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Wahoo! What a fun and fabulous all ages, all welcome open mike. This is a unique opportunity to not only play a couple of songs in a real "theater" space---with great sound, real lights, a cool audience and a fascinating venue BUT the experience is interesting from start to finish. The Tin Noah Thumbnail Theater is in a converted church --- there's a "green room" type space with musician friends, young and old rehearsing and chatting about music and life, coffee, tons of interesting stuff to check out in the lobby and then the magic begins. I've done this open mike twice and it's like no other. Tim Noah and his bevy of community musician friends and volunteers are a blast and go with the flow. Yes, grand piano on stage---two songs makes it worth the drive from Seattle and the $3 at the door supports the theater so… well worth it. The TNTT could easily book out the theater on friday nights for touring acts---as there are national touring acts who play here---but instead the 501 (c)3 has chosen to invite the community in to come together and share----yay!

katy Keenan (4/2012)

Is there a piano/keyboard available? 1,2 or… ? Songs customary Miss Elaineous

Elaine (3/2012)

Yes, there is a piano on stage. It gets used quite often. Usually there's only time for two songs. On the rare slow night, they will go all the way through the list, and if there's time, they'll allow one more. That hasn't happened for a while.

Anonymous (3/2012)

There is no regular host/emcee for this open mic anymore. But going strong!

Drew Ferraro (6/2011)

Is there a cost to this? Plan on coming with three tonight

Susan York (4/2011)

A donation is requested at the door. I believe it's $2 per person.

Volkert (4/2011)

The new SUGGESTED Donation is $3 for performers and $5 for audience only.

Drew Ferraro (1/2012)

I've been going to Open Mic's at the Thumbnail Theater for about 6 years now. They used to be once a month, many more kids than adults, and in the theater. When Wired and Unplugged shut down, Tim picked up their Open Mic that was every Friday. I was a littel scared walking into the first one in the Gold Room, because I had never performed in there before and I wasn't sure how the sound might work. There were a lot of older musicians there and I wasn't sure how I might come off. I found I enjoyed the music more… it was more adult. I was 13 when I started going to Open Mic's at the Thumb. Now, I'm 19 and I have grown into my own level of confidence and have grown to love the sense of community and comraddery at the Thumb. I have been taking voice lessons from Tim for 5 years, and he helped on my Senior Project so that I could graduate from high school. Though I have known some of the members of Open Mic for a much shorter time, I feel like I have a new family, all uncles and cousins who see me as the little kid they've watched grow up. I was incredibly fortunate to find a such a blessed place to perform and develop, and I owe a great debt to everyone who walks through its doors.

Dawn Madsen (11/2010)

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