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How do I go about signing up to sing in your open mic night?

Ronan (12/2009)

the club is now non-smoking and you can't use any more personal amps on-stage, its all running through the PA. I've played there several times, and it was pretty fun.

thomas l. (10/2009)

By far one of the best open mics I've played, The drawback, sign up starts at 7 by 7:01 the night is filled and you only get two songs because their our so many musicians, but definitely worth playing.

Brett Skaggs (8/2009)

Featured artist in the middle of open mic? Check… Pretentious attitude in the air? Check… Host that plays an entire SET before open mic? CHECK! Enough crowd noise that it drowns out the PA? CHECK CHECK! Worthless to me, both to play at and to watch… sat up front and couldn't hear a single person except the host(SHOCKER!) and the "feature artist"(extra shocker). Definately one to skip unless you're the pretentous type that pays $4 grand a month for rent. Let's keep it real honestly half the people at this open mic either thought they were The fray or wanted to aspire to be the fray… first and foremost the host… if you've never seen the fray, then come to this open mic, it's basically the same thing.

Pat (5/2009)

Host Mike Maloney (Malonius) has made this the best open mic in the DC area, hands down. Mike plays a 30-minute set at 8:00pm, then the players get on. Mike's set is always worth seeing. It can be argued that he is one of, if not the most talented songwriter in DC. The artists that come to the IOTA open mic are usually top notch, have diversified styles and come from all over the country, not just DC. If you get there later than 7:00pm, you probably won't get on. But worth coming for a visit even if you don't make it in time to get on the list.

Anonymous (9/2008)

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