Best Comedy Clubs in London
Big names, new acts and late shows: the best places to see stand-up in London.
Starting order is based on how often each place appears in London's major guides. Your upvotes move places up.
- 1Piccadilly · 1a Oxendon Street, SW1Y 4EELondon's most famous comedy club since 1979, home to the Comedy Store Players and big-name stand-up nightly.
- 2Islington · 39 Queen's Head Street, N1 8NQPocket-sized Angel Comedy venue with multiple shows daily and frequent surprise drop-ins from famous comedians.
- 3Islington · 2 Camden Walk, N1 8DYFree stand-up every night upstairs in an Angel pub, with queues for its consistently strong line-ups.
- 4Soho · Multiple locationsBusy comedy and theatre hub where top acts gig most nights; now joined by a large second venue in Walthamstow.
- 5Covent Garden · 170 Drury Lane, WC2B 5PDCovent Garden club that rarely announces full line-ups but reliably delivers quality stand-up every night.
- 6Bethnal Green · 231 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 0ELEast End club promising West End shows at East End prices, mixing new and established acts.
- 7Greenwich · 302 Creek Road, SE10 9SWGreenwich's raucous late-week comedy club with strong bills and its notorious late-night Blackout shows.
- 8Crouch End · 2 Crouch End Hill, N8 8AALong-running basement club with a Thursday try-out night and established comics on Saturdays.
- 9Camden · 100 Camden High Street, NW1 0LUUpstairs pub venue where established comics test new material alongside rising acts, with tickets from a few pounds.
- 10Hackney · Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, E9 6NUHackney's gold-curtained former working men's club hosts Knock2Bag's stylish nights with acclaimed alternative comedians.
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