Open Mics in Maryland

Cellar Door's own entertainment page is live and reads 'Tuesday - Open Mic Comedy @ 8PM,' alongside its other current weekly programming, matching this listing exactly (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].

A listing on badslava.com lists this night, but may not be current.

No dedicated website exists for this in-store event at Music & Arts, and only one source was found. An open-mic listing site describes an Open Jam / Educational Jam on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 PM, in specific, non-generic detail (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].

The first Wednesday of each month, 6:00 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.

Sandbox Brewhouse's own homepage lists its current weekly schedule: 'Open Mic Night 1st Wednesdays @ 6PM,' distinct from a separate 2nd-Wednesday songwriter showcase and a 3rd-Wednesday songwriter's workshop (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. This is a genuine change from an earlier 1st-and-3rd-Wednesday cadence to 1st-Wednesday only; the 3rd Wednesday is now a different, workshop-only event.

Fridays, 7:00 PM. Runs seasonally.

Sky Stage's own homepage and calendar make no mention of 'Open Mic' or its hosting organization. That organization's own site, last modified Jun 23, 2026, describes a monthly 'F.A.M.E. Acoustic Open Mic... bring your instrument' (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A county government calendar separately lists a 2026 'Sky Stage-FAME Concert' entry [s2]. That corroborates the program even though Sky Stage's own site is silent on it.

The venue's own event page could not be loaded, blocked by a security check, which is not a sign against the event. A search on Aug 14, 2026, surfaced content from that page describing Jason Brady hosting an open mic every Wednesday, 8-10 PM [s1]. That matches what was found earlier, and no contradicting signal was found.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Azul's own website makes no mention of an open mic anywhere on it (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Other sources confirm Friday salsa nights at this pool hall and sports bar, but not a monthly open mic specifically.

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

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

Dogfish Head Alehouse's own website could not be loaded now (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. An earlier check found the site has a dedicated 'Open Mic Night' page, confirming the format is real, but the Thursday day and time come from an open-mic listing site and were not re-confirmed directly.

The sources disagree on the night.

Give a Hoot Comedy Club's own website carries a live event feed listing 'Open Mic Comedy Night' at its Gaithersburg address, upcoming to Aug 20, 2026, six days ahead, which falls on a Thursday (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. That matches the day already listed here. The feed's other listed dates vary across entries, showing this is a real, updating calendar rather than a fixed page.

The sources disagree on the night.

A county tourism board's own page confirms a biweekly Tuesday, 6:30 PM open mic with 15-minute acoustic-only slots (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No contradicting signal has turned up since.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

The Grill at Quarterfield Station's own website makes no mention of an open mic anywhere on it (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Only an open-mic listing site supports this listing.

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

New Deal Cafe's own current events listing shows only a Poetry Open Mic on Saturday, Aug 15, and no Tuesday event apart from a mention of Tuesday in its business hours (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. An earlier claim that the venue's own promotion confirmed a weekly Tuesday music open mic does not hold up on re-check, so it is unclear whether the mic moved to Saturday, runs as a separate event, or was never accurately Tuesday.

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

A ticketing site lists an Open Mic Night at Blooms Alley on Saturday, Feb 18, 2026, hosted by Leo Fibino, matching the venue's known host (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. This is fresher than an earlier Feb 2023 finding, but it is still about six months old and a single dated instance, not enough to establish a current recurring day or frequency.

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

Weekly on Sundays. Only one source reports it.

The Hub Pub is confirmed to exist and to run entertainment including open mic nights generally, but no source pins down the Sunday day or time specifically beyond a regional visitors listing (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].

The second and fourth Thursday of each month, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A regional listing site's page for The MARQ Bar shows 'Open Mic w/Mike Hollinshead' events dated for May, June, and July 2026 (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. That is consistent with the listed second-and-fourth-Thursday cadence.

A post on facebook.com lists this night, but may not be current.

