Washington DC is Martin Amini's home base — and catching him there is a fundamentally different experience from seeing him at a touring venue in another city. He built his own room here. He headlines it regularly. When he plays DC, the audience knows it is seeing the comedian in the space he designed for exactly this kind of show.
Martin Amini DC 2026
Martin Amini performs at Room 808 in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026 — with additional DC dates throughout the year.
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For the most current DC dates, check the full 2026 tour schedule.
What makes the DC show different
Room 808 is a 50-seat room at 808 Upshur Street NW in DC's Petworth neighborhood. Martin built it with a comedian's eye — every seat is close to the stage, there is no bad sightline, and the room energy stays tight in a way that a 300-seat club simply cannot replicate.
When he headlines his own room, you are close enough to catch every turn of the set: the crowd work, the matchmaking, the moments that never happen the same way twice. It is the intimate version of a comedian who is clearly on his way to much larger venues.
What to expect at a Room 808 show
About 90 minutes of sharp personal stand-up (Iranian-Bolivian identity, his father Hassan who drove an ice cream truck on Georgia Avenue in DC after emigrating from Iran), live crowd work that is specific to whoever is in that room, and the signature matchmaking segment where he introduces single people from the audience to each other on stage. At Room 808, Martin typically stays after the show to talk with the crowd — which you do not get at most touring dates.
Getting to Room 808
808 Upshur Street NW is in the Petworth neighborhood — walkable from the Petworth Metro station on the Green/Yellow lines, and easy to reach by rideshare. The block has restaurants and bars nearby if you want to build a full night around the show.
Why see Martin in DC specifically
Most comedians do not build their own room. The fact that Martin did — and that he headlines it regularly while also touring nationally — tells you something about where his priorities are. The DC show is not just a tour date. It is the original. Seeing him at Room 808 is the baseline version of what all his other shows are trying to recreate at larger scale.
Full guide to Room 808: Room 808 overview. Full tour schedule: Martin Amini 2026 tour dates.