Comedy Venues Outside Philadelphia

Venues are grouped by county (for Pennsylvania) or by state. If you have any pictures or reviews of a venue that you would like to submit, please e-mail them to chris@pastandup.com. Or if you know of any venue that should be listed here but isn't, please pass that info along. We're happy to put it online.

You can also see listings for Philadelphia.

Bucks County

LEVY'S COMEDY CLUB (Ramada Inn). 6201 Bristol Pike, Levittown, PA. Shows Friday and Saturday. Levy's site

COMEDY WORKS (Georgine's). 1320 Newport Rd., Bristol, PA 19007. Shows Friday and Saturday. Comedy Works site

COMEDY CABARET (Anthony's on the Delaware). 1457 Radcliffe St., Bristol, PA 19007. Occasional shows on Saturday. Comedy Cabaret site

COMEDY CABARET (Poco's Restaurant). 625 N. Main St., Doylestown PA 18901. Shows Friday and Saturday. Comedy Cabaret site

COMEDY CABARET (Murphy's). 5725 Emilie Rd., Levittown, PA 19057. Occasional Saturday shows. Comedy Cabaret site

Chester County

BERWYN TAVERN. 625 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, PA 19312. Open mics on Wednesdays. Berwyn Tavern site

Delaware County

TOWER THEATER. 69th and Ludlow Streets, Upper Darby, PA 19082. Occasional shows. Mostly music acts come through the Tower, but every now and then they have a touring headliner stop by. Tower site

D'IGNAZIO'S TOWNE HOUSE. 117 Veterans Square, Media, PA 19063. The first Friday of the month this restaurant is home to Riots Comedy shows. You can also view the Towne House site.

Montgomery County

KESWICK THEATER. 291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038. Occasional shows. A 1,300-seat venue that draws a lot of the big-name headliners visiting the area. Keswick site

CRAZY CARL'S. 1005 Gravel Pike, Schwenksville, PA 19473. Open mics on Tuesday. Crazy Carl's site

GENERAL LAFAYETTE INN. 646 Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444. Open mics on Wednesdays. Inn site

CHUCKLES (Valley Forge Beef and Ale). 827 Trooper Rd., Audubon PA 19403. Shows on Saturday nights. Chuckles site

Northern Delaware

STONEY'S PUB. 3007 Concord Pike, Wilmington DE 19803. Open mics on Wednesdays. Stoney's site

THE STOMPING GROUNDS. 8 S. Union St Wilmington, DE 19805. Apparently they used to have open mics on Thursdays, but nothing right now (Jan. 2008). Possibility of starting up again in the future, though. Stomping Grounds Myspace page

New Jersey

COMEDY CABARET (Elephant and Castle). 1450 Route 70 East, Cherry Hill NJ 08034. Shows Friday and Saturday. Comedy Cabaret site

THE STRESS FACTORY. 90 Church Street, New Brunswick NJ 08901. Open mics on Wednesdays, shows Thursday through Saturday, plus some special events. Stress Factory site

CUE CLUB II. 1060 Chester Ave., Delran, NJ 08075. Open mics on Wednesdays, some weekend shows as well. Cue Club 2 Myspace page

BARRINGTON COFFEE HOUSE. 131 Clements Bridge Road, Barrington NJ 08007. Open mics on Thursdays. Barrington Coffee site


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