Open Mics in Detroit, MI

Bert's Marketplace's own website names 'Sunday Open Mic Night' explicitly alongside its other weekly programming — live jazz Thursdays and Fridays, and blues on Saturday nights [s1].

The sources give the same night and time, but none confirms recent activity.

Other sources describe a long-running open-mic jazz jam session on Thursdays. The Venue's Website currently calls that night 'Live Jazz,' without