Open Mics in Massachusetts

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

Weekly on Tuesdays, 6:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

The Venue's Website, checked Aug 13, 2026, mentions open mics only in generic terms, with no specific reference to a Vocal Tune Jam [s1]. No dated source corroborates this particular Tuesday event.

A page on boston.gov lists this night, but may not be current.

Weekly on Fridays. Only one source reports it.

A re-check of the city arts events page found only a tiny stub with no readable listing — inconclusive, not a clean negative. The most recent dated source is Cambridge Arts' own calendar entry from Feb 21, 2025, about 18 months earlier (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A citywide open-mics table also names the series, without its own date [s2]. This supports the series having existed in the past year, more than it runs now.

The venue's own open-mic page lists upcoming instances for Aug 18 and Aug 26, 2026, both at 7:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Aug 18 falls on a Tuesday, matching the recorded day exactly. Aug 26 falls on a Wednesday, and the same page notes some editions run on varying schedules [s1].

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

The organizer's own website describes the event in the present tense: 'Every Sunday for more than 25 years! Doors at 7:00pm with a poetry slam, featured poets, and an open mic with the Blake Newman Group,' though undated, with no 2026 dates shown [s1]. A news arts article dated Aug 26, 2025 corroborates it [s2]. A ticketing site separately carried an instance on Mar 23, 2025. Both are nearing a year old (checked Aug 13, 2026).

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

Weekly on Mondays, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A later check found the specific event page for this listing returns the same response as any nonexistent path, so its silence on 'open mic' cannot be used as evidence. The venue's main site, checked Aug 13, 2026, does say it hosts 'private events, open mics, trivia, and special shows' upstairs at Toad, but that is general and undated, and doesn't confirm the specific Monday slot or host [s1].

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

The venue's own calendar page makes no mention of 'comedy' anywhere (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Its homepage is silent on it too [s2]. That doesn't confirm an open-mic listing site's comedy-mic claim, and it adds to an existing Wednesday-vs-Thursday contradiction. No statement that the event ended was found either — this is a large, multi-room venue where a third-party-promoted night could exist off the main calendar.

The venue's own live calendar page currently displays an 'Open Fiddle Jam' listing alongside its Jazz Open Jam (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The Boston Bluegrass Union's own jam directory separately lists a 'Remnant OT Jam, 2nd Wed of the month' [s2].

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

The venue's own live calendar page currently lists a Jazz Open Jam flyer alongside its fiddle jam (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Whether it happens weekly or only occasionally could not be determined from the calendar as it appeared that day.

The venue's own current calendar lists a recurring series on Wednesdays -- Aug 19, 26, Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2026 -- each labeled '$5 / Every Wednesday night / 10pm-1am' (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Every one of those dates falls on a Wednesday.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Wednesdays, 9:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

The Venue's Website, checked Aug 13, 2026, makes no mention of an open mic anywhere [s1]. This reinforces an earlier finding that Wednesdays are typically a quiet night here, contradicting the claimed Wednesday open mic. There is no statement that it has closed, but the Venue's Website gives no support for it.

Weekly on Tuesdays, 6:15 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

The Boston Bluegrass Union's own jam directory lists an upcoming 'Bluegrass Tuesdays Jam at The Smoot Standard' for Aug 18, 2026, at 313 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That address matches what's listed here. The listing notes the jam is 'shifting the start times forward by a half-hour,' now giving 6:45pm rather than the previously listed 6:15pm start; a second source would help confirm the change.

The sources disagree on the night.

Spencer Lofts Gallery has no known website of its own. A Cambridge arts and culture news site does not mention this event under the name VERB. The only listing for it remains a citywide open-mic table maintained by the City of Boston [s1].

The venue's own dedicated news page, checked directly on Aug 13, 2026, carries 2026-dated content and a mention of 'Friday,' consistent with the monthly Friday schedule [s1]. The general homepage did not surface the event by name, likely because of that page's size rather than any contradiction, since the specific dedicated subpage did confirm it.

The library's own dedicated page describes 12 six-minute sign-up slots and shows a dated 2026 instance, 'Tuesday June 23rd @ 6 PM,' about seven weeks earlier (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A regional news feature dated Feb 4, 2026 separately corroborates the library's open mic [s2].

