Comedy Show Name Generator

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Generate comedy show names for live stand-up: weekly nights like Tight Five Tuesdays, open mics like The Back Room Mic, special titles like Notes to Self, plus tours, festivals and comedy rooms like The Wobbly Stool.

About comedy show names

A comedy show here means a live one: the weekly stand-up night, the open mic, the showcase, the taped special, the tour and the room it all happens in. If you are naming a television comedy, the Sitcom Name Generator has series titles, and the Funny Movie Name Generator covers films.

Live comedy names are short, quotable and usually built from the trade's own jargon. A tight five is a polished five-minute set, crowd work is talking with the audience, a callback returns to an earlier joke, and the light is the signal to wrap up. Names like Tight Five Tuesdays, Five Minutes and a Light and The Callback Comedy Club tell comics and regulars what to expect. Weekly nights often carry the day in the name because the name doubles as the schedule.

The list covers every kind of live show: weekly nights, open mics, showcases and competitions, solo special titles, tours, clean and family shows, campus shows, charity nights, themed formats such as storytelling and friendly roasts, festivals, and names for a comedy room or club. Stage names for the comics themselves are on the Comedian Name Generator, and troupe names are on the Improv Team Name Generator.

How to choose comedy show names

  • Put the day in a weekly night's name. Tight Five Tuesdays or First Friday Stand-Up tells people when to come back without a flyer.
  • Say what kind of show it is. Open mic, showcase, clean and benefit each set a different expectation, so a name like Bucket Draw Open Mic or Squeaky Clean Stand-Up saves the audience a surprise.
  • Test it the way a host would, out loud: "Welcome to ...". If it is hard to say into a microphone or needs explaining, pick a shorter one.
  • For a special or a tour, choose a title that sounds like something you would say on stage. Let Me Finish and The Told You So Tour work because they sound like the comic talking.
  • Search the name together with your city before you print posters. Comedy nights lean on the same jargon, and a room across town may already use yours.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good name for a comedy night?

It is short, easy to say into a microphone and clear about the format. Names such as Tight Five Tuesdays, The Back Room Mic and Heckle Free Zone fit on a chalkboard and tell people what they are walking into.

Does this list include names for comedy clubs?

Yes. A share of the list names the room itself, for example The Wobbly Stool, The Low Ceiling Comedy Club and Uncle Mo's Comedy Basement. They were written for this list, so look around locally before you use one for a business.

Are these names for TV comedy shows?

No. This page names live comedy: nights, open mics, specials, tours and festivals. For a television series try the Sitcom Name Generator, and for a film title the Funny Movie Name Generator.

Can I use these for a clean or family comedy show?

Yes. The whole list is family-friendly, and one group is written for clean shows, such as Squeaky Clean Stand-Up, The Milk and Cookies Matinee and Bring Your Grandma Comedy.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 11 names

  • All Crowd Work, No Notes
  • All-Ages Stand-Up Social
  • Alleged Adult
  • Almost Friday Comedy
  • Alumni Weekend Laughs
  • Are You Still Watching
  • As I Was Saying
  • Ask a Comic Anything
  • Assembly Was Required
  • Aunt Dot's Comedy Parlor
  • Awkward Pause

B: 25 names

  • Ba-Dum Tss Basement
  • Baby's First Five
  • Bad Advice Live
  • Band Boosters Comedy Night
  • Based on a True Mistake
  • Battle of the Bits
  • Battle of the Dorm Comics
  • Behind the Bookcase Comedy Room
  • Belly Laugh Weekend
  • Belly Laughs Before Bedtime
  • Best Friends Roast-Off
  • Best of the Open Mic
  • Best Set Wins
  • Big Fan, Small Room
  • Big Grin Comedy Fest
  • Black Box Stand-Up
  • Blooper Reel
  • Boardwalk Comedy Weekend
  • Bombing Gracefully
  • Bombs Away Open Mic
  • Bookstore Basement Open Mic
  • Booster Club Comedy Benefit
  • Bring the Kids Comedy Matinee
  • Bring Your Grandma Comedy
  • Bucket Draw Open Mic

