The Setup — Chicago
Chicago's Best-Kept Secret · Live Comedy
Chicago
Chicago's favorite
underground comedy night.
What people are saying
Nina C.
Really fun event with excellent comics!
Attended last month
Ana M.
So much fun — perfect Saturday date night.
Jul 2025
Wayne W.
Hilariously funny. Didn't stop laughing.
Feb 2026
Samirah A.
Welcoming crowd and the ambience was great.
Attended last month

Chicago invented the form. Second City. iO. The tradition of getting a room full of strangers to lose it together runs deep here. Now The Setup brings its speakeasy series to Blind Barber Fulton Market — a barbershop by day, underground room by night, tucked into the beating heart of the West Loop. The crowd is close, the laughs hit harder, and the city that built comedy shows you how it's done.

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Upcoming Shows
Blind Barber · Fulton Market
2 shows
MAR 22
Sun · 6:30 PM
The Setup: Early Show
Blind Barber Fulton Market · Chicago
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MAR 22
Sun · 8:30 PM
The Setup: Late Show
Blind Barber Fulton Market · Chicago
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