A dated Nov 21, 2025 listing confirms one instance [s1]. A culture column dated Mar 17, 2026 quotes 'Open Mic Poetry Night hosted by Kelsey Bigelow. Fri Mar 20, 7-9 PM', about four months later [s2]. Two instances four months apart fit a quarterly cadence. The freshest is about five months old (checked Aug 14, 2026), and no June 2026 instance was found.
A city tourism site's own listing, checked Aug 14, 2026, carries structured event data recurring weekly on Tuesday, naming the host as Underground Comedy Des Moines [s1]. That promoter is a long-running local comedy institution per other unverified mentions, though only this one source was directly confirmed.
Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.
A music genre society's own calendar, checked Aug 14, 2026, still lists 'Carl's Place @ 7PM' under a Tuesday heading [s1]. A newspaper article dated Nov 7, 2025, describes 'a small stage that hosts live music and open mic nights' at Carl's Place, 1620 Woodland Ave [s2].
Weekly on Wednesdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The venue's own official site, checked Aug 14, 2026, shows no mention of an open mic anywhere on its homepage [s1]. That alone doesn't establish closure, since the homepage may simply not list every recurring feature, and no corroborating source was found.
Sundays. How often is unclear. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
One of several nights or series at this venue
Call to confirm the night
The venue's events page suggests it may have ended.
This rests on a press mention from October 2025 describing 'Sunday night sees the stage open for musicians to jam.' The venue's own current calendar, checked Aug 14, 2026, does not mention an open mic at all [s1]. There is no current confirmation of this Sunday night.
The venue's events page suggests it may have ended.
Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The venue's own current calendar, checked Aug 14, 2026, shows no mention of an open mic anywhere [s1]. A press mention from October 2025 described the mic as something that 'will become' a weekly staple, future tense at the time, not a present-tense confirmation; the venue's address is also contested between two possible street numbers, left unresolved.
Sources mention Wednesdays 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 city tourism board's own venue listing (checked Aug 14, 2026) confirms recurring comedy programming at this address but names a Monday 7 PM show, not the Wednesday 8 PM asserted here [s1]. This may be a second, distinct Wednesday comedy night at the same room, or the day may simply be wrong; the contradiction is left unresolved.