C: 29 names

  • Campus Comics Live
  • Canned Goods and Canned Laughter
  • Canyon Echo Comedy Fest
  • Career Day
  • Case of the Mondays Comedy
  • Champions of the Room
  • Character Night
  • Chuckles for Charity
  • Church Basement Comedy Social
  • Citywide Comedy Crawl
  • Clap-O-Meter Classic
  • Clean Sweep Comedy Contest
  • Coast to Coast and Slightly Lost
  • Coffee Shop Open Mic
  • Coffeehouse Comedy Hour
  • Comedy 101
  • Comedy Class Graduation Showcase
  • Comedy Debate Club
  • Comedy for the Food Bank
  • Comedy in the Commons
  • Comedy on the Green
  • Comics vs. Audience Game Night
  • Commencement Eve Comedy
  • Copper City Comedy Fest
  • Crack Up for the Clinic
  • Cram Session Comedy
  • Crickets, Mostly
  • Crowd Work
  • Curtains Up Comedy Benefit

D: 9 names

  • Dad Joke Derby
  • Dad Joke Duel
  • Dad Jokes Across America
  • Date Night Clean Comedy
  • Deadpan Derby
  • Dean's List Comedy Showcase
  • Deeply Unqualified
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Dorm Room Comedy Hour

E: 10 names

  • Eight AM Class Survivors
  • Eight Comics Walk Into a Bar
  • Elective Laughter
  • Embarrassing Stories, Told Proudly
  • Emotional Baggage Claim
  • Emotional Support Jokes
  • Every Other Thursday Comedy
  • Everybody Gets Five
  • Exit Row
  • Extra Credit Comedy

F: 25 names

  • Family Funny Night
  • Family Group Chat
  • Fellowship Hall Funnies
  • Finals Week Funnies
  • First Friday Stand-Up
  • First Frost Comedy Festival
  • First-Timers Welcome
  • Five Minutes and a Light
  • Foothills Funny Festival
  • Former Gifted Kid
  • Four Comics, One Minivan
  • Free Refills
  • Fresh Jokes Friday
  • Fresh Pages
  • Friday Feature Set
  • Friday Late Laughs
  • Friday Night Funnies
  • Friends of the Room Showcase
  • Fringe of Funny
  • Front Row Regret Comedy Club
  • Funniest in the County
  • Funniest Person in Town
  • Funniest Student Contest
  • Funny for the Fire Department
  • Funny Money Fundraiser

G: 8 names

  • Giggle and Give
  • Giggle Grove Festival
  • Giggles for Good
  • Grandparents Get In Free
  • Greek Week Giggles
  • Green Room Tales
  • Growth Is Optional
  • Guffaw Fest

H: 17 names

  • Halfway There Comedy
  • Harborlight Comedy Festival
  • Harvest Moon Comedy Fest
  • Haunted House of Jokes
  • Headliner Thursdays
  • Heart of Gold Comedy Gala
  • Heckle Free Zone
  • Hold for Applause
  • Hold the Stage
  • Holiday Leftovers Comedy Show
  • Home by Nine Comedy
  • Homecoming Comedy Show
  • Hometown Helpers Comedy Hour
  • Honor Roll Dropout
  • Hope and Ha-Has
  • Hot Mic Summer Fest
  • Hump Day Ha-Has

I: 6 names

  • I Agree to the Terms
  • I Googled It
  • I Should Explain
  • Industry Night
  • Inside Voice, Outside Thoughts
  • Intro to Stand-Up

J: 4 names

  • Jokes for All Ages
  • Jokes for Coats
  • Jokes for the Playground Fund
  • Jokes on Trial

K: 5 names

  • Kid-Approved Comedy
  • Kids Tell the Jokes
  • Kindness Is the Headliner
  • Knee Slapper Fest
  • Knock-Knock Night

