Upcoming Events

Open Mic with a twist

Just purchase an item at the bar and you can perform, but be ready for the interrupter! He/She will tell you when you just aren't funny!

Free Show

To perform register at capitallaughs.com

Free to attend

Shows are 18+

America's Got Talent, San Francisco International Comedy Competition, Great American Comedy Festival, TBS’s Conan.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

TRUtv, Washington Post

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Comedy Central, TRUtv, MTV, Showtime, ABC, BET, The Late Late Show, FOX

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

This is NOT your typical comedy show.

These courageous and talented individuals will have completed a powerful 2.5 week comedy intensive of bold exploration and brilliant writing, culminating in smart, honest and completely original comedy.

And...they will be stepping onto the comedy stage for the very first time!"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Laughs on Fox , Tosh.0, “Grey’s Anatomy”, 2015 Big Sky Comedy Festival, Netflix.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

BET, Wild n Out, MTV, Comedy Central.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Laughs on FOX, Punchline, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, San Diego Comedy Festival, SiriusXM

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

See the future of DC Comedy today!

Seating is first come first serve. Reserve your seats today!

18+ for the Open Mic.

Comedy Centrals’ “The Meltdown, “This is Not Happening”, @Midnight, his own Half Hour special, Conan, The CrabFeast podcast

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Edinburgh Fringe, The John Bishop Show, Live at the Apollo, Viceland's “Hate Thy Neighbor”.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Comedy Central, Veep, Live at Gotham, MTV, SeeSo, Prairie Home Companion, Modern Family

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

MTV's Girl Code, Gotham Comedy Live, Bethenny, Wolf Watch and The Playboy Morning Show

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

CONAN, Last Comic Standing, Fuse TV, Comedy Central

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

MTV, SXSW Festival, CNN, Seeso

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Elf, Friday, The Replacements, The Parent 'Hood, and more!

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

TBS’ The Last O.G., CBS’ Blue Bloods, ABC’s Deception, A&E’s Unforgettable, Comedy Central, TruTV

No item minimums for these shows.

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Netflix special "NO OFFENSE", TBS's "Deal With It", "Last Comic Standing", "Arsenio", Comedy Central's "Reality Bites Back", "Live at Gotham", and "This Is Not Happening", "Inside Amy Schmuer", "Why? With Hannibal Buress

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

"Showtime at the Apollo”, HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam”, Jamie Foxx’s “Uptown Comedy Club”, BET's "Comic View"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Showtime, Tonight Show, Comics Unleashed, BET, Hulu

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

MTV, Netflix, Curb Your Enthusiasm, CMT

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Comedy Central, MSG, AXS TV, TruTV, VH1, Good Morning America.

with Chris Distefano (IFC, Netflix, MTV, TruTV, Late Night, Late Show, Comedy Central) and Kasha Patel (BBC, TLC)

Co-produced by Kaleidoscope Comedy

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Youtube, America's Got Talent, Conan.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Comedy Central, Conan, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Real Time with Bill Maher

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

truTV’s "Those Who Can’t", "CONAN", "The Late Late Show with James Corden", Viceland's "Flophouse", Comedy Central's "@midnight", "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

BET's "50 Central", The New York Comedy Festival, Laughing Skull Festival, and Laugh Your Asheville Off.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Fox's "Titus", Comedy Central, Seven 90 Minute Specials

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

MTV's "Wild 'n Out", Comedy Central's "How To Be Broke", Viceland, BET's "Comic View"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

ABC, FOX, “Rooftop Comedy”, HBO, “Last Call with Carson Daly” and “Conan”.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Saturday Night Live, MADtv, Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Comics Unleashed, NBC’s Late Friday, MTV's Guy Code, TVOne Vidiots

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

FOX's Red Eye, NBC Universal's COZI TV, AXS TV's Gotham Comedy Live, TBS' New York Comedy Festival, DC Underground Comedy Festival

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

NBC's "Better Late Than Never", "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", "Last Comic Standing", Comedy Central Presents special, MTV.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

This is a live recording of the Here We Are Podcast for Stitcher Network.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Showtime, Comedy Central 'Presents' and 'This Is Not Happening'

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

America's Got Talent, Comedy Central's "Roast Battles 2", Funny or Die's Comics to Follow, Fox's New Girl, TVLand, Nickelodeon

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, HBO Special, TGIF's "On Our Own"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

All Def Digital, Buzzfeed, Unilad, Funny or Die, Super Deluxe, Fusion TV, Worldstar Hip Hop & MTV2

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

NBC's "Will and Grace", Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's "Adam Devine's House Party", MTV’s "Guy Code" "Broke A$$ Game Show" and "Joking OFF", The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Last Comic Standing. Portland’s Funniest 2013 and 2015, Viceland, Doug Loves Movies

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

2 Broke Girls, American Dad

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

The Tonight Show, Showtime, Comedy Central, Lopez Tonight and Carson Daly

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

"5 Comics to Watch in 2018"- Time Out NY

"an amazing voice. And She's really f----- funny"- The Village Voice

"Follow Catherine Cohen while you're young"- Vulture

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Late Show with David Letterman, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, Gotham Comedy Live, Comedy Central's The Half Hour, Amazon, HBO's Last Week Tonight and Silicon Valley, TruTV's Adam Ruins Everything, Comics Unleashed, MTV's The CollegeHumor Show, Comedy Central's @midnight.

2 item minimum

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central's This is Not Happening, AXS TV Presents Gotham Comedy Live, Punchline on FOX, Laughs on FOX, Uproarious on FUSE and Greatest Party Story Ever on MTV.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

NBC's "Chuck", "My Name Is Earl" and "Seinfield", Fox's "Glee" and "Martin"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

In honor of DC PRIDE we will be donating a portion of each ticket to SMYAL

https://www.smyal.org/

Just For Laughs, Amazon's Transparent, ABC's Mistresses, Freeform's Young and Hungry, Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Seeso

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Comedy Central, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, The Colbert Report, MTV, HBO, Showtime, Black Mirror.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ with guardian for early shows.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS

HBO's Vinyl, Amazon's Red Oaks, Paul Bart: Mall Cop 2, CBS's Kevin Can Wait, Netflix's Orange is the New Black

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comics Unleashed w/Byron Allen on ABC, GOTHAM COMEDY LIVE on AXS TV, her own half hour special on TLC called This Is Why You’re Still Single, LAUGHS TV on FOX, and the comedic film DUMBBELLS

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, Gotham Comedy Live, HBO's "Top Club Comics"

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office Closes 90 minutes before showtime.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.

In Living Color, Little Man, White Chicks, Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood, The Wayans Bros.

2 item minimum

Doors close 30 minutes after showtime.

Online Box Office closes 1.5 hours prior to showtime. Tickets are available at the door UNLESS tickets have sold out.

21+ for late shows. 18+ for early shows

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. NO REFUNDS.