this on your Tinder profile? Now you have a date lined up and don’t know what to do? Check out these FREE comedy and improv shows every single day of the week!

Monday

Mundane Aight Comedy w/ Kevine + Adelle, 8pm at the Passenger (1539 7th St NW). ​Hosted by Capital Laughs. Come spend your Monday’s watching local comedians talk about their flows and insecurities so you can drink booze and forget about your own. FREE

Tuesday

Harold Night, 8pm and 9pm at SOURCE (1835 14th St NW). Harold Night is Washington Improv Theater’s weekly homage to the world-famous longform improv format: the Harold. It all starts with an audience suggestion. Harold Night ends with a free jam where audience members can give improv a try side by side with veteran players. You don’t need to have any experience, just dive right in. FREE

Phil & a Mic w/ Phil Mike, 8:30pm at Bier Baron (1523 22nd St NW). Hosted by Capital Laughs. Catch our host Phil Mike host this free show with DC’s best comedians. Top that off with hundreds of beers at your fingertips and you’ve got yourselves a pretty damn good Tuesday night. FREE

Wednesday

U Don’t Know Jack w/ Jack, 8pm at Town Tavern (2323 18th St NW). Hosted by Capital Laughs. We’ll hear from DC’s best comics at DC’s best dive bar. FREE

Comedy at Rí Rá Irish Pub, 8pm at Rí Rá Irish Pub (3125 M St NW). As featured on Comedy Central and in the Washington Post, Underground Comedy presents DC’s best stand-up comics. Many of these comics regularly perform at comedy clubs with national touring headliners. FREE

Comedy at The Big Hunt, 8pm at the Big Hunt (1345 Connecticut Ave NW). Hosted by Underground Comedy. These shows feature DC’s best stand-up comics along with a few newer comics. Many of these comics regularly perform with nationally touring headliners at comedy clubs and festivals across the country. FREE

Thursday

H Street Comedy Show, 8pm at Mythology (816 H St NE).  hat do you do on H Street for fun? Dance party? Jogging? What about a no-cover weekly comedy show with the best comics in DC each week at one of the hippest bars in the city?! We got just the show. Bring your dates (or just yourself) to Eat. Drink. & Laugh. FREE

Happy Hour Comedy Show, 6pm at Saint Ex (1847 14th St NW). Hosted by Capital Laughs. It’s Thursday, it’s practically the damn weekend. And it’s time to be happy and enjoy some free standup comedy right after the work day ends. You deserve it you pistol, you. FREE

Adams Morgan Comedy Night w/ Matt Dundas, 8pm at Town Tavern (2323 18th St NW). ​​Hosted by Capital Laughs. Ready for some free dive bar comedy with Matt Dundas, your kid’s first base coach, hosting!!?!?  All you have to do is sit there and listen. (and occasionally buy drink/use the bathroom, if you’re into that kinda thing.) FREE

Comedy at Reliable Tavern, 8pm at Reliable Tavern (3655 Georgia Ave NW). As featured on Comedy Central and in the Washington Post, Underground Comedy presents DC’s best stand-up comics every week in Petworth. Many of these comics regularly perform at comedy clubs with national touring headliners. FREE

Comedy at The Big Hunt, 8pm at the Big Hunt (1345 Connecticut Ave NW). Hosted by Underground Comedy. These shows feature DC’s best stand-up comics along with a few newer comics. Many of these comics regularly perform with nationally touring headliners at comedy clubs and festivals across the country. FREE

Friday

Comedy at The Big Hunt, 11:30pm at the Big Hunt (1345 Connecticut Ave NW). Hosted by Underground Comedy. These shows feature DC’s best stand-up comics along with a few newer comics. Many of these comics regularly perform with nationally touring headliners at comedy clubs and festivals across the country. FREE

Friday Comedy Night, 8-9:30pm at Chinese Disco (3251 Prospect St NW). Presented by Standup Comedy To Go. Bring in carry-out food from anywhere. No outside beverages. Rated R. FREE

Saturday

Comedy at The Big Hunt, 11:30pm at the Big Hunt (1345 Connecticut Ave NW). Hosted by Underground Comedy. These shows feature DC’s best stand-up comics along with a few newer comics. Many of these comics regularly perform with nationally touring headliners at comedy clubs and festivals across the country. FREE

Sunday

Sex@6: Comedy Show, 6pm at Saint Ex (1847 14th St NW). Hosted by Capital Laughs. Having a dry spell? Join us for SEx @ 6. (Safeword: Charlie Ross.) You know you want to. Come. The lights will be off. Everyone will be naked… Wait…what did you think this was? This is a standup comedy show with DC’s best comics every Sunday at Cafe Saint-Ex on 14th Street…. You’ve made this awkward now. I think we’re moving too fast. FREE

Comedy at Wonderland Ballroom, 8pm at Wonderland Ballroom (1101 Kenyon St NW). Hosted by Underground Comedy. Every Sunday night this show features DC’s best stand-up comics along with a few newer comics. FREE

BONUS: Get help with your jokes!

The Washington D.C. Comedy Writers Group helps comedian develop their jokes. Meetings take place every Monday,  8:30pm, at Judy Restaurant (2212 14th St NW).

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