L: 24 names

  • Last Friday Laugh Riot
  • Late Night at the Union
  • Late Saturday at the Brick Wall
  • Late to My Own Special
  • Laugh It Forward
  • Laugh Until It Helps
  • Laughs for a Cause
  • Laughs for the Library
  • Laughs on the Quad
  • Laughter Counts Benefit
  • Layovers and Laughs
  • Lazy Sunday Stand-Up
  • Leap Day Laugh Festival
  • Lecture Hall Laughs
  • Lessons I Didn't Learn
  • Let Me Finish
  • Lighthouse Laughs Festival
  • Lightning Round Open Mic
  • Little League Laugh Night
  • Long Story Longer
  • Loosely Based on Me
  • Loud for No Reason
  • Low Battery, High Hopes
  • Lunch Money Laughs

M: 19 names

  • Main Street Mirth Festival
  • Material Mondays
  • Mic Drop-In
  • Middle Child Energy
  • Midterm Meltdown Comedy
  • Midweek Mirth
  • Midwinter Mirth Festival
  • Mild Peril
  • Mind Your Manners Comedy
  • Minivan Material
  • Minor Inconveniences
  • Mirth for the Museum
  • Mirth on the Mountain
  • Monday Punch-Up
  • Mondays Are a Joke
  • Musical Comedy Mixtape
  • My First Joke Ever
  • My Therapist Says Hi
  • My Worst Date Ever: Live Stories

N: 11 names

  • Name in the Hat
  • New Joke Monday
  • New Material Night
  • Next Up Showcase
  • Nine-Thirty Late Set
  • No Bleeps Needed
  • Nobody's Recording This
  • Not My Best Work
  • Notes App Material
  • Notes to Self
  • Nurses' Night Out Comedy Benefit

O: 6 names

  • Old Mill Comedy Festival
  • One More Thing
  • Ones to Watch Showcase
  • Only Child Support Group
  • Open Mic, Open Mind
  • Orientation Week Open Mic

P: 13 names

  • Parents' Night Out Comedy
  • Parents' Weekend Comedy Show
  • Paws and Applause
  • Payday Friday Comedy
  • Peaked in Preschool
  • PG Giggles
  • Piano Bench Punch-Ups
  • Polite Applause
  • Prairie Fire Comedy Festival
  • Premise in a Bucket
  • Premise Pending
  • Prop Comedy Revival
  • PTA Comedy Fundraiser

Q: 3 names

  • Quarterfinal Quips
  • Quiet Car
  • Quiet Hours Comedy

R: 16 names

  • Raise the Roof Comedy Benefit
  • Raised by Sitcoms
  • Rated PG for Some Reason
  • Rec Center Comedy Social
  • Recovering People Pleaser
  • Reps and Sets
  • Riddle Me Silly
  • Riff Wednesday
  • Riverbend Comedy Festival
  • Riverside Roar Comedy Festival
  • Roast and Toast Benefit Dinner
  • Roast Me Nicely
  • Roast of the Host
  • Roast of the Regulars
  • Rookie of the Year Showcase
  • Rough Draft Comedy

S: 50 names

  • Saturday Morning Stand-Up
  • Saturday Sets
  • Saturday Spit-Take
  • Scholarship Comedy Showcase
  • Second Saturday Showcase
  • Seen at 2:14 AM
  • Self-Checkout
  • Semi-Final Sets
  • Seven O'Clock Sharp Comedy
  • Seven Stages Comedy Festival
  • Seven-Minute Showdown
  • Sidewalk Stand-Up Festival
  • Sign-Up Sheet Sessions
  • Sign-Up Starts at Seven
  • Sincerely Funny Fundraiser
  • Six Comics, One Stage
  • Sixty Seconds to Funny
  • Sketch and Stand-Up Double Feature
  • Slide Deck Stand-Up
  • Slideshow Comedy Night
  • Small Talk Survivor
  • Snack Drawer
  • Snort Laugh Sunday
  • Songs I Shouldn't Have Written
  • Sore Winner

