Name: Clear Water Comedy Stand-Up Comedy Contest
Start: 2026-11-19
End: 2026-11-19

Armed with a time-tested family recipe for success, they're home to more than just Eau Claire's best hand rolled authentically local pizza. Plus means more! You will find intimate bar side seating and a spacious dining room featuring natural brick and mortar walls augmented by a historic tin ceiling. The fresh and natural urban feel of the space compliments their artisan cuisine.

The Plus

Taps, apps and laughs! You’ll find an abundance of all three of these things at Clear Water Comedy, which happens every Thursday night at The Plus in Downtown Eau Claire. Experience the comedic minds of local and travelling stand-up comedians, while enjoying your favorite drink!

Clear Water Comedy

Eau Claire features a 24-7 outdoor public art exhibit that resides along the streets of downtown. It’s called SCULPTURE TOUR EAU CLAIRE and with nearly 80 sculptures from local and international artists, it’s the largest outdoor sculpture tour in the nation. Each year, new sculptures are added and the public is able to vote for their favorites.

Sculpture Tour Eau Claire

Eaum embraces cultivating balance in your mind & body. With two studios-choose a strength lifting class, yoga or sculpt! Explore the different membership options fit for you at Eaum Yoga + Fitness!

Eaum Yoga + Fitness

The Reboot Social is a unique business downtown Eau Claire featuring food, drinks, and games. With 4 Duckpin bowling lanes, 30 vintage arcade games, 15 pinball machines, darts, billiards, and more, there are endless ways to stay entertained!

Reboot Social

The Fire House is a tavern located at the corner of Graham Ave and Gibson St in downtown Eau Claire. We have 38 rotating craft taps, mixed drinks, bottled beer, wine, and more. Plus 5 HDTVs,pizza and popcorn, games, live local music, & a great atmosphere!

The Fire House

The Informalist strives to provide a unique and diverse offering of palate pleasing options. Situated inside The Lismore Hotel, the menus cover the full range of daily offerings from breakfast and brunch to wood stone pizza and a full dinner menu serving from the break of day until late in the evening. The Informalist staff has prepared a selection of options that include gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan platings.

The Informalist

The premier place in Eau Claire for vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, and the best audio equipment to play 'em in Western Wisconsin. Swing by and browse their vast selection of new and used records.

Revival Records

Mi Mì Café is an up-and-coming food truck that will operate in Eau Claire and the greater Chippewa Valley! Starting summer of 2021, we will bring you a fantastic combination of Vietnamese iced coffee and Banh Mì sandwiches. Think of the most energizing and delicious strong coffee you've ever tasted combined with a scrumptious sandwich that will fill you up and never let you down. We'll be posting updates on our progress here. See you next summer!

Mi Mì Café

Experience vibrant Downtown Eau Claire from the rooftop of The Lismore hotel. Enjoy a house-made craft cocktail, select beer or a sampling of our wines. The name Dive pays tribute to the history of the space. In the 1970s, Dive was the hotel's swimming pool. We welcome you to visit Dive and unwind inside or out.

Dive

The Lismore Hotel Eau Claire - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. A newly rebuilt hotel in the heart of downtown, this hotel and convention center has been reimagined to match Eau Claire’s vibrant Farmers Market neighborhood. Walk to the Children’s Museum, State Theatre, Phoenix Park, and a dozen restaurants and breweries. UW-Eau Claire is 1 mile away and the Mayo Clinic is a half-mile away.

The Lismore Hotel will greet you at check-in with a warm DoubleTree chocolate chip cookie. Settle into a guest room with complimentary WiFi, a 42-inch HDTV, mini-refrigerator, Cuisinart® coffeemaker and lighted vanity mirror. Here a few days? Choose a top-floor suite with floor-to-ceiling windows, a living area with sofa and larger HDTV, and a bathroom with whirlpool tub.

You’ll find downtown dining options for any craving at our Eau Claire hotel. The Informalist restaurant serves a delicious farm-to-table menu out of an exhibition kitchen, and ECDC coffee shop offers craft-roasted brews. Check out the views and signature cocktails at DIVE, our casual rooftop lounge. Daily room service, a lobby lounge and a 24-hour snack shop are other tasty options.

Burn calories in the 24-hour fitness center, and work smart in the 24-hour business center. Our hotel in Eau Claire also has 14,000 sq. ft. of beautiful meeting space for up to 620 guests – perfect for your next conference or celebration.

### Highlights

- Boutique hotel with 112 guest rooms, including 7 top-floor suites
- Attached to convention center and steps from dining and attractions
- Restaurant, coffee shop, 2 lounges, and daily room service
- 14,000 sq. ft. of flexible event space with complimentary WiFi
- 24-hour fitness center, business center and convenience shop

The Lismore Hotel Eau Claire - a DoubleTree by Hilton

Pablo Center operates in support of a mission that is focused on augmenting and developing regional education opportunities in the performing and visual arts for people of all ages and backgrounds.

The center offers the region a facility capable of providing transformative training, learning and creative opportunities. Inside, guests, local partners and artists can experience a 1,200+ seat theatre and a flexible 396-seat theatre; three rehearsal, dance and community rooms; visual arts galleries; labs for sound and lighting, set and exhibit design, recording arts, multimedia production and costume design; and spaces equipped to support vocational training initiative.

Pablo Center at the Confluence

Located in western Wisconsin, Eau Claire offers sports planners a destination that's easy to reach, easy to navigate, and ready to host. Just 90 minutes from the Minneapolis–St. Paul area and within driving distance of Chicago, Eau Claire is well positioned to welcome teams, athletes, and fans from across the Midwest.

A versatile mix of indoor and outdoor venues supports events across a wide range of sports and competition levels, with tournament-ready fields, courts, ice facilities, pools, trails, and large-scale indoor spaces. Hotels, restaurants, venues, and visitor amenities are conveniently located throughout the community, making it easy for teams to get where they need to be throughout the event.

Visit Eau Claire's sports team works alongside event organizers to help bring the details together, connecting planners with venues, accommodations, local resources, and destination support.

And there's plenty waiting beyond the competition. Eau Claire's walkable downtown, local restaurants and breweries, miles of trails, public art, live music, family attractions, and the Chippewa River give athletes and their families more to experience between games and after the final whistle.

Eau Claire has the facilities to host the event and the destination experience to make the trip worth it.**** Bring the competition, bring the crowd, and come as you are — Eau Claire is ready to host.

Visit Eau Claire

Amateur stand-up comedy contest featuring performers from the community and members of Clear Water Comedy plus special guests.

Performers must plan a 5-minute set (shorter is acceptable). Registration begins at 6pm; performers must be present by 7pm to register. Show placement is based on arrival order—first to register chooses their spot. First prize: $100 cash, a free pass for performer and guest to all Clear Water Comedy shows in 2026, and a guest spot on a future Clear Water Comedy show. Cash prizes and gift certificates awarded to other performers. Everyone who performs wins something. Audience response factors into judging.

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