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Weekly on Mondays, 9:00 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.
An owner-interview feature, dated May 13, 2026, quotes the owner directly: 'Peter D's offers karaoke from Friday through Monday nights... Monday nights kick off with karaoke and open mic comedy' [s1]. This confirms Monday as the night and corrects the event's type from unconfirmed to a mixed karaoke-and-open-mic-comedy format, per the owner's own words.
The venue's own events page, checked Aug 31, 2026, states verbatim: 'Fridays: - Comedy Show/Open Mic by Comedy or Worse from 7:30 to 9:30 pm - Free to attend!' [s1]. The page's own metadata shows it was last modified May 27, 2026, about three months earlier, matching the recorded day and start time exactly.
The venue's events page suggests it may have ended.
Weekly on Saturdays, 6:30 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The venue's own events page (checked twice, Aug 31, 2026) describes its Friday show in detail but never mentions Saturday anywhere, which weighs against the claimed Saturday slot [s1]. That Saturday show's existence rests only on other unconfirmed information and an open-mic listing site, whose stated start times disagree by about an hour (6:30 PM vs. 7:30 PM), an unresolved discrepancy.
1st & 3rd Thursday of the month · 8 PM · sign-up 7 PM
$5 cover
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A regional open-mic calendar site, checked Aug 31, 2026, lists a dated instance of this exact event — $5 cover, 7 PM sign-up — landing on Thursday, Sept 3, 2026, the first Thursday of the month, consistent with the claimed first-and-third-Thursday frequency [s1]. An open-mic listing site confirms an 8 PM start [s2].
The venue's events page lists this night, but may not be current.
As of Aug 31, 2026, the organization's own events page, rechecked, confirms a genuine upcoming instance on September 23, 2026 — correctly both a Wednesday and the 4th Wednesday of the month — with page text that has changed since an Aug 15, 2026 visit, consistent with an actively maintained page [s1].
The Venue's Website, checked Aug 31, 2026, confirms in the present tense 'Live music every Thursday @ 7pm!' [s1]. A dedicated open-mic page on the same site could not be reached, returning an error.
Sources mention Tuesdays but are not confirmed; actual night is unclear. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.
Call to confirm the night
The sources disagree on the night.
A regional open-mic calendar site, checked Aug 31, 2026, lists a dated Tuesday, Sept 1, 2026 instance of this event at 916 Pearl St, with a specific call-in and raffle sign-up process [s1]. This contradicts an earlier, uncorroborated claim of a Thursday 7 PM slot; only one forward instance was observed, so confidence is medium rather than high.
Sources mention Tuesdays but are not confirmed; actual night is unclear. Only one source reports it.
Call to confirm the night
The sources disagree on the night.
A San Diego open-mic calendar site (checked Aug 31, 2026) shows a upcoming Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 instance at this address [s1]. An open-mic listing site (checked the same day) instead describes a Tuesday, 6:30 PM lottery-format mic at the same address [s2]. The two disagree on both day and signup method, which may represent two distinct events rather than an error in either source.
A page on danceus.org lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Wednesdays, 6:30 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.
As of Aug 31, 2026, a nationwide events listing site, re-checked, gives a detailed description of this Wednesday blues jam, though it carries no date of its own [s1]. It does link to the Venue's Website. The venue's own homepage never mentions the address, the day, or a jam anywhere checked. One detailed but undated listing isn't enough to confirm the event on its own.
A listing on openmikes.org lists this night, but may not be current.
As of Aug 31, 2026, the only available dated evidence is an open-mic listing site entry credited to an Aug 13, 2025 update [s1]. That is now just over 12 months old, well beyond the roughly six months that would show a weekly event is still running. The listing itself is unchanged and still live, but no fresher confirmation was found.
A page on sf.funcheap.com lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Thursdays, 9:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
An events listing site's sequential pages show real, upcoming dates for this event, Sept 3 and Sept 10, 2026, across at least 18 weekly entries, not a stale template (checked Sep 1, 2026) [s1]. A 2022 news feature covers the event's history [s2]. Confidence is medium because the dated source is an organizer-submitted listing, not the venue's own page, since none exists for this street-corner event.
Fridays, 7:00 PM. How often is unclear. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
Call to confirm the night
The sources disagree about whether it still runs.
As of Sep 1, 2026, checks of the venue's own calendar on Aug 12, Aug 15, and Sep 1, 2026 show no mention of this open mic [s2]. The only confirmed instance remains a single event from July 11, 2025 [s1]. The venue's 'Past Events' page shows it as one themed installment among several open mics, not a standing series, with nothing yet listed for 2026 [s3]. This is a genuine gap, not a closure.
2nd Wednesday of the month · 7 PM · sign-up 6:30 PM
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The venue's own blog post, checked Sept 1, 2026, describes this event as running the second Wednesday of the month, hosted by Laura Booth, for poetry and prose [s1]. An events listing shows two dated instances, Aug 12 and Sept 9, 2026, both confirmed to be second Wednesdays, with matching detail: sign-ups at 6:30 PM for a 7 PM start, and no stand-up comedy or music [s2].
Monthly on a Sunday, 4:00 PM; no source says which week.
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The venue's own upcoming-events page, checked Sept 1, 2026, lists 'Open Mic + Karaoke, hosted by Khalia' on June 28, July 19, and Aug 30, 2026 -- the last just two days earlier [s1]. These dates fall on the fourth, third, and fifth Sundays respectively, consistent with the venue's own stated 'third or fourth Sunday' pattern, and the listing describes a $5 walk-up sign-up at 4 PM, supporting genuine open participation.
This address could not be matched to the venue; the location is unclear.
Call to confirm current schedule
The sources disagree about whether it still runs.
Weekly on Mondays, 6:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
A listing site claims a Monday music open mic here [s1]. This may describe an address collision with a different venue, a known cross-project data error. Neither name appears in another listing site's full venue database, checked Aug 31, 2026 [s3]. The real Frontier Tower's own website gives no corroboration [s2]. No positive evidence either name hosts this open mic at this address was found.
As of Sep 1, 2026, no website belonging to the venue itself could be found. A recurring ticketing-site series, 'Open Mic Tuesdays! (Late Night 9pm-1am),' matches the venue's exact address and shows multiple dates [s2]. That series is run by a promoter, not the venue. An open-mic listing site is the other source for this event [s1]. Neither is strong enough alone to confirm the event is active.
As of Aug 31, 2026, a rechecked open-mic listing site's full venue database has no entry for this venue at all [s2]. This offers no corroboration for the original listing. No official Venue's Website exists to check directly, and this venue's known format -- a DJ and vinyl bar -- is inconsistent with a standing open mic, though that alone doesn't confirm the event has ended.
Weekly on Fridays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
As of Aug 31, 2026, the venue's own events page, fully re-checked, makes no mention of 'open mic' anywhere [s2]. This event was first reported by an open-mic listing site [s1]. The venue's silence weighs against it but doesn't mean it has ended, since venues commonly leave a recurring mic off their own site.
A dated event listing recomputes to Sunday, April 26, 2026, for this open mic, not Saturday [s1]. A listing site's schedule data instead gives Saturday [s2]. Years of local press and other listings agree the night is Sunday, 5:00 PM, all genres, 15 minutes or three songs per performer. The venue's own homepage does not mention the promoter's name, a weak negative since this looks like a promoter-run rather than venue-run night.
A source calls it "bimonthly" — which may mean twice a month or every other month — and gives no night. Only one source reports it.
No fixed address — moves between places around San Francisco
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A page on mappsf.bandzoogle.com lists this event, but may not be current.
As of Sep 1, 2026, the organization's own website shows a schedule image dated Aug 1, 2026, plus a previous schedule from June 2026 -- consistent, varying dates [s1]. A listing site shows the next date as Oct 3, 2026, a real Saturday, matching a bimonthly first-Saturday pattern [s2]. This is a roving event with no fixed venue, kept unconfirmed under standing policy despite evidence supporting an active series.
The Venue's Website could not be reached, but its URL structure includes a slug numbered 31, implying dozens of prior weekly instances. A syndicated events listing carries a dated instance for Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026, just days earlier, describing a 'Weekly open mic night... doors at 7pm' [s1]. An open-mic listing site also confirms Wednesday [s2].
The Venue's Website, checked Aug 31, 2026, currently reads '...Open mic & open deck dj on sundays...,' confirming this as standing weekly programming [s2]. The exact 5 PM start time could not be confirmed, though it is consistent with the venue's stated Sunday hours of 4:30 PM to midnight. An open-mic listing site also lists this event [s1].
Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The Venue's Website (re-checked Aug 31, 2026), read in full, shows only a Friday comedy open mic banner; no Tuesday-specific event of any kind appears anywhere on the site [s2]. The claimed Tuesday music open mic comes only from an open-mic listing site [s1].
The Venue's Website, checked Aug 31, 2026, currently displays a homepage banner reading 'HAPPY HOUR DAILY • THURSDAY TRIVIA • FRIDAY COMEDY OPEN MIC • BREAKFAST ALL DAY,' with a separate schedule block repeating the same Friday comedy open mic [s2]. An open-mic listing site also lists this event [s1].
A news article on richmondsunsetnews.com lists this night, but may not be current.
As of Sep 1, 2026, no working website was found for the venue; only social-media pages exist, unchecked. A local news feature gives a first-person description of the Thursday open mic, naming a regular attendee [s1]. That feature is dated Apr 4, 2024, over two years earlier, well beyond the roughly six months that would show a weekly event is still running. Other listing sites still show the event, but that's not enough to confirm it.
The venue's own events page, checked Sept 1, 2026, states in present tense that 'Smith Dobson's Jazz Special (open jam)... Every first Tuesday 8-11pm at Specs! All musicians welcome' [s1]. The same page's September listing includes Tuesday, Sept 1, 2026 -- the first Tuesday of the month -- matching the stated pattern exactly.
The venue's own dedicated open-mic page, checked Sept 1, 2026, states in present tense: 'Open Mics are held every Thursday evening, 7:00-9:30,' with the sign-up sheet for the following week opening every Thursday at 7 PM [s1]. The same page's embedded Instagram feed includes a recent post referencing a Thursday night open mic, consistent with ongoing programming.
The last Monday of each month, 9:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
The comedy promoter's own website (checked Aug 31, 2026) currently references 'this Monday' and the venue's real address, indicating a live, maintained page rather than a stale one [s2]. It also displays current social-media handles for the promoter. The same promoter is confirmed to actively run hundreds of events via its ticketing account. An open-mic listing site also lists this event [s1]. An older 2023 post covers it too [s3].
An open-mic listing site's underlying data for this venue, re-checked Aug 31, 2026, shows a currently upcoming run of dates for this event, not a stale listing [s2]. This flag is known to change between checks, so it was verified fresh rather than assumed. An earlier listing also recorded this event [s1].