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Top comedy clubs
The Second City is one of Top comedy clubs.

1. The Second City

9.2
1616 N Wells St (btwn Concord Ln & North Ave), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · Old Town Triangle · 150 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Even if you know nothing about improv, chances are you've heard of Second City. Read more.

Annoyance Theatre & Bar is one of Top comedy clubs.

2. Annoyance Theatre & Bar

8.5
851 W Belmont Ave (at Clark St), Chicago, IL
Theater · Lakeview · 22 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Annoyance put itself on the map with its famously distasteful gross-out musical Co-Ed Prison Sluts. Twenty years later, it still cranks out bizarre, unconventional comedy. Read more.

Lincoln Lodge is one of Top comedy clubs.

3. Lincoln Lodge

4008 N Lincoln Ave (btw Irving Park & Cuyler), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · North Center · 7 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: The back room of a washed-up diner may not sound like much, but that's the beauty of the Lodge, a room that virtually placed Chicago on the alt-comedy map. Read more.

4. Zanies Comedy Club

8.3
1548 N Wells St (btwn North Ave & Schiller St), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · Old Town · 20 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Remember the olden days when comedy clubs with a two-drink minimum policy ruled? That era is long gone, but this venerable laugh factory has managed to hang on. Read more.

5. iO Chicago

8.8
1501 N Kingsbury St (Blackhawk), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · 88 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: There's no doubt about it, the house that improv legend Del Close and founding partner Charna Halpern built rules.

6. The Playground Theater

7.5
3209 N Halsted St (at W. Belmont Ave.), Chicago, IL
Performing Arts Venue · Lake View East · 21 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: The programming is often experimental and incredibly hit or miss, but there's no denying the youthful, infectious energy that pervades the place. Read more.

The Comedy Bar is one of Top comedy clubs.

7. The Comedy Bar

8.3
500 N La Salle Dr (btwn W Illinois St & W Grand Ave), Chicago, IL
Comedy Club · Streeterville · 16 tips and reviews

Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago: Every weekend, the guys who produce the Red Bar Comedy podcast transform swank River North nightclub Ontourage into a Vegas-style joke joint attracting plenty of the city's finest comics. Read more.

Timothy O'Toole's Chicago is one of Top comedy clubs.

8. Timothy O'Toole's Chicago

8.3
622 N Fairbanks Ct (at E Ontario St), Chicago, IL
Sports Bar · Streeterville · 137 tips and reviews