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

No website was found for the venue. The only evidence is a Western Massachusetts open-mic round-up from a regional weekly paper dated April 19, 2024 [s1]. That is more than two years old, well past what a weekly open mic would need for confidence. No newer confirmation, and no sign the mic has ended, has been found (checked Aug 13, 2026).

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

No website was found for the venue. The only evidence for this Wednesday date, as with its companion Tuesday listing, is the same Western Massachusetts open-mic round-up dated April 19, 2024 [s1]. That is more than two years old. No fresher confirmation or sign of cancellation was found (checked Aug 13, 2026).

A listing on openmikes.org lists this night, but may not be current.

Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

An open-mic listing site's dedicated page for this venue, checked Aug 13, 2026, lists five upcoming weekly dates -- Aug 13, 20, 27 and Sep 3, 10, 2026 -- all at 7:00 PM and all confirmed to fall on Thursday [s1]. No independent Venue's Website exists to corroborate it further.

The series now runs at Gems @ The Arts, 160 Hollis St, on first Thursdays, doors 6:30 PM and performances 7-9 PM, with dates through Dec 3, 2026 on the operator's own site (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s1]. Sofa Café, the earlier venue at 181 Concord Street, closed permanently in 2020, and the address now houses a different business. A listing site confirms the same host and phone number for the series, last refreshed Sep 3, 2026 [s2].

The first Monday of each month, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.

The venue's own events page describes 'monthly open mics' as regular programming and lists upcoming events for Aug 16 and Aug 22, 2026 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A named 'Open Mic Night Readings by Deborah Schwartz' appears with a promotional image dating from around Feb 2026.

A page on theberkshireedge.com lists this event, but may not be current.

The Venue's Website is a large, real page but does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026). The only source describing one is an undated profile piece in a regional arts publication, which says only that the venue 'runs an open mic night among its programming' without giving a day, time, or frequency [s1].

The venue's own events page runs a live calendar explicitly scoped to August 2026, and 'Open Stage @ LAVA,' 7:00-8:30pm, appears among its current recurring events (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The event's flyer image dates from Dec 2023, but it is served from the venue's live, currently-scoped calendar rather than an old archived page, so the listing itself appears current even though the artwork is dated.

The venue's own events page lists 'Smack Dab Queer Open Mic,' 7:00-8:30 PM, first Friday of the month with 6:30 sign-up, among its current listings, with a flyer uploaded in December 2025 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That listing comes from the same live calendar confirmed scoped to August 2026. This is the better-evidenced of the venue's two open mics given the more recent artwork date.

The sources disagree on the night.

This is a seasonal series. The venue's own page names a 'Spring 2026' run with specific dates -- Wednesday, April 15; Wednesday, May 20; and Wednesday, June 17 [s1]. That confirms the established Wednesday-monthly, spring/fall pattern. No Fall 2026 dates were posted yet (checked Aug 13, 2026), consistent with today sitting in the gap between seasons rather than any sign the series has stopped.

The Venue's Website lists recurring '438 Open Mic Night' entries for July 21, Aug 18, and Sept 15, 2026, all 7:00-11:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Each of those dates falls on the third Tuesday of its month, exactly matching the recorded schedule.

A news article on gloucestertimes.com lists this night, but may not be current.

No website was found for the venue beyond a Facebook page, which could not be checked. The only dated evidence is a regional newspaper feature from July 3, 2023 [s1]. That is well past a year old, and no current dated listing confirming a 2026 date has turned up (checked Aug 13, 2026). A ticketing site's venue page could not be read either.

A listing on openmikes.org lists this night, but may not be current.

Weekly on Tuesdays, 9:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

An open-mic listing site's dedicated page for this venue, checked Aug 13, 2026, lists five upcoming weekly dates from Aug 18 through Sep 15, 2026, all at 9:00 PM and all confirmed to fall on Tuesday [s1].

A listing on openmikes.org lists this night, but may not be current.

An open-mic listing site's dedicated page for this venue, checked Aug 13, 2026, lists five upcoming dates at two-week intervals -- Aug 18 through Oct 13, 2026 -- all at 6:00 PM and all confirmed to fall on Tuesday, matching a biweekly cadence [s1].

The organizer's own page states, 'The LWG Monthly Open Mic is held on the First Thursday,' with both that phrase and '2026' appearing in the same current page content (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That directly matches the recorded first-Thursday-monthly schedule.