Want to get booked on a Milwaukee Comedy show?
We hire professional comics for all our shows! Send your clip, a brief bio & how much time you can do to booking@milwaukeecomedy.com
We receive many requests throughout the year and review each and every one. This takes time, your patience is appreciated!
Open Mic’s and Early Career Advice
- Brush up your skills at Open Mics in Milwaukee
- Tips for Your First Open Mic – this short blog post offers some great advice if you want to try out some jokes for the first time. Also take a look at this article for some great tips for beginners.
- There is an open mic almost every night of the week in Milwaukee so get out and tell some jokes! Open Mics in Milwaukee
- Here’s some advice on How to Get Booked on independent shows, clubs and even a little on festivals.
- Watch the video below (from our friends at the Milwaukee Comedy Festival) for some tips on submitting a clip to bookers and producers!
Advancing Your Comedy Career
Once you have mastered more than an open mic set, you want to take your comedy career to the next level. Don’t forget to join the Comics Database and create an entry to help fans find you and bookers hire you! Here are some helpful links to get you motivated!
This interview with Johnny Beehner – native Milwaukee-an, but now nationally touring funny man, originally aired on WUWM radio. Johnny was the final featured stand up comedian on David Letterman and talks about how he landed the gig and what he had to do to prepare for the career changing moment. Listen in at 10min and 17min specifically.
A great interview with comic Mike Stanly who has mastered the art. Some really good advice on being a road comic and working in a different city each week. This article from our archives is a few years old but as relevant as ever.