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

OTI of Hanover's own Facebook page confirms it exists (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Hotel listings confirm the same. The only source for the Wednesday open mic repeats the same day, time, and host detail found earlier verbatim, indicating it is the same underlying source resurfacing rather than independent confirmation. No dated confirmation directly from the venue was found.

Busboys and Poets' own live events listing, filterable by location including Hyattsville, currently shows current 'Open Mic' entries (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. That is consistent with this being one weekly Thursday series with rotating named hosts by week of the month.

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

A tourism site's event page was read successfully earlier and could not be reached again today (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A similarly named event in Maryland has already been confirmed to be a different, unrelated series.

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

The Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch is confirmed to exist. The only support for this open mic is a single dated instance on an open-mic listing site's calendar, Aug 20 (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Library programs are often monthly rather than weekly, and how often this one actually runs remains unestablished.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Wednesdays. Runs seasonally. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

Bourbon Street on the Beach's own live-music and events page does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Earlier checks of the venue's other channels found the same absence. Search summaries continue to describe a weekly Wednesday open mic, but no reading of the venue's own current page has confirmed it, and this is the middle of the summer season, not an off-season gap.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

The Hideaway's own website makes no mention of an open mic anywhere on it (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. An earlier claim of outside confirmation rested only on another open-mic listing site, so this listing never had support beyond listing sites, and now also carries this direct negative.

HammerJokes Comedy Club's own site currently displays an 'Open Mic' heading reading 'Thursday, Doors open: 7:30 PM' (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. That matches this listing exactly.

Weekly on Sundays, 4:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A listing site's dedicated page for this venue, not its bare state listing, confirms a Sunday 4 PM open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That is consistent with the venue's broader confirmed weekly rotation of trivia, karaoke, open mic, DJ, and live bands on different nights.

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

An open-mic listing site's venue-specific page for Clear Skies Meadery, not just its bare state listing, describes an open acoustic jam on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, 2-5 PM (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. This is a more detailed dated listing than a bare state-wide entry, but it remains the only source and was not re-checked directly now.

The venue's own calendar page is live, showing an August 2026-dated calendar graphic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. It had earlier confirmed 'Wolf's Blues Show and Sit-in Blues Jam' every Monday, with sign-up at 6 PM and the show starting at 7 PM.

Roadie Joe's own dedicated event page, distinct from its general location page, describes an 'Open Mic Comedy!' night hosted by 'Big Timing' comedy, naming Salisbury repeatedly (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. That matches this listing exactly.

The venue's own events page could not be loaded when checked Aug 14, 2026, which is not a sign against the event. The same page, read in full a day earlier on Aug 13, 2026, confirmed a weekly Thursday open mic at 8:30 PM in full detail [s1].

A listing on dcstandup.com lists this night, but may not be current.

An open-mic listing site last verified this listing in April 2024, more than two years earlier (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A downtown business directory confirms the restaurant's address but is undated as evidence of the mic, and the restaurant's own website could not be loaded. No other dated source was found.

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

The Fillmore Silver Spring's own events page makes no mention of 'Fillmore Cares,' an open mic, or a Monday event (checked Aug 14, 2026). A news article describes a Monday, April 29 'Fillmore Cares' charity night, 6-9 PM, with a $5 cover for a nonprofit, but its publish year could not be pinned down [s1]. A separate Thursday claim is unconfirmed, and the cover charge raises a fit question with the site's no-cost criteria.

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

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

Society Lounge's own website confirms live-music hours on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but does not mention an open mic anywhere (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Live music on several weeknights is confirmed generally, but a dedicated open mic is not corroborated elsewhere.

The venue's events page suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Tuesdays, 6:30 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

VFW Post 350's own website is active, with a live-music banner and 2026 event photos on its homepage, but its own events page makes no mention of 'Blues' or 'Jam' anywhere (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. An earlier claim that the jam was confirmed via the Venue's Website does not hold up against this fresh reading of the same page.