Cobb's Comedy Club

Cobb's Comedy Club is a stand-up comedy venue in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. It was founded in 1982 and has had many top comedians on its stage.[1]

Cobb's Comedy Club
Former namesCobb's Pub
Address915 Columbus Avenue
LocationSan Francisco, California
Coordinates37.8029°N 122.4143°W / 37.8029; -122.4143
OwnerLive Nation
TypeComedy club
Capacity400
Opened1982 (1982)
Website
www.cobbscomedyclub.com

History

Originally known at Cobb’s Pub, Cobb’s Comedy Club was opened in 1982 on Chestnut Street in San Francisco’s Marina District. In 1987, it moved to the Cannery Shopping Center in the historic Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco neighborhood,[2] where it thrived for over a decade with owners Tom and Carolyn Sawyer, who went on to run the venue for more than 25 years.

In March 2002 a five-alarm fire broke out at The Cannery.[3] Damage from the fire and subsequent flooding closed Cobb’s for a month before forcing the Sawyers into a lawsuit which eventually resulted in the club’s eviction from the building.[4] With the help of some prominent comedian friends, the Sawyers raised enough money to reopen Cobb’s in November 2002 at 915 Columbus Avenue in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood,[5] in the club formerly known as "Dance Your Ass Off" (disco), later Wolfgang’s (rock), where, as of February 2017, it remains.[6]

Sister clubs

Punch Line San Francisco is San Francisco’s longest-running comedy club, and a sister club of Cobb’s Comedy Club. The Punch Line was owned and operated by Bill Graham in 1978 in the rock venue formerly known as the Old Waldorf.

Punch Line Sacramento, a comedy club in Sacramento, was opened and operated by Bill Graham Presents in 1991 as an expansion of the comedy club of the same name in San Francisco.

References
  1. http://www.cobbscomedyclub.com
  2. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cobb-s-owner-a-stand-up-guy-Sawyer-adds-touch-2632321.php
  3. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fire-guts-warehouse-being-converted-to-hotel-2864185.php
  4. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cobb-s-owner-a-stand-up-guy-Sawyer-adds-touch-2632321.php#page-2
  5. http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Cobb-s-Comedy-Club-celebrates-25-years-in-San-2523530.php#page-2
  6. "The Stanford Daily 10 October 1975". stanforddailyarchive.com. 10 October 1975. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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