My first show in Toronto was at the Pantages Hotel Martini Bar & Lounge, which hosts a Comedy Night on Sundays. Dylan - a classmate of mine from the Second City - hooked me up with a spot on March 13th. The event is organized and run by a great lady named Melissa Story. I have been back a couple of times since my first performance there and I enjoy myself. The crowd is almost always just other comedians working on their material, which is great. It feels like a comedy gym. I have also met other comics here that I really like. A special shout out to Abraham Sualim and Darren Pyle!
Abraham has been awesome in trying to introduce me to the comedy scene. He gave me the following list of places to hit up in Toronto as an amateur comic (again, thanks so much man!):
MONDAYS
Are you a stand-up comedian looking for a venue or interested in getting your feet wet in stand-up? Contact Jason Morneau at (647) 717 8046 or Alan Bee @ 416 892-6085.
Alt Dot and Coming Soon Show @ Rivoli Mondays 8:30
Rivoli – 244 Queen (Just E of Spadina) Come by a show and introduce yourself. Bookings are handled by Diamondfield Entertainment.
Imperial Comedy Mondays 9:30
Imperial Pub -Dundas Just E of Yonge (near Eaton’s Center) Spot@imperialcomedy.com
Stand Up at Sportsters Mondays 9:30
Sportsters Bar and Grill – 1430 Danforth Ave driven_4real@hotmail.com
Saved By The Jokes Mondays 7:00 & 8:30
The Fox & Fiddle Wellesley – 27 Wellesley St. E (at Yonge St) iheartjokes@gmail.com – Chris Robinson & Evan Desmarais
Underground Comedy Mondays 9:00
Clandestiny Hemp Boutique- 670 Queen St E- Come and introduce yourself
TUESDAYS
Yuk Yuk’s Tuesdays 9:30
224 Richmond St. W Call to sign up 10am Tuesdays
416-967-6431 ext. 126 – leave your name and phone #
Check after 4:30 – 416-967-6431 ext. 127
Standing on the Danforth Tuesdays 9pm
Eton House – 710 Danforth (Just E of Pape Stn.) Go introduce yourself
I Heart Jokes @ the Central Downtown Tuesdays 8pm
The Central – 603 Markham Street Go introduce yourself
Crown and Tiger 10:00 Open Mike Tuesdays 10pm
The Crown and Tiger Pub – 414 College St. – First come first serve, shotgun-style.
Honey Bee’s Open Mic Comedy Tuesdays 8:30
Fox and Fiddle Mississauga - 285 Enfieldplace Drive – Contact Marvin – marvin@honeybeedj.com
WEDNESDAYS
Absolute Comedy Pro/Am Show Wednesdays 8:30
Absolute Comedy – 2335 Yonge St. (near Yonge and Eglinton) Check www.absolutecomedy.ca Go introduce yourself. Call-ins for spots first Tuesday of the month 10-10:30 416 486 7700
Comedy at the Ossington Wednesdays bi-monthly 9pm
The Ossington – 61 Ossington St. (just N of Queen) Go introduce yourself – lottery spots
Open Mic at Fox and the Fiddle Wednesdays – 9pm
Fox and Fiddle – 1285 Finch Avenue West vm.amateurcomedy@live.ca
Door Prize Show Wednesdays (seasonal) 8pm
Zelda’s Living Well – 692 Yonge Street See Facebook group
Pourdon Me Wednesdays 10:00
The Pour Boy Pub – 666 Manning St (and Bloor) Introduce yourself to Camille Cote
Wildin’ Out Wednesdays Wednesdays 8:00
The Blue Lagoon - 3180 Lakeshore Blvd W. Introduce yourself to Danny Martinello
THURSDAYS
Hot Box After Dark Thursdays 7pm
Hot Box After Dark – 193 Baldwin St. Go introduce yourself
Giggles Groove Bar Thursdays 9pm
The Groove Bar – 1952 Danforth (1 Light West of Woodbine)- Makesi Arthur – makeart26@hotmail.com
West End Girls Monthly on 2nd Tuesday of the month – 9pm
Poor John’s Cafe at 1610 Queen Street West (between Sorauren and Roncesvalles) – Contact Daniela Saioni via email at mondocinema@gmail.com with the subject line “Spot at West End Girls.” Please include some information about your comedy if the producer does not know you, and please note that spots fill up months in advance, especially for the token male spot.
FRIDAYS
SATURDAYS
Open Mic ?pm
Village Vapor – 66 Wellesley st E- Introduce yourself to Dred Lee
Comedy Hub Thursdays 8-10pm
Honey`s Bistro – 1061 Birchmount Ave. (Scarborough) thecomedyhub@gmail.com
SUNDAYS
Not the Comedy Clinic @ Fox and Fiddle 10pm Sundays
Fox and Fiddle – 106 John Street (at Adelaide, south of Hooters) Go introduce yourself
Ein Stein’s Comedy Sundays 8pm
Ein Stein’s Pub – 229 College St. (between St. George and Spadina) chris_b_comedy@hotmail.com
Comedy @ The Black Swan Sundays 8pm
The Black Swan – 154 Danforth (just East of Broadview) – Contact Jamie O’Connor via email at blackswansundays@hotmail.ca with the subject line “Swan Comedy.” Lottery spots also available
The Pantages Hotel Martini Bar Contact Melissa Story
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I look forward to trying out as many of these places as I can. I will write about my experiences as I go along. Keep in mind, in future blog entries I will mostly be referring back to places I found on this list.
this was really useful
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