How To Run A Comedy Night
A good comedy night is not just a poster and a microphone. You need a clear offer for acts, a ticket path fans trust, a way to handle door sales, and a plan for paying people after the room empties.
stand-up.co.uk is free to try for listings and organiser workflows. Use external ticket links while you test it, then bring ticketing, door sales, seating and payouts into the same system when it helps.
List Your EventStart with the night, not the poster
Choose the room, date, running order and audience before chasing every possible act. A tight room with the right acts is easier to sell than a vague mixed bill.
Use performer profiles and gig offers
When artists are already on stand-up.co.uk, organisers can contact them directly through gig offers. That keeps the date, fee, minutes, travel and acceptance trail in one place instead of scattered DMs.
List the event even if you sell elsewhere
You can use stand-up.co.uk for free listings and point ticket buyers to an external ticket source while you test the workflow. The listing still helps discovery, profiles, city pages and venue pages.
Move ticketing in when it makes sense
If you sell through stand-up.co.uk, the usual ticketing charge is 10%, with organiser-level settings already built for different payout arrangements. That gives you booking pages, door tools, reporting and cleaner audience data.
Pay acts properly after the event
The best promoters make payment predictable. The system already stores event roles, prices, splits and payout details, which is the base for handling hundreds of post-show payments without spreadsheet drift.