If a few drinks in, or with a few mocktails down the trap, or totally sober, you’re ready to show off your stuff, open mic nights are a great way for musicians to get their reps in and receive ...

Poets, musicians, and comics looking to cut their teeth on new material have a variety of open mics to which they can step up. Forager Brewery and LTS Brewing Company both have monthly open mics ...

The Black Scranton Project's Kwanzaa open-mic jam in Scranton allowed performers to showcase their skills and guests to ...

For 16 or so years, Red Room Lounge has been an understated staple in Spokane's music scene. While it often doesn't get the same hype as venues of a similar size in Spokane, it's been graced by ...

You’re a musician and you want to get out there and share your music. How do you get heard? Turn up the microphone. Or the mic, that is. Throughout Lancaster County, clubs, restaurants, taverns and ...

Local songwriter Eric Tappert performs at Lightnin’ Salvage Enterprises’ open mic night on the first Wednesday of every month. While he’s played at other venues, Tappert keeps coming back for Lightnin ...

Wearing a flannel shirt and toting a guitar case, Nicholas Lopardo walked into the Amityville Music Hall on a recent Wednesday night and jotted his name on a list. The 37-year-old HVAC technician, who ...

Open mics are where most comedians start their journey. I don’t say all because there are some outliers that just get famous automatically because they posted a viral video of themselves scaring old ...

The Animas City Theatre filled with aspiring musicians, stand up comedians and performers for the venue’s fourth official open mic night. Open mics have been held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Thursday ...

Not so long ago, there was a general lament sometimes heard among Valley musicians: “There aren’t enough places to play around here.” That might have been true for professional players who wanted to ...

The stage of an open mic is a “portal to the infinite,” says Anthony Ruptak, singer-songwriter and longtime host of the Syntax Songwriters Open Mic at the Broadway Roxy. “It’s a gateway to self-love, ...