The best free comedy shows in NYC

Every week, Janet Hyde and Mary Cella host stand-up comedians at Bed-Stuy's Tip Top Bar & Grill. After a short break, they're back this week with a celebratory show featuring some of their favorite comedians, including Billy Prinsell (Comedy Central), Khalid Rahmaan (Conan), Natasha Vaynblat (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) and Subhah Agarwal (HBO's Westworld)! This is an indoor show so you must show proof of vaccination to enter the bar. Come for the laughs, stay for the $3 PBRs!

Ambush Comedy is a weekly standup comedy show at Two Boots Pizza (558 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn) featuring Josh Johnson (Comedy Central's The Daily Show), Lucas Connolly (Comedy Central), and Brittany Cardwell (Drule) who host stacked lineups of top comics from NYC and beyond! It takes place every Wednesday at 7.30pm. Free beer is given out until 8pm and reserving a ticket enters you into a pizza raffle!

This free weekly comedy show on Sundays features comedians who have appeared on Comedy Central, TruTV, and NBC in the backroom of Vig Bar (12 Spring St.). While there is no cover or item minimum for the show, it is recommended that you get a drink (soda, beer, wine, etc.) to support the venue.

The Bomb Shelter Comedy Show gathers national headlining comedians who have been on Comedy Central, The Late Show, Conan, Netflix, NBC Last Comic Standing, in an intimate setting (at the Gaf West, 401 West 48th Street). Best yet, there's no cover, no drink minimum and free pizza. The show begins at 8pm on Thursdays.

Zach Sims (Comedy Central, Sirius XM) and Dan Wilbur (How Not To Read, The Onion) team up for a weekly stand-up show featuring the best comics from NYC and around the country. Lineups include comedians featured on The Late Show, Conan, Comedy Central, and more! The free show is on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at Young Ethels (506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn).