Open Mics in Connecticut

An open-mic listings page states: 'Weekly Sundays: Open Jam @ JD's Roadhouse, Baltic... hosted by T. Ray Taylor & James Stephens; 8pm' (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].

The series' stated start date, Feb 3, 2026, checks out as a genuine Tuesday, consistent with a first-Tuesday monthly poetry open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A separate, distinct open mic also runs at the same venue on Thursdays and should not be confused with this one. No additional upcoming instance of this poetry mic itself was found.

The sources disagree on the night.

A review site, a neighborhood site, and a travel review site show this is a real, currently operating event space and gallery, but none gives an open-mic schedule or date beyond the original open-mic listing entry, which carries only a phone number (checked Aug 13, 2026).

A page on i95rock.com lists this night, but may not be current.

Weekly on Tuesdays. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.

No new evidence was found beyond the original source, a 2016 radio station article (checked Aug 13, 2026).

The second Wednesday of each month. Only one source reports it.

Forward dates for this series — Sept 9, Oct 14, and Nov 11, 2026 — each check out as a genuine second Wednesday (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Different named featured poets appear on different dates, consistent with an actively curated series rather than a repeating template.

A page on wshu.org lists this night, but may not be current.

A listing on openmikes.org lists this night, but may not be current.

The sources disagree on the night.

A page on fairfieldmirror.com lists this event, but may not be current.

No new evidence was found (checked Aug 13, 2026). The only source remains a single student newspaper mention dated Nov. 8, with the year unclear, and no established pattern of recurrence — this may have been a one-off club event.

The Venue's Website lists this event, but may not be current.

Occasional.

The festival's own website confirms: 'Thursday evening the Housatonic Stage will host an Open Mic and more!' during festival week (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This is a once-a-year festival slot rather than a weekly or monthly recurring open mic.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

The second Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

The Venue's Website, read in full, makes no mention of an open mic anywhere (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This outweighs an earlier news article's coverage of the event, though no evidence of a closure was found either, so its status stays unclear rather than confirmed inactive.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

The first Tuesday of each month. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

A first-Tuesday-of-the-month open mic here, hosted by Steve Rodgers, originals only, two songs per performer, is described consistently by earlier local news coverage and by other listings, but no dated 2025 or 2026 instance was found (checked Aug 13, 2026). The one date mentioned, 'March 5,' carries no year, so it does not show the event is still current.

A page on independentvenueweek.com suggests it may have ended.

No new evidence was found (checked Aug 13, 2026). The only description of this open mic remains a vague 'several nights a week,' too undated and unspecific to establish a regular schedule.

Both sources list this event, but neither confirms recent activity.

The venue's own live events page links to an ongoing page for this poetry series, confirming it is still current (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The specific page listed here is a stale archived instance from Feb 2024. Forward dates of Sept 9, Oct 14, and Nov 11, 2026 each check out as genuine second Wednesdays.

A page on trinitytripod.com suggests it may have ended.

No new evidence was found beyond a related social media page, which could not be read (checked Aug 13, 2026). The only evidence supporting this listing remains the college's own community-engagement pages describing this event.

Weekly on Mondays, 4:00 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

The Venue's Website lists Mondays as 'Comedy Open Mic w/ Matt Heath - 8 PM - No Cover' (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The day, Monday, is correct, but the format is comedy, not music as previously recorded.

The Venue's Website confirms a 'Blues Jam / Open Mic: 8:30, with hosts Marcia Gamache & Tom Whalen, no cover' on Wednesdays (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That matches the hosts and day previously recorded.

Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.

Weekly on Fridays. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

The venue's own ticketing page shows an upcoming instance, 'Ron Anthony with Bob Gotta, CeCe Borgeson, Ruth George and Stan Sullivan,' for Aug 21, 2026, 7:00-9:00 PM — a date that checks out as a genuine Friday (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s2]. This resolves the day, previously unconfirmed, as Friday, and confirms this acoustic open mic is distinct from the venue's separate Monday 'Anything Goes' open mic.

The Venue's Website states: 'Every Monday night at 7:00 PM, The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center hosts its weekly Anything Goes [open mic],' hosted by Lachance (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This is confirmed as a genuinely distinct event from a separate Friday open mic at the same venue, not the same mic counted twice.

The Venue's Website lists this event, but may not be current.

The Venue's Website says its Open Mic Nite is back: performer registration opens on the 1st of every month, starting October 1st, with free signup and a $5 audience door (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This is a monthly, arts-council-run variety series -- distinct from a separate weekly, music-only mic at another Milford venue -- though the exact day of the month is not yet determined.

The Venue's Website lists a Signup for the Aug 17, 2026 Open Mic, a Monday, hosted by John Ciambriello, with 15 early-bird slots booked online and 5 in-person slots opening at 5 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].

The venue's own ticketing site lists the New Haven Jazz Underground's Tuesday Night Jazz Jam for Sep 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM, the 4th Tuesday of the month (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That matches the recorded 2nd-and-4th-Tuesday cadence. A separate 1st-Tuesday bluegrass jam runs at the same venue but is a different event.

The venue's own ticketing site lists Saturday Jazz Jam instances on Aug 15, 22, and 29, 2026, all starting at 4:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That matches the recorded Saturday 4-7 PM slot. The site describes it elsewhere as the venue's longest-running tradition, running over 20 years.

A ticket page on eventbrite.com lists this night, but may not be current.

Weekly on Mondays, 7:00 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

A ticketing site describes this venue's comedy open mic running on the second and fourth Monday of the month (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That differs from the weekly cadence previously recorded here. This could not be confirmed on a directly read page, so it rests on that one source alone.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

The Venue's Website lists current hours at 952 State St and describes it as hosting musical performances in the evening (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s4]. A New Haven Independent article from Aug 24, 2023 reports an open mic here every Wednesday at 7 p.m., hosted by Nick Aubin [s3]. A coffee-shop directory lists the venue as active (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s5]. The venue is well supported as open; the mic itself is unconfirmed since 2023.

A page on openmichartford.com lists this night, but may not be current.

An open-mic listing network's page for this venue confirms Tuesday and the phone number (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That network is known to reuse templated promotional text across unrelated venues, so only the day and phone number here should be trusted, not that the event is still running. Other sources show only generic, undated reviewer comments about a Tuesday open mic, with no confirmed date.

The Venue's Website lists a Tuesday Night Open Mic with a named house band, and forward calendar dates fall on Aug 25 and Sep 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2026, all Tuesdays (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This matches the day already recorded here.

A page on schwarzman.yale.edu lists this event, but may not be current.

As of Aug 13, 2026, no further evidence about this event was found. This appears to be a campus program that may be open mainly to students rather than the general public; whether it is publicly accessible remains an open question.