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
Listed as comedy by one listing; not confirmed elsewhere, so actual type is unclear.
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.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Sunday, 8:00 PM open mic at Will's Northwoods Inn (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The venue's own current homepage lists 'Sundays -- Open Mic Comedy' among its standing weekly events, matching the day given here. A specific upcoming date was not found, so the listing remains unconfirmed even though the day now has direct support.
A page on middleillinoiscomedy.com lists this night, but may not be current.
The third Sunday of each month, 8:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
The Venue's Website for Shore 22 fails to load. A local newspaper's own search for 'shore 22 comedy,' checked Aug 14, 2026, turns up nothing, a weak negative from a general site search. A local comedy listing site remains the only source describing this Sunday open mic, and it carries no date tied to a specific instance, so this stays unknown.
Sources mention Tuesdays 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 local news outlet's event page, re-checked Aug 14, 2026, still describes an ongoing 1st-and-3rd-Tuesday open mic series at Sneaky's, though its embedded publish date is frozen at Oct 2024 and can't confirm freshness [s1]. A local listing site and the organizer's own site could not be reached. The listing stays active on the strength of earlier corroboration rather than a fresh check now.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
A listing site names a Thursday, 7:00 PM open mic at Celtic Knot Public House (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website still could not be opened as of Sep 6, 2026, so this is not evidence either way, 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 Wednesday open mic at this venue (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website could not be reached, so this listing remains unconfirmed.
Monthly, but no source gives the night. Only one source reports it.
Call to confirm the night
A page on middleillinoiscomedy.com lists this event, but may not be current.
The Venue's Website still markets 'open mic, amateur night' as an ongoing offering, with no closure language, but carries no dated schedule text or forward instance (checked Aug 14, 2026). No source confirms a specific current day or date, so this stays unconfirmed.