Music Open Mic's In the San Francisco Bay Area
the original & most organic listing in the Bay Area
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Music Open Mic's In the San Francisco Bay Area
the original & most organic listing in the Bay Area
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Below is a listing of Open Mic's for Musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area for every day of the week. (This is not a listing for spoken word/poetry open mics). Many open mic's move to different days, hosts change, some events are not held every single week and others simply wither away; thus this list may not be completely accurate. Always check the venue's web site and/or call first before attending any of the open mics listed below to verify that they are still continuing. We try to keep this list up to date. Notice a mistake, have updated information or know of an open mic that is not listed please contact us. Need to record a demo, CD or mp3's? Cosmic Circuit Studio provides professional digital recording & production services with an Apple Logic Pro certified engineer & provides direct on disc CD color printing - great for a professional demo.
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| Silverado Brewing Co. 3020-A N. St. Helena Highway St. Helena, 94574 Sign up @ 8pm. Show runs from 8 pm-12 am All ages. Hosted by: Brooke Aved 707.967.9876 |
Brainwash 1122 Folsom St. (x 7th St), San Francisco. Sign-up at 6:45 pm. Show runs 7 pm. to 10 pm. P.A. system. Performers from all genres and walks of life are encouraged to rock the mic. Hosted by Guinevere Q. 415.255.4866 |
Green Tortoise International Hostel, 494 Broadway (x Kearny), San Francisco. |
Last Day Saloon Santa Rosa 120 Fifth St. @ Davis St. Santa Rosa Sonoma County Blues Society Jam. Stage, dance floor. Sign up at 7 pm Runs 7:30 - 11 pm. $3 all ages. 707.545.2343 |
Bazaar
Café 5927 California St., San Francisco. 6:30 pm sign up day of show (can also sign up days in advance). Runs 7 - 9:30 pm. Original songs only, no covers (very strict about this due to ASCAP issues). Contact Tom Meshishnek. 415.831.5620 |
Café
International 508 Haight St., San Francisco. 7:30 sign-up, 8:00 pm event begins. Mix of music & poetry. Hosted by Ramu. 415.552.7390 |
SF Alano Cafe |
| Red Ink Studios 1035 Market St. (right before 6th), San Francisco. 7 pm. Hosted by Guinevere & Warren. Musicians, poets, & artists. |
19 Broadway |
Starry Plough Pub |
Java |
Sacred Grounds 2095 Hayes St (between Clayton St & Cole St) San Francisco. Hosted by Tea (Todd Tholke). 415.387.3859 |
McDonald's Book Shop 48 Turk St. (near Powell & Market), San Francisco Open Mic on the last Friday of every month at 5:30 pm. All performers are welcome. Call to confirm. 415.673.2235. |
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San Francisco Brewing Company |
Red Rock Coffee House 201 Castro St., Mountain View. Runs from 7- 10 pm with a featured artist at 9:30 pm. Hosted by Steve Cavin, Scott King on sound. Free, all ages. 650.967.4473 |
Freight
& Salvage Coffee House, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, Ca 94704. Various Tuesdays - please check online calendar - not every week. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Show starts at 8 pm. $5.50 ($4.50 in advance). Piano available. All ages. Stay entire night you get a free ticket to a show of your choice. 510.644.2020 |
Plough & Stars, 116 Clement Ave. at 2nd., SF. Every 1st Wednesday of the month. 8 pm. Bluegrass and country music jam. Acoustic instruments, no cover. Hosted by Jeanie & Chuck. 415.751.1122 |
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Coffee Catz West Coast Songwriters 6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol. Songwriters Showcase: competition for WCS members. Every 3rd Fri, 6:30 pm sign-up, 7 pm perform. Playoffs in Aug. (No event in Sept.). Hosts: Kate Sholl/Ken Risling. Contact ksholl@sonic.net 707.799.4349 |
