Open Mics in New York, NY
No cover or covers (Original music, comedy, monologues, poetry, political diatribes, and/or spoken word).
All ages welcome (It is a "tavern" w/ a full bar, not a "bar")
Full weighted keyboard provided, otherwise BYO instruments.
At the cozy William Barnacle Tavern - former speakeasy and current absinthe specialist. Home of Theatre 80 - 90210theMusical.com, BaysidetheMusical.com, FullHousetheMusical.com and others!
PLUS
Delicious menu of hot dogs and knishes by Feltman's of Coney Island!
https://theatre80.wordpress.com/about-80…/feltmans-hot-dogs/
Hosted by Seth Blum
SethBlumNYC.com
Tunes at Thalia is a MONTHLY open mic on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Need to sing something more than that 16 or 32 bar audition cut? This is your chance! Bring that new piece you've been dying to try in front of an audience, or an old favourite. Most importantly, sing what makes you happy! Our audience is one of the most appreciative and supportive in town, and this is an incredibly safe space to try new things. We tend to skew musical theatre and classical but all genres are welcome. Our regular roster of accompanists are BRILLIANT, and can quite literally play anything - don't feel the need to shy away from Sondheim!
There is NO cover, and NO minimum, however food and drink are available, and Sundays offer $7 mimosas and bloody Mary's as well as $25 pitchers of Sangria.
Every Monday Night at 9PM
All Art Forms Welcome!
9:00PM | $5
First 25 are guaranteed 5 minutes of performance time. Arrive early to sign up, line starts at 8pm.
Musicians, dancers, comics, actors: Workshop, TRY something new, SEE something wild! EVERYthing* welcome: Every kind of Music, Comedy, Theater, Dance, Weird, Beautiful, Dumb, Great!
$5 for 5 mins / longer Featured slots avail weekly (contact Gregory Levine to book!)
Keyboard, piano, DI plug-ins for instruments avail. Bring music tracks and video files, too! All tech requests taken.
Full bar upstairs!
ELECTRIC STAGE at the PIT Theater, 123 E. 24th St, bet Park and Lex.
Every Monday, 10pm-12 Midnight, signup at 9pm.
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* everything but fire and glitter!
Come to Singers Space at Bar Thalia, hosted by D'Ambrose Boyd with David Pearl at the piano. Where New York's finest professional and aspiring singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience. Bar Thalia offers cocktails, wine & beer, soups, salads, wraps and desserts. There's no cover and no minimum.
Each Monday night a guest vocalist stars in the Feature Spot, an extended 20-minute showcase for their talents.
Before and after the Feature Spot, other performers sing their current favorites during the open mic spots. D'Ambrose presides over the fun and fabulous music. David provides solid, sensitive accompaniment and sprinkles solo piano gems throughout the evening. It's a classy way for singers and listeners to enjoy a great variety of songs and song stylists. Singers Space at Bar Thalia
FREE
5-7 minute sets
Sign up, go up
An alternative comedy open mic but all acts are welcome.
InspiredWordNYC.com Presents NYC's hottest open mic in one of NYC's hottest performance venues - The Inspired Word @ the newly renovated Parkside Lounge!
Age limit: 21+ (Must bring valid ID)
InspiredWordNYC.com Presents NYC's hottest open mic in one of NYC's hottest performance venues - The Inspired Word @ the newly renovated Parkside Lounge!
Age limit: 21+ (Must bring valid ID)
Advance tix @ https://nycmondayopenmic.eventbrite.com/
When: EVERY Monday Night
Where: The Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston Street
Manhattan, New York 10002
Doors open @ 6:30pm
This is a VERY popular open mic. We STRONGLY suggest you purchase a ticket in advance to guarantee a performance slot.
Full backline. Honky-tonk piano and Casio Semi-Weighted Keyboard. Cool stage. Comfy cabaret-style seating. Cheap drinks, including the Bailout Package (shot of whisky + 22-ounce beer) for only $8, and $2 non-alcoholic options available.
Cover charge: $10 for solo performer or audience member at the door
Discount options online @ https://nycmondayopenmic.eventbrite.com/ (to guarantee a slot) or at the door.
Check out our website @ http://InspiredWordNYC.com for our entire calendar and more info.
The RUCKUS variety show
OPEN MIC SHOWCASE
is back EVERY WEEK
& BADDER THAN EVER!!
Joey Ruckus and his cohorts present their most RUCK'd UP performances, and the audience decides who wins title of "Most Ruck'd UP" betch of the evening.
If the stage ain't true, the crowd will boo!!!!!!
Singers, Comedians, Instrumentalists, Queens, Magicians & Jugglers & Acrobats & People who think they're Batman!!!!
Sign UP for your own spot to show your ruckus!
This open mic, called the VIBE, has history, finesse, and community. This is a new location and a new night so we're hoping to draw all creative persons who live nearby, or are passing through!
Sign up is at 7:30, and host will open the night.
THERE IS A 2 ITEM MINIMUM. Establishments that allow live art are a treasure,and we must patronize them in order to give back.
Music only. Players must have live accompaniment. No Tracks. No poetry, spoken word, or comedy.
Songwriters and cover artists encouraged!
House guitar is available. No house Keyboard.
