Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Wednesday, 8:00 PM open mic at Sidekick's Entertainment Lounge & Restaurant (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. No website was found for the venue, which can be a sign of closure, though the listing remains unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Saturday open mic at Silverroom (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be loaded, which is not evidence either way, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
An open-mic listing site names a Tuesday 10:00 PM 'AllYoungGiants Open Mic' at Subterranean [s1]. The Venue's Website lists a named 'AllYoungGiants Open Mic' with a ticket-purchase link [s2]. That corroborates the listing site's claim as a real, named event. A later visit for a specific date instead turned up an unrelated touring act, and a guessed events page failed to load, so the 10:00 PM time was not reconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Tuesday open mic at Surge Billiards (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Sunday open mic at Surge Billiards (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
Monthly on a Friday, 8:00 PM; no source says which week.
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Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Friday, 8:00 PM open mic at THC by Chitiva Wicker Park Bucktown (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. No website was found for the venue, which can be a sign of closure, though the listing remains unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Monday, 8:00 PM open mic at The Atlantic Bar and Grill (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. No website was found for the venue, which can be a sign of closure, though the listing remains unconfirmed.
Weekly on Wednesdays, 8:30 PM. Only one source reports it.
City licenses for this address were renewed May 16, 2026, through 2028, for an operator doing business as The Bar 10 Doors [s2]. A review site's 'closed' tag carries no closure date [s5]. The same site lists a different business at this address [s4]. That looks like a stale, duplicated tag, not a closure, and it is unconfirmed whether 'The Bar' here is The Bar 10 Doors, or whether its Wednesday, 8:30 PM mic still runs.
The venue's own dedicated open-mic page, last updated Jul 22, 2026 — about three weeks earlier (checked Aug 14, 2026) — states that sign-ups for its Monday open mic are in person [s2]. The page is titled 'Monday Comedy Nights at The Comedy Bar' [s2].
The same venue page, last updated Jul 22, 2026, states that sign-ups happen in person on both Mondays and Thursdays, confirming this Thursday slot too [s2]. Its title emphasizes Monday specifically ('Monday Comedy Nights'). Confidence is set medium rather than high because Thursday is the secondary night on a page titled for Monday.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Friday, 12:00 PM open mic at The Crib Comedy Playspace (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website domain registration has lapsed and no longer resolves, which can be a sign of closure, though the listing remains unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Tuesday, 9:00 PM open mic at The Cubby Bear (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website still could not be loaded as of Sep 6, 2026, which is not evidence either way, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Wednesday, 8:00 PM open mic at The Globe Pub (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. No website was found for the venue, which can be a sign of closure, though the listing remains unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Wednesday open mic at The Hideout (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Wednesday, 6:00 PM open mic at The iO Theater (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website still could not be loaded as of Sep 6, 2026, which is not evidence either way, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
A Tuesday 'Comedy Q&A + Feedback Open Mic' is billed at Lincoln Lodge's Training Center, 1579 N Milwaukee Ave, not this record's 2040 N Milwaukee Ave address.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Tuesday open mic at The Lincoln Lodge (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Wednesday open mic at The Lincoln Lodge (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
The Venue's Website lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Mondays, 8:30 PM. Only one source reports it.
The Venue's Website confirms 'Open Mic Comedy' as a real, named program [s2]. Checked again Aug 14, 2026 for a date, the page loaded nearly empty with no date signal. The Monday 8:30 PM time comes from an open-mic listing site [s1]. It has not been confirmed elsewhere.
The Moth's own Chicago listing page, checked Aug 14, 2026, shows a themed 'Open-Mic StorySLAM' series with nine upcoming instances through December 2026, alternating Mondays and Tuesdays [s1]. The venue is unconfirmed: another event page named The Den Theatre for an Aug 10, 2026 date but has since been removed. The Den Theatre's own homepage makes no mention of The Moth [s2]. The series is active; its venue is not.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Monday open mic at this venue (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be reached, so this listing remains unconfirmed.
The sources give the same night and time, but none confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Wednesday, 8:00 PM open mic at The Rabbit Hole Wrigley (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website domain now shows only a placeholder page with no real content, so it cannot be used as evidence either way. A same-named venue exists in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood, but it is a different location and does not confirm this one; no website specific to this Wrigleyville location was found.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Saturday, 4:00 PM open mic at The Store (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A possible website for the venue was identified, but it could not be reached because of certificate and server errors, so this is not evidence either way, and the listing remains unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Wednesday, 9:00 PM open mic at The Store (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A possible website for the venue was identified, but it could not be reached because of certificate and server errors, so this is not evidence either way, and the listing remains unconfirmed.
Own site frames it as an instrument jam ('bring an instrument...plug into our PA'); one directory listing adds jokes and poetry, so exact type is unclear.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Thursday open mic at The Thirsty Tavern (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Tuesday open mic at The Whistler (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Tuesday open mic at this venue (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be reached, so this listing remains unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Monday open mic at this venue (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be reached, so this listing remains unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Tuesday open mic at Vaughan's Pub (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Friday open mic at this venue (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be reached, so this listing remains unconfirmed.
A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.
An open-mic listing site names a Thursday open mic at Whiskey Girl Tavern (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is live and readable but does not mention an open mic; that alone does not mean it has ended, so the listing stays unconfirmed.