Caffe Trieste 1667 Market St, San Francisco @ Gough |
| Black Magic Voodoo Lounge 1400 Lombard St. (@ Van Ness), San Francisco Every other Sunday. 4 - 9 pm. No "sign up time", show up any time during the show. Mostly musicians, but all performance arts, & small bands welcome. No drum kits. They offer longer sets, up to a 1/2 hour. Hosted by Ray Alvarado. 415.931.8711 |
Hotel Utah |
Mission Coffee 151 Washington Blvd., Fremont, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays every month. 6:30 - 9 pm. (Call to confirm if this is still continuing - may have moved to only 3rd Friday of month) More info, contact Kat at 510.623.6920 |
Mission City Coffee 2221 The Alameda Santa Clara Sign up at 7:30 pm. Open Mic from 8 -10:30 pm. Usually 3 songs. Mostly vocal & guitar or keyboards, but small bands are ok. Comedians, magicians & poets are infrequent but welcome. 408.296.4473 |
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Winters Tavern 1522 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica Backline, PA system. Starts roughly at 8:30 pm and ends at 1 am. Style of acceptable music is blues to heavy metal they like 80's stuff like the cars and the babys. 605.355.6162 |
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| Swig (formerly the Blue Lamp) Ed Ivey's Blues Jam, 561 Geary St. @ Taylor San Francisco 9pm - 1:30am. Blues oriented performers. 415.884.1464 |
Blake's on Telegraph 2367 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley 94704 Acoustic only. Lottery-based sign up, guest appearances, and performance incentives. 8:30pm Sign up/ 9pm show | $1 pre 9pm, $3 gen, $2 musicians/students 510.848.0886 |
Coffee to the People 1206 Masonic Ave. (x Haight St.), San Francisco. Sign up at 6:30, starts 7 pm . Ends 9:30 pm. Hosted by Dogman Joe. PA system. Performers get 2 songs or 10 minutes Performers get 20% off food and drinks. Become a Featured Artist by talking to the host. 415.626.2435 |
Kelly's of Alameda 1313 Park St., Alameda. Jazz oriented. 8pm to close. 510.769.1011 |
Belrose Theatre 5th & E street, San Rafael. 8 - 10:30 pm. Singers,poets, comedians, dancers, bands..well behaved dogs, all welcome. $5 cover. 415.454.6422 |
Mission Coffee |
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| Tiki Tom's 300 29th Avenue, Oakland (Under the Park St. bridge). Blues jam. 3 pm - 7 pm. Hosted by Nichole da Luz. The slot is three songs sets unless it is packed. 510.532.9202 |
Dylan's Pub |
Vino Locale 431 Kipling St. Palo Alto, CA 6 - 9 pm. Acoustic acts only. Check first before coming because they sometimes have other events scheduled on Tuesdays. 650.328.0450 |
The Park |
Ireland's
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Java Source 343 Clement St., San Francisco 415.387.8025 |
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The Riptide 3639 Taraval @ 47th in the Sunset District of San Francisco. Alisha hosts. Piano available. Sign up 8:30 pm, begins at 9 pm. 415.681.8433 |
Essanay Cafe 37533 Niles Blvd., Fremont 2nd Tuesday of every month. (Check online calendar). 510.792.0112 |
Pat's Bar, 1517 Franklin St. (@ 14th), Oakland Blues Jam, 8pm-midnight 510.452.3338 |
Dallimonti's Restaurant 1932 Oak Park Blvd Pleasant Hill 8:30 to midnight Hosted by Steve Star. Mostly vocals & guitar. Actors, comedians, all performers welcome. 925.944.5224 |
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| Dogpatch Saloon 2496 3rd St San Francisco, A jazz jam 4:30 - 8:30 pm, with the Vince Latteano Trio. Seasoned jazz musicians and singers often sit in with band. $5 cover. 415.643.8592 |
Rasselas Jazz Club |
ReTox Lounge |
Barefoot Coffee Roasters 5237 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, 7pm-10pm. Hosted by Avery Burke. 408.248.4500 |
Cameron's Pub |
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Chester's Bayview Cafe |