S, continued

  • Special Taping Warm-Ups
  • Spin the Wheel Stand-Up
  • Spot Check
  • Spotless Stand-Up
  • Spring Fling Stand-Up
  • Squeaky Clean Stand-Up
  • Stacked Lineup Saturday
  • Stage Time
  • Stand Up for the Shelter
  • Stand Up, Give Back
  • Stand-Up by Flashlight
  • Stand-Up for Research
  • Stand-Up for Strays
  • Stand-Up From a Hat
  • Stand-Up Saturday Matinee
  • Still Not Sorry
  • Stool and Mic Stand
  • Study Break Stand-Up
  • Suburban Legend
  • Sunday Best Comedy
  • Sunday Funnies Live
  • Sunday Roast, Lightly Seasoned
  • Sunday School of Hard Knock-Knocks
  • Sunday Wind-Down Comedy
  • Syllabus Week Stand-Up

T: 189 names

  • Taco Tuesday Stand-Up
  • Tag It Tuesday
  • Tall Tales and Tight Fives
  • Teachers' Lounge Benefit Show
  • Technically an Adult
  • Tell It Again, Funnier
  • Ten Cities, One Suitcase
  • Ten Minutes on Tuesday
  • Thaw Out Comedy Fest
  • The All-Nighter Show
  • The Applause Cup
  • The Audience Picks the Topic
  • The Audience Vote
  • The Back on the Road Run
  • The Back Room Mic
  • The Belly Laugh Basement
  • The Benefit Bill
  • The Big Rooms, Finally
  • The Bit Lab
  • The Bleep-Free Zone
  • The Blinking Light Comedy Room
  • The Bracket of Bits
  • The Cackling Crow Comedy Club
  • The Callback Comedy Club
  • The Campus Tight Five
  • The Carry-On Only Tour
  • The Championship Set
  • The Check Spot Lounge
  • The Chuckling Otter
  • The Co-Headliner Coin Flip
  • The College Towns Circuit
  • The Comedy Singalong
  • The Comics Pitch In
  • The Compliment Battle
  • The County Fair Circuit
  • The Crack-Up Corner
  • The Crooked Spotlight

T, continued

  • The Crowd Decides
  • The Deadpan Den
  • The Decibel Decider
  • The Dented Mic
  • The Dining Hall Diaries
  • The Draft Folder
  • The Due Tomorrow Show
  • The Early Bird Giggle
  • The Early Show and the Late Show
  • The Emcee's Corner
  • The Encore Dates
  • The Everywhere but Home Tour
  • The Family Reunion Comedy Show
  • The Farewell (For Now) Tour
  • The Favorite Child
  • The Featured Five
  • The First Draft Mic
  • The Folding Chair Comedy Room
  • The Friday Closer
  • The Friendly Fire Roast
  • The Funny Song Hour
  • The Gas Station Snacks Tour
  • The Giving Season Comedy Gala
  • The Golden Stool Awards
  • The Good Clean Fun Show
  • The Good Neighbor Comedy Show
  • The Graduation Show
  • The Grand Guffaw Finals
  • The Great Joke-Off
  • The Greenhorn Mic
  • The Grin Bin
  • The Groan Zone
  • The Group Project Showcase
  • The Guffaw Garage
  • The Ha-Ha House
  • The Headliner Hunt
  • The Homegrown Showcase
  • The Hotel Breakfast Circuit

