Trends · data through September 2026

Performing Arts Venues in the United States

Iceflower tracks 762 stores from 662 performing arts venue chains in the United States. Lincoln Center grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Loony Bin Comedy Club and Paramount Theater.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
662
Tracked stores
762
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked performing arts venue chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Lincoln Center and Loony Bin Comedy Club sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Lincoln Center - +11.4%
2 Loony Bin Comedy Club - +8.7%
3 Paramount Theater ▲2 +5.8%
4 Zanies Comedy Club ▲1 +5.4%
5 Fox Theatre - +1.6%
6 Lincoln Theatre ▲1 -3.9%
7 Paramount Theatre ▼1 -7.2%
8 Helium Comedy Club - -8.7%
9 Laugh Factory - -9.3%
10 Improv ▼2 -14.6%
11 Alexander Hall ▼1 -40.8%
  • Funny Bone Comedy Club
  • Helium Comedy Club
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
  • Wind Creek Event Center
  • Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater
  • The Ark
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

762 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 47 of the 762 stores (6%); 623 of the 662 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Funny Bone Comedy Club (14)
  • Helium Comedy Club (5)
  • Metropolitan Opera (1)
  • Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (1)
  • Wind Creek Event Center (1)
  • Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater (1)
  • The Ark (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Funny Bone Comedy Club 14
  • 2 Capitol Theatre 13
  • 3 Fox Theatre 9
  • 4 The Ark 6
  • 5 Palace Theatre 5
  • 6 Laugh Factory 5
  • 7 Paramount Theatre 5
  • 8 Lincoln Theatre 5
  • 9 Helium Comedy Club 5
  • 10 Paramount Theater 5
  • 11 Cirque du Soleil 4
  • 12 Alexander Hall 3
  • 13 Loony Bin Comedy Club 3
  • 14 Lincoln Center 3
  • 15 Hale Centre Theatre 3
  • 16 Zanies Comedy Club 3
  • 17 Improv 3
  • 18 Bricktown Comedy Club 2
  • 19 LA Opera 2
  • 20 New York Comedy Club 2
  • 21 The Comedy Zone 2
  • 22 Baltimore Comedy Factory 2
  • 23 Mad House Comedy Club 2
  • 24 The Grisly Pear 2
  • 25 Hyena's Comedy Nightclub 2
  • 26 Mic Drop Comedy 2
  • 27 Levity Live 2
  • 28 The Comedy Store 2
  • 29 Village Theatre 2
  • 30 Atlanta Ballet 2
  • 31 The Barn Theatre 2
  • 32 Comedy Works 2
  • 33 Second City 2
  • 34 Mann Center for the Performing Arts 1
  • 35 The Annoyance Theatre & Bar 1
  • 36 La Jolla Music Society 1
  • 37 Comedy Cellar 1
  • 38 Broadway Comedy Club 1
  • 39 Vulcan Gas Company 1
  • 40 El Paso Comic Strip 1
  • 41 Loonees Comedy Corner 1
  • 42 Picayune School District Auditorium 1
  • 43 Playhouse Events and Dinner Theater 1
  • 44 Barrel Proof Lounge 1
  • 45 The Atlanta Opera 1
  • 46 Side Splitters Comedy Club 1
  • 47 Tulsa Comedy Club 1
  • 48 Joker's Comedy House 1
  • 49 Greenfield Lake Amphitheater 1
  • 50 Cozzy's Comedy Club and Tavern 1

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