1751 Social Club 1751 Fulton St. (@ Masonic) San Francisco. Every 4th Monday of the Month. Sign-ups are 7:30 and the Open Mic starts at 8:00 pm. E-mail events@1751socialclub.com 415.441.1751 |
Project One |
Skip's Tavern 453 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco. Blues oriented. 415.282.3456 |
The Wine Bar Harbor Village Mall- 270 Capistrano Rd., #22; Half Moon Bay, 94019 Instrumental Jazz open mic, second Thursday of every month. 7-10 pm. Contact Dave Schorr @ 650.726.2842 or dave@jazzcombo.com 650.726.0770 |
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Jasper O'Farrell's Pub |
Finnegan's Marin 877 Grant Avenue Novato, CA 94945 Hosted by KC Turner Sign-ups at 7 pm on 1st come 1st served basis at the bar or number below. Show starts at 8 pm. Free admission. All performers are welcome. House P.A. 415.899.1516 |
Jack's Club |
Missouri Lounge 2600 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley Hosted by Paul Pot Sign up 7:30 pm. 21 and over. 510.548.2080 |
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall |
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Sausalito Cruising Club, |
Bollyhood Cafe 'Open Space Mic' 3372 19th St. San Francisco. 8 pm - 12 am. Sign-ups start at 7:30 pm. Mix of music, poetry, comedy, etc. Check web site for more info. Everyone gets 12:34 minutes to express themselves. 415.970.0362 |
Clayton Valley Bowl |
Armando's 707 Marina Vista way, Martinez, Ca. Open mic for Jazz and blues first Thursday of each month. 7:30 sign in 8:00 PM Performance done on a lottery basis only. 925.228.6985 |
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Amnesia |
St. Stephen's Green 223 Castro St, Mountain View. Hosted by Chris & Steve. PA system. Piano available. Sign up 8 pm. info@theopenmic.org 650.964.9151 |
Sunnyvale Art Gallery |
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Milk Bar SF |
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Rockit Room 406 Clement St. (@ 5th Ave) San Francisco Hosted by Tris Buckley Sign up @ 7.30, show @ 8:15 pm. Sound & light system. 2 songs (sometimes 3) Featured performer 9.30 - 10. Show is recorded & artists given their individual mp3s to distribute. No Cover. 415.387.6343 |
Notes From the Underground |
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50 Mason Social House |
No Name Bar |
Berkeley City Club |
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Toad in the Hole |
Red Devil Lounge 1655 Polk St, San Francisco, 94109. Doors/sign up at 7pm Each performer gets 2 Songs. Show starts at 7:15pm, 21 and over, $2 fee at door per person. The featured artist goes on at 9 pm and plays for 30 min. They record every set and provide ability to get a the live recording. Hosted by KC Turner. 415.921.1695 |
Angelica's Bistro 863 Main Street, Redwood City 94063. Hosted by Randy Bales. Runs from 7- 9:30 pm. First come first serve, and usually ends up with a community jam at the end. 650.365.3226 |
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| Bamboo Lounge 1355 N. 4th Street San Jose. Sign up at 7 pm. Starts at 7:30 pm to 10 pm. Open to musicians, singers, comedy, spoken word, poets, jugglers, magic tricks. 2 songs each or 10 minutes whichever comes first. All ages. PA with 2-3 mics supplied. Acoustic guitar available for use. Hosted by Jef Dharma. 408.392.2468 |
BEC's Bar & Bistro 2271 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley Sign-ups 7 pm. 3 songs allowed. Mostly music acts. Non-music acts should contact owner regarding content before signing up. Performers get 1st beer free if coming with a friend or two and 2nd beer free if coming alone. 510.647.1790 |
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| Fireside Lounge 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 8 pm - 11:30 pm, Get there a little early to sign up. 3 songs per person, must include one original song. PA but no monitors. 21+ no cover. Hosted by Guy Smith. 510.864.1244 |
last updated:
February 3, 2012
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