Also one each in Alsip, Bartlett, Bloomington, Bolingbrook, Carbondale, Chatham, Edwardsville, Evanston, Granite City, Lockport, Mason City, Mattoon, Morris, Morton, Naperville, New Berlin, New Lenox, Plainfield, Rock Island, Rockton, Sugar Grove, Warrenville, Waukegan.
Listings in Illinois
Described as featuring 'comedy, music, poetry, and more'; could not independently confirm with a direct page fetch (site errors).
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Sunday, 6:30 PM open mic at Necessary & Sufficient Coffee - Printers Row (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website domain now redirects entirely to an unrelated law firm's site, so it can no longer be checked for this listing, which 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 Nick's Beer Garden (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be reached as of Sep 6, 2026. Its registration is still current and the domain still resolves, which looks like a temporary outage rather than a closure, so the listing remains unconfirmed.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Tuesday, 10:00 PM open mic at O'Donnell's (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 Friday, 8:00 PM open mic at O'Donnell's (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, 7:00 PM open mic at Olive Black (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 Thursday, 9:00 PM open mic at One City Tap (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, 10:30 PM open mic at Output Lounge & Sports Bar (Wrigleyville) (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 Tuesday open mic at Pizzeria Serio (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.
Sources mention Wednesdays but are not confirmed; actual night is unclear.
Call to confirm the night
The sources disagree on the night.
The Venue's Website confirms 'Red Room Open Mic' as a real, upcoming weekly Wednesday event from Aug 19 through Sep 23, 2026 and beyond (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s2]. Sign-up is in person at 7 PM, with the show running 7:30-10:30 PM [s2]. This corrects an open-mic listing site's earlier claim of an 8 PM start [s1].
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Sunday, 10:00 PM open mic at Reed's Local (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.
The venue's own live events calendar, checked Aug 14, 2026 and spanning Aug through Dec 2026, repeatedly lists a named 'Open Mic w/ Zack Fedor' show plus a general 'Open Mic' category [s2]. An open-mic listing site names a Saturday, 11:59 PM slot [s1]. That exact time was not tied to a specific dated entry on the venue's calendar, so confidence is medium rather than high.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Thursday, 8:00 PM open mic at Schubas Tavern (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website now returns a 'page not found' error, though its domain registration is still current. This does not show that the venue or the open mic has closed; it may simply have moved its online presence elsewhere, and the 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 Shakers on Clark (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 Monday open mic at this venue (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website loaded normally as a real, current site, but the words 'open mic' do not appear on it — a genuine absence, though not proof the event has ended.
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 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.
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.
Monthly on a Friday, 8:00 PM; no source says which week.
Call to confirm the night
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.