T, continued

  • The Hundred Rooms Run
  • The Joke Gym
  • The Joke Jamboree
  • The Judges' Scorecards
  • The Juice Box Matinee
  • The Junior Joke-Off
  • The Knee Slapper Lounge
  • The Last Laugh Finals
  • The Late List
  • The Laugh Ladder
  • The Laughing Lantern
  • The Laundromat Mic
  • The Light Means Wrap It Up
  • The Loading Dock Comedy Club
  • The Local Legends Showcase
  • The Lonely Stool
  • The Long Weekend of Laughs
  • The Lottery Mic
  • The Loud and Wrong Tour
  • The Low Ceiling Comedy Club
  • The Meal Swipe Showcase
  • The Middle Seat Tour
  • The Midwest Nice Tour
  • The Milk and Cookies Matinee
  • The Mixed Bill
  • The Mom Made Me Do It Tour
  • The Monday Bit
  • The Mop Closet Comedy Room
  • The New Hour Tour
  • The Night Before the Exam
  • The No-Blush Comedy Show
  • The Nobody Asked Tour
  • The Old Firehouse Comedy Club
  • The One-Liner Marathon
  • The Opening Act World Tour
  • The Parody Hour
  • The Potluck Comedy Hour
  • The Proving Ground

T, continued

  • The Pun Slam
  • The Rated G Giggle Hour
  • The Red-Eye Run
  • The Rental Car Diaries
  • The Rimshot Room
  • The Road Dog Run
  • The Rookie Hour
  • The Roommate Agreement Show
  • The Rubber Chicken Invitational
  • The Rubber Chicken Room
  • The Sampler Platter Showcase
  • The Saturday Double Bill
  • The Scenic Route Comedy Run
  • The School Night Show
  • The Scratch Pad
  • The Senior Send-Off Show
  • The Seven-Minute Stretch
  • The Shaky Hands Mic
  • The Small Rooms Tour
  • The Snickering Fox
  • The Soap and Water Show
  • The Spit Take Comedy Club
  • The Squeaky Stool Comedy Room
  • The Stand-Up Summit
  • The Still Workshopping It Tour
  • The Student Union Showcase
  • The Sunday Service of Jokes
  • The Tall Tales Comedy Hour
  • The Three-Minute Mile
  • The Thursday Tag-Up
  • The Tight Ten Tournament
  • The Tin Ceiling Comedy Room
  • The Tiny Tent Comedy Festival
  • The Told You So Tour
  • The Tri-County Comedy Clash
  • The Trying My Best Tour
  • The Tuesday Workout
  • The Two Item Minimum

T, continued

  • The Unprepared Presentation
  • The Up-and-Comers Showcase
  • The Victory Lap
  • The Walk-Up List
  • The Warm-Up Dates
  • The Wednesday Workshop
  • The Weekend Opener
  • The Whole Family Lineup
  • The Wholesome Hour
  • The Wildcard Round
  • The Wisecrack Loft
  • The Wobbly Stool
  • The Work in Progress Hour
  • The Workout Room
  • The Worst Gig Stories
  • The Wrinkled Shirt Tour
  • The Wrong Exit Tour
  • Theaters and Diners
  • Third Thursday Throwdown
  • This Could Have Been a Text
  • Three Chords and a Joke
  • Three Comics and a Van
  • Three Minutes of Fame
  • Throwaway Thursday
  • Thursday Thigh-Slappers
  • Tight Five Tuesdays
  • Top of the Bill
  • Topic Roulette
  • Toys and Jokes Holiday Benefit
  • Trial and Error Mic
  • Trivia and Tight Fives
  • True Stories, Badly Told
  • Try It Out Tuesday
  • Tuesdays With Material
  • Tuition Is No Joke
  • Two Languages, One Mic
  • Two Nights Only
  • Two-Bit Tuesday

U: 8 names

  • Ukulele and Apologies
  • Uncle Mo's Comedy Basement
  • Undercooked Bits
  • Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
  • Unread Messages
  • Unsolicited Advice
  • Untested Material
  • Upstairs at the Rubber Duck

V: 4 names

  • Variety Hour of Mild Chaos
  • Viewer Discretion Is Adorable
  • Voice Memo Material
  • Voicemail Full

W: 7 names

  • Wait, I Had a Point
  • Wednesday Callbacks
  • Weeknight Wisecracks
  • Welcome Back Comedy Bash
  • Wisecrack Wednesday
  • Wisecrack Weekend
  • Wrong Group Chat

Y: 1 name

  • You Mostly Had to Be There