Lookin’ for Free Things to do in Austin?

June 15, 2025

Good Session

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Got a secret? A burning question? Need some unfiltered advice? This
is the show where you can get it all off your chest 100% anonymously!
Welcome to Good Session- Comedy with a side of therapy.
Life’s tough—we get it. And sometimes, the only thing better than
laughing about it is laughing with others who totally get it too.
Hosted by the hilarious Brent Gill and a panel of three comedians,
this show is part therapy, part comedy, and all about real talk with
big laughs. Share what’s on your mind, then sit back, and watch the
comedians dive in headfirst (or sideways!) to give their hilarious take.
This is the show you didn’t know you needed—and guaranteed to be
way more fun than therapy!

Submit your questions here (along with the day you're attending the show) for a better chance to get them answered! https://forms.gle/TSyKAaJeKHhx1vuy8

$15.00
June 15, 2025

The Creek and The Cave Open Mic

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FREE with RSVP! $5 at door. Every Sunday at 8pm.

Also featuring ALL DAY HAPPY HOUR!

Austin has become home to some of the best rising and veteran comedians in the world. Come see these killers try out their newest material in one of the hottest comedy clubs in the city. Or maybe you’d rather try your hand at comedy yourself, sign up info below.

Sign ups go live via email Monday-Friday, simply send your full name to creekandcaveopenmic@gmail.com. Comedians will be chosen each week and will receive 3-4 minute sets. If you do not make the list, feel free to show up and put your name in the bucket. 4 random names will be chosen from the bucket and those people will receive sets as well.

All Shows are 21+ Line ups subject to change
Free
June 15, 2025

Banana Phone

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FREE! Every Sunday at 10pm.

An Open Mic where hecklers ring in. Hosted by Kandace Medina.

Late night drink specials! 

 
All Shows are 21+ Line ups subject to change
Free
June 16, 2025

The Monday Gamble Mic

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FREE! Every Monday at 6pm.

 

Signups in person.

Free
June 16, 2025

"YOUR WELCOME"

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Author and internet troublemaker Michael Malice brings his podcast LIVE before a studio audience. Come watch him in conversation with fellow little person, comedian Dave Landau.

$20.00
June 16, 2025

New Joke Monday

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Every Monday at 10pm come see the best comedians in the world try new jokes!

 

Hosted by the best comedian you’ve never heard of, Sam Hunter! 

 

$10.00
June 16, 2025

Monday Night Gimmick Mic

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FREE! Every Monday at Midnight!

New gimmick every monday. Do a gimmick for an extry minute!

2 min set (3 min w/ gimmick)

11:30pm signup, Midnight Start

 

Hosted by Matt Alvarez

 

Free
June 17, 2025

Dunk Tank

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FREE! Every Tuesday at 6pm.

Creek and the Cave presents an evening of laughs with Dunk Tank Comedy Show!

From seasoned pros to up-and-coming talents, every comic takes the plunge into uncharted comedic waters to try out fresh material.

With a fantastic selection of drinks, this show is the perfect spot to unwind after work.

Grab your friends and coworkers to join us for a fun show!

 

Sign up at 5:45pm.

Capped at 15 

Free
June 17, 2025

Optimum Noctis

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Join hosts Shawn Gardini & LeMaire Lee for an uproarious time at there new show Optimum Noctis! Don't miss the fun!
 
 
Lineup TBA!
 

VENUE POLICY

-Doors open 1 hour before showtime. General admission seating is assigned on a first come, first served basis. Arrive early to secure a great seat and enjoy dinner before the show! 

-Your entire party must be present at time of check in if you would like to sit together. Large parties are not guaranteed seats together.

-Tickets are nonrefundable. If you do not arrive within 15 minutes after scheduled show start, you will forfeit your tickets.

-All Shows are 21+, valid ID required for entry. Lineups subject to change

 

$15.00
June 17, 2025

Estando con Francisco

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Estando Con Francisco – Noche de Risas en Español

Martes 8 de abril | 10:00 PM

The Creek and The Cave – Austin, TX

Entrada: $5 (cupo muy limitado)

 

¡Ven a reírte a carcajadas!

Trae tu cita, ven solo, o conoce gente nueva — esta es la noche para gozar.

• Monólogo explosivo con Francisco

• Comediantes suben a probar su talento

• Couch session sin filtros

• Showcase final con los más duros

 

Risas, sorpresas y buena vibra… todo en español.

 

NO todos entran. NO todos regresan.

Compra tu entrada YA antes de que se agoten!

$5.00
June 17, 2025

Hood Therapy Tuesdays

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FREE! Every Tuesday at Midnight

Hood Therapy Tuesdays: An Open Mic

Hosted by Xavier Cardona

11:30pm Signup

Free
June 18, 2025

Off The Cuff

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FREE! Every Wednesday at 6pm

 

Signups at 5:30pm. 

Riff Mic! Hosted By Rachel Wolfson. 

Free
June 18, 2025

Absolute Show

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A LATE NIGHT TYPE COMEDY SHOW 

Lukas McCrary hosts a new late night type show taped in front of a live audience (you!). Truly a comedy experience you have not seen before. A daring, unkempt, extravagant, irrational, remarkable, futile, absolute show.

$10 online | $15 door
Doors: 30 min before show start

Venue: The Creek and The Cave - 611 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78701
Seating is first come first serve. Drinks and food available inside. 
Come get your fill!

Watch full episodes at youtube.com/@absoluteshowatx
All of our upcoming shows can be found at absoluteshowatx.com

*refunds will not be accepted unless show is canceled or postponed to another date.
ABSOLUTE SHOW is a weekly show, and each show features a fresh line-up of hilarious talent.

