openmikes.org

New winter hours 6:00 - 10:00. Acoustic & electric are welcome. 1/2 price pizza & apps from 5:00 pm.

We have an amazing sound system, great house band and talented musicians. We promote mixing and matching jammers so there's always something new going on. Great music loving crowd! We play blues to R&B to rock! Come on down!

21 years & over only

There are njow open mike nights on Thursday and Sunday. There comments are primarily about Sundays.

Louie (Louie Leeman and Cheap Sneakers) and Wolfie (Wolfie and the Jam Daddies) are only two of the hosts; this place is now seeing a variety of host bands that cycle through. It's not that Wolfie and Louie aren't good, but rather it seems inevitably that these open mike nights tend to wind down if it is always the same crowd. By cycling through different host bands, the owner also brings in different people to see them, and that helps keep this commercially viable for the owner and musically fresh for the jammers.

The host bands tend to be quite good, and set an appropriately, but not excessively, high bar for the jammers. On a typical night, the jammers can range from abysmal-to-astounding, but there is a more predictable core of regulars who are within the more narrow range of competent-to-quite good.

3 to 4 songs is the norm, with all the usual gripes about who gets to play and for how long but, hey, when have you not run into that at an open mike? On slow nights, jammers -- especially those who have impressed the host --might get two times "at bat."

Emphasis is on R&B, blues and rock n roll, although on Thursdays there is more acoustic music. Be aware, however, that there is a limit on how loud you can play, especially earlier in the night when there are still patrons in the adjoining restaurant. (If it's late and the dance floor is full, however, the noise level can creep up)

There are usually plenty of amps, and the house has a good sound system, and extra other stuff (keyboard, congas, other percussion, some drums - call ahead if you have a question).

Finally, this is a nice place. If you are a would-be jammer who has wanted to hit the stage, but have had a hard time committing a night away from your significant other, this is a good choice because you can bring him or her along for drinks, food, dancing, etc.