Open Mics in Connecticut

An open-mic listing site says the Custom House Maritime Museum hosts a monthly Open Mic on the last Sunday of the month, 6-9 PM, led by Kenny “Doc” Frazier (checked Jul 15, 2026) [s1]. A separate search turned up a matching description, calling it ‘Open Mic at the Museum,’ consistent with this listing.

The third Saturday of each month, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

The venue's own events page describes a 3rd-Saturday Open Mic for poetry, comedy, and music, hosted by Goose, running 7-10 PM, with guitars and bass available (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. An open-mic listing site describes the same event and host (checked Jul 15, 2026) [s2].

The Venue's Website describes Christina's Open Mic as a 2nd-Sunday event hosted by Christina Corcoran, Gene Parise, and Dame FK (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. An open-mic listing site describes the same hosts and cadence (checked Jul 15, 2026) [s2].

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Thursdays. 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]. Combined with the original source being a single 2016 article, this leans toward doubt, though no evidence of a closure was found either.

The venue's events page lists this event, but may not be current.

The venue's listing page remains unreadable by the tools available, as before (checked Aug 13, 2026). No alternate source was found.

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

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

The third Saturday of each month, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

The second Thursday of each month. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

An open-mic listing site, last updated Jul 15, 2026, states that Strange Brew Pub's Open Jam runs monthly on the 2nd Thursday [s1]. The day has been corrected from Friday to Thursday accordingly.

An open-mic listing site, last updated Jul 15, 2026, says Strange Brew Pub runs a weekly Unplugged/Acoustic Open Mic Night on Tuesdays, hosted by local musician Danny Fleet, with music starting at 7:30 PM [s1].

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

The Venue's Website, read in full, makes no mention of an open mic anywhere (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No evidence of a closure was found either; the open mic may simply never have become a lasting fixture after it was first announced.

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

The venue's own open-mic calendar, now fully readable, shows two distinct weekly shows: a 'Monday Night Mic' at 7:30 PM (dated Aug 17, 24, and 31, 2026) and a 'Wednesday Open Mic' at 5:00 PM (Aug 19 and 26, 2026), both with live sign-up status (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This is two separate weekly comedy open mics at this venue, not one combined event, so the specific day here is left unset pending that split.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Thursdays, 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]. A comedy-mic directory separately classifies this venue as a comedy venue, contradicting the music format previously listed here -- this may be either a stale listing or a wrong-format listing, though no evidence of a closure was found either.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Thursdays, 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]. No other corroboration was found.

The venue's events page lists this event, but may not be current.

The event's own calendar page is real and readable, but every dated instance found — June 12, July 10, and Aug 14, all 2024 — is more than two years old as of Aug 13, 2026 [s1]. No 2025 or 2026 instance was found.

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

No new evidence was found (checked Aug 13, 2026). Despite the 'First Thursday' name, the cadence is described only as 'occasional,' too vague to confirm a regular weekly or monthly schedule.

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

Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:30 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

The Venue's Website gives its address as West Hartford, with a phone number (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That is not Hartford as previously listed, though the phone number matches exactly. It brands its show 'Comedy at the ER.' A ticketing site's listings through 2026 show a 'Tuesday Night Open Mic' for comedy [s2]. That is not the Thursday music open mic previously listed here. City, day, and format are corrected here.

The Venue's Website has a dedicated page for an upcoming WordHouse Poetry open mic (titled for Feb 18), with its own graphic, on a site that carries many other 2026-dated posts (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].

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

Weekly on Fridays, 8:30 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

A dedicated open-mic website describes a Friday open mic here — house band starting 9:30 PM, sign-up from 9, $2 well drinks until 11, 21 and over (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That is not Thursday as previously recorded. That site shows signs of not having been updated recently, and no fresh 2025 or 2026 date was found to confirm it is still current.

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

This is confirmed as a real, 65-seat speakeasy-style venue that does present open mic nights among its programming, and a social media group post mentions a 'monthly open mic' (checked Aug 13, 2026). No day of the week or dated 2026 instance was established.

The second Wednesday of each month. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

The Venue's Website lists a Songwriter Showcase held the 2nd Wednesday of the month through May 2026, with past dated instances on Nov 12 and Dec 10, 2025 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Two dates once thought to belong to this event, a Friday and a Sunday, actually belonged to a separate film-festival series on the same page; the open mic's day and cadence are corrected to 2nd Wednesday.

The Venue's Website says, ‘Join us every Tuesday night for Open Mic,’ and its posted business hours also list Tuesday as an operating day (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The day, previously unknown, is now confirmed as Tuesday.

The library's own program description names Katie Baker, the current Poet Laureate, as host of an ongoing Open Mic Poetry Night (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Its calendar page did not show event listings when checked, but that gap is not treated as evidence the series has stopped.