How do I run a Comedy Club?

A Comedy Club turns regular comedy-goers into a crowd that feels like part of the room.

Set it up

Anything the menu marks Off shows Switched off when you open it: press Switch on and set it up (on a phone, + Add more lists them). Changes wait for Save in the bar at the bottom of the page, or at the top right of an offer’s full-screen editor on a phone.

1. Open Your club, then Settings, then How people join.
2. Under Free or paid, choose Paid membership, then press Switch to paid.
3. Under How do members pay?, choose Just monthly. Pick your fee under What’s the monthly fee?, or press Something else to type your own. Choose whether Do new members get a free trial?, then press Save price.
4. Connect Stripe on the same page, so members can pay you. See How do I launch my club?
5. Monthly comedy entry. In What members get, press Weekly & monthly offers. Choose Same every time, then Free item, with “entry to one comedy night”. Under When it repeats, set Repeat every to 1 month, choose Specific weekday, then First and your show night. Under How long they have, choose Custom… and 30 days. Press Save.
6. The pre-show drink price. Press Flat ongoing benefit in the menu. Choose Set price, with “a drink before the show” in What they get and your price in What they pay. Under When it can be used, press Add limits and set Days it can be used and Hours to your show nights. Press Save limits, then Save.
7. Front-section access. Press Club perks in the menu, then Add a perk, with a Heading such as “Priority for the best seats where we allocate them”. Press Done, then Save.
8. A late snack. Open Weekly & monthly offers in the menu again, then press Add another standing offer, choose Same every time, then Set price, with “a post-show snack” and your price. Tick your show nights under When it repeats, and Custom… 1 day. Press Save.
9. New-show first dibs. Open Club perks in the menu again, then press Add a perk, with a Heading such as “Hear about new acts and extra dates first”. Press Done, then Save. Send the actual news from Broadcasts → Write something.

What members get

Entry to a comedy night each month, a pre-show drink at their price, a post-show snack, plus front-section access and first word on new shows. If your club already has members, they stay in, free, with everything they get today. The fee is for people who join from now on.

What your staff need to know

Scan the member’s pass for the monthly entry and the snack; the drink price only shows within show hours. If payment hasn’t gone through, you’ll see Membership paused. Seating and new-show alerts are Club perks, listed under Club perks when you scan.

How you’ll know it’s working

A paid club’s Paid members page, under How it’s going, shows what’s coming in. Members shows each person’s Membership status.

Related

• Comedy Club on our inspiration page
• Gig Club
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