$10.00
June 18, 2025

The Forge

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The Forge is a stand up comedy showcase featuring comics you need to know. Watch working comedians from Austin, Texas as well as nationally touring headliners as they hammer out their grit and steel. Live every 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 10pm at the legendary Creek and the Cave comedy club. Presented by jokesmiths Cody Miears and Roderick McDaniel.

 

All shows 21+, lineups subject to change

$5.00
June 18, 2025

Wild West Wednesdays

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FREE! Every Wednesday at Midnight.

Wild West Wednesday 

Hosted by Hunter Parker 

 

11:30pm Sign up

20 Comic cap

3 Minute sets

Free
June 19, 2025

Bear Arms: Open Mic

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FREE! Every Thursday at 6pm.

 

Bear Arms: Open Mic

Hosted by Robert May

 

Signups at 5:45pm 

Free
June 19, 2025

T.J. Miller

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T.J. MILLER is a comedian. He has been diligently working to make people laugh for over two and a half years because life is tragic and the best thing he can do is make you giggle and perhaps pee. He is famous in Norway. A skilled improviser, no show is ever the same. Let me repeat that- no show you ever see will be the same. Dare you? See them all? His hour-long comedy specials DEAR JONAH (YouTube), METICULOUSLY RIDICULOUS (HBO) and NO REAL REASON (Comedy Central) are available to stream now wherever streaming is streamed. His forthcoming special THE PHILOSOPHY CIRCUS showcases his talents as a clown, a juggler, and terrible ventriloquist. Is he a musician? No. However, he has two music albums, THE EXTENDED PLAY E.P., a hip-hop/pop/folk music E.P. with 41 tracks, and THE EXTENDED PLAY E.P.: THE ILLEGAL ART REMIXTAPE- available wherever fake music is listened to.

Miller’s voice stars as Gene in the EMOJI MOVIE and Fred in Disney’s Academy Award-winning BIG HERO 6. He voiced Tuffnut in the Oscar-nominated HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2. He played Auggie in the first R-rated stop-motion film HELL AND BACK, and Prancer in ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS. A reindeer!

On television, he voiced Robbie from GRAVITY FALLS, Tuffnut in DRAGONS: RIDERS OF BERK, Randy in F IS FOR FAMILY and a volcano in FAMILY GUY. Don’t forget GORBURGER, a show so strange you’ll just have to google it. And that’s his voice.

You may recognize his non-animated face and body from DEADPOOL 1 & 2, the highest-grossing R-rated films of all time, forever, 2014’s surprise indie hit TRANSFORMERS 4: AGE OF EXTINCTION, Mike Judge’s HBO series SILICON VALLEY (Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor), THOSE WHO CAN’T, GARFUNKEL AND OATS, HAPPY ENDINGS, appearances on KIMMEL, FERGUSON, COLBERT and CONAN, or briefly on THE GOODWIN GAMES (canceled after 7 episodes) or CARPOOLERS (13 episodes). He was on CHELSEA LATELY quite a bit and even guest hosted for Chelsea. A ‘regular’ some might call him. Who those people are he’ll never know.

He wrote, produced and starred in the Sundance accepted shorts SUCCESSFUL ALCOHOLICS and I’M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME KILLING MY PARENTS. Neither won awards. T.J. has been in over 25 major studio films- CLOVERFIELD, SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE, Mike Judge’s EXTRACT, SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, ROCK OF AGES, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, YOGI BEAR 3D (for which he gave himself a Critic’s Choice Award for Best Supporting Character in a Talking Bear Comedy), UNSTOPPABLE, GET HIM TO THE GREEK, SEARCH PARTY, THE GOODS: LIVE HARD, SELL HARD, and finally his good friend Jay Baruchel’s GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS.

Most recently, T.J. was the star of OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, opposite Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston, i-R0ck in READY PLAYER ONE directed by Steven Spielberg, UNDERWATER opposite Kristen Stewart; a sci-fi disaster thriller- the perfect full circle return to his roots in CLOVERFIELD, and finally THE STAND-IN opposite Drew Barrymore, an official selection for the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, canceled due to the pandemic and 2020 generally being a fuckstick of a year.

He resides in Manhattan, NY, and Hollywood, California. He was born in Denver. He died in 2010 of an AVM. He is first and foremost, a comedian. His standup is “Smooth Like Fire, Hip Like Lincoln.” He will work until his death to make you happy. He loves you. He is a gentle giant, and would like you to see a live show. It’s better that way.

 

Link to DEAR JONAH (Full Comedy Special) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoD1oX2iYI

$30.00 - $40.00
June 19, 2025

Miss Comedy Universe

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MISS COMEDY UNIVERSE: A Pageant Like No Other

A night of glamour, talent, and unstoppable laughter! Miss Comedy Universe brings together a cast of comedians, each representing a "nation," to compete for the most prestigious (and hilarious) title in the world.

Expect dazzling entrances, outrageous talents, and interviews that defy logic— Who will rise to the occasion, and who will trip over their own gown? The audience decides!

Date: Thursday, February 20th 8pm
Location: The Creek and The Cave
Tickets: $20 advance | $25 door

Join us for an evening of elegance, absurdity, and unforgettable comedy. One comedian will take the crown—but everyone will leave laughing.

$20.00

Last minute plans are some of the best. Free last minute plans are even better. The list of free things to do in Austin felt a little short, so we’ve been steadily adding new weekly shows to our calendar that cost nothing, zilch, nada. Free. The city might be expensive, but the comedy doesn’t have to be.

There aren’t a lot of Austin comedy clubs that have free weekly shows hosting some of the biggest names in stand-up. If you just paid rent and still wanna make date night memorable, swing by The Creek for one of our many free shows.