Set time is dependent on skill of the performers. Novice players encouraged, but may not be granted as long a time slot as their rehearsed peers.
I'd love to add a featured artist element to this night later down the line!
If you have any questions, email: KatelynrichardsNYC@gmail.com!
NYC's hottest weekly indie showcase + open mic in one of NYC's hottest downtown performance venues - The Inspired Word @ the renovated Parkside Lounge!
Age limit: 21+ (Must bring valid ID)
When: EVERY Tuesday Night
Where: The Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston Street
Manhattan, New York 10002
Directions:
By Subway: Take the F to Second Avenue. Go up the 1st Avenue stairs and head East on Houston Street.1
Doors open @ 6:30pm.
This is a VERY popular open mic. We STRONGLY suggest you purchase a ticket in advance @ https://nyctuesdayopenmic.eventbrite.com to guarantee a performance slot. Make sure to purchase ticket with your desired time slot window.
Full backline. Honky-tonk piano and Casio Semi-Weighted Keyboard. Cool stage. Comfy cabaret-style seating. Cheap drinks, including the Bailout Package (shot of whisky + 22-ounce beer) for only 8$, and $2 non-alcoholic options available.
15 slots, 7 minutes apiece for anything spoken, 8 minutes for singers/musicians (if you have backing tracks bring them on either mp3 player or smartphone).
A warm, supportive community of artists. Real crowds. And a great place to network.
*****
Cover charge:
$10 for solo performer or audience member @ the door. Discount options online @ https://nyctuesdayopenmic.eventbrite.com.
You can pay online (to guarantee a slot) or at the door.
***1 DRINK MINIMUM INSIDE VENUE PER PERSON (but the drinks are super cheap and $2 non-alcoholic options available)***
-Looking to support jazz musicians
-Advanced sign up encouraged but not required
-be seen and heard in the heart of the city
All types of performance is welcome.
Doors open at 7
Sign up at 7:30
Show starts at 8
$5 Tickets always Available at the door.
At The Mic Under St. Marks the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get 7 minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York City. Whether it’s a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, or something entirely off the top of your head, you'll find a home in the attentive welcoming community at UNDER St. Marks.
For three years running, The R.E.C. Life (Royaltie Entertainment Company) has hosted the best poetry jam session in New York City! "The Poet WILL Be Televised!" will it's monthly poetic jam session on the second Wednesday of each month, at 8PM at Harlem's Silvana!
Hosted by hip-hop artist Baxter P Wordsworth, "The Poet WILL Be Televised" pays homage to Gil Scott Heron, iconic for the world-renowned poem "The Revolution Will Not be Televised." We allow poets, spoken word and hip hop artists, and neo-soul singers to come together with a live band to improvise their written word in a new, fresh way.
If you would like to perform during the open mic, please remember, TRACKS ARE NOT PERMITTED AT THIS EVENT! The live band will be happy to assist you in any musical stylings you may desire.
Suggested Donation: $5
Dates:
October 11
November 8
December 13
January 10
Follow us at @TheRECLife
and
www.thereclife.org
LIVING VOLUME - OPEN MIC
for poets, writers, comedians and performers
Every third Wednesday of the month
hosted by Erica Schreiner
On a mission to bring authentic art and poetry back to the city!
8-10PM
Sigh up at 7:45PM
First come, first perform! Sign up at the door. 7 minutes each
BYOB welcome
$5
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/120724608632449
The Living Gallery Outpost
246 E.4th St., New York, New York 10009
ALL THAT! HIP HOP POETRY & JAZZ
OPEN MIC NIGHT
HOSTED BY WISEGUY & GASTON
OPEN MIC WITH THE ALL THAT BAND
WED march 5th 9PM
FIRST WED OF EVERY MONTH
$10 W/ STUDENT I.D. $13W/OUT
NUYORICAN POETS CAFE
234 EAST 3RD ST. / NYC
Join Q & T Community every 2nd Friday of the month to share poetry, stories and merriment.
Q & T Community is a monthly LGBTQIA+ open mic and event series hosted by Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria volunteers.
Where True Artists & Revolutionaries Rise!
Come join the ANSWER coalition at the Justice Center en El Barrio for our monthly open mic. This month we will be celebrating the revolutionary womyn (s)heroes in honor of International Women's Day in March. Aside from being a community mic open to all we will be featuring special guest artists, so hang tight! Liberation Mic is a space for all people to share all forms of art and revolutionary consciousness. Bring your rhymes, your poetry, or any sort of expression - all art is welcome- all you need to do is sign up!
$5 dollar suggested donation but no one turned away for lack of funds!
Mainly geared for singer-songwriters but all talent welcome.
Excellent sound system and engineer,
Beer and soft drinks available.
Nomad's Choir is a Open mic. Second Saturday each month for poets, folk singers, and acoustic music. Supportive crowd, free poetry magazine available,chance to get published, features get paid, interactive audience, reenactment of scenes from movies, duets. Clean room with windows and a good piano.
$3.00 admission
Take elevator to second floor
Saturday Night Live Open Mic Event… Poetry and Comedy Showcase… Cadence & Culture Poems & Punchlines… Hosted/Produced By June Morris/This Life… @ Nuyorican Poets Cafe
February 29TH, 2020 9:30PM
Enter The Cafe And Ask This Life For The Sign Up Sheet…
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