A glee club is a musical group or choir group, historically of male voices but also of female or mixed voices, which traditionally specializes in the singing of short songs—glees—by trios or quartets. In the late 19th century it was very popular in most schools and was made a tradition to have in American high schools from then on. The first named Glee Club was founded in Harrow School, in London, England, in 1787. Glee clubs were very popular in the UK from then until the mid-1850s but by then they were gradually being superseded by choral societies. Glee in this context does not refer to the mood of the music or of its singers, but to a specific form of English part song popular between 1650 and 1900, the glee. But by the mid-20th century, proper glee clubs were no longer common.

The term remains in contemporary use, however, for choirs established in North American colleges, universities, and high schools, although most American glee clubs are choruses in the standard sense, and rarely perform glees.

A glee club is a choir which specializes in singing short songs.

Glee Club may also refer to:

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The Glee Club is a small chain of independent live stand-up comedy and live music venues in the UK.

The first Glee Club was opened by Mark Tughan in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter in 1994, the first dedicated comedy club to open in the United Kingdom outside London.

Refurbished in 2001 the Birmingham venue has two event spaces: a 420-seat main auditorium and a 150-seat studio theatre.

A second branch opened in Cardiff in 2001 and is located in the Mermaid Quay development in Cardiff Bay. It has a seated capacity of 440 and a standing capacity of 600.ITV Wales broadcast a series of eight stand up shows from the venue in 2006. The Cardiff venue has won the Chortle Award for best venue (Wales and West) eight times since the awards began in 2002.

A third club opened in Oxford in April 2010.

A fourth, two room club opened in Nottingham in September 2010. It is attached to a café bar called Café Glee.

In 2014 a High Court judge ruled that the TV show Glee 'diluted and tarnished' the reputation of The Glee Club comedy chain.