Backroom Comedy Club

Subject: The chef is leaving the kitchen (for one night only)

Subtitle: See Ariel Kagan before he gets insufferably confident…

There wouldn’t be a Backroom Comedy Club without Ariel Kagan.

For the past 4 years, he’s been behind the curtain; booking the shows, shaping the lineups, building the machine.

If Brandon is the front of the house…
Ariel is the chef.

And this Friday, for the first time, he’s stepping out of the kitchen.

After 13 years in stand-up, Ariel is doing his first official hour at Backroom Comedy Club.

If you’ve ever been to a show here
if you’ve ever laughed, bombed, crushed, or questioned your life choices on our stage…

You’ve felt his influence.

Love him or hate him,
he’s the Gordon Ramsay meets Simon Cowell of Canadian stand-up.

Sharp. Unfiltered. Brutally honest.

And now, it’s his turn.

This isn’t just another show.
This is the guy who built the system… finally stepping into it.

Full transparency:
I’m writing this. — Brandon.

And there is no version of me, this club, or anything we’ve built…
without him.

So yeah—this one matters.

Friday, MAY 1st
8PM & 10PM
55 seats. That’s it.

Come see it now,
before he stops being humble about how good he’s about to be.

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February is here and we are off to a banger, with a killer show tonight and through the month!

These specialty shows are some of our favourites highlighting awesome talent!

Feb 6 .funny at 8pm is selling out as I write this
Feb 12 - The Roast of love with .unhinged
Feb 14 Valentines Day
Feb 20 The Polish gentleman himself
Feb 28 - The BIG ONE - Backroom Turns 4! With Toronto GOAT 🐐

Tickets in our BIO! or Backroom comedy club.com

See you soon Toronto!

Last year we ran this show series, we gave different comedians their shot @ 20min sets and they got to pair up with someone they liked and that person also got to do 20 minutes. It was honestly some of the best moments of 2025.

So it’s now 2026 version! 20/20 is back! We got awesome lineups and tickets are on sale now backroomcomedyclub.com

Feb 19 & kick us off
Feb 26 & will throw down
March 5 & step up
March 12 &

And more to come until the end of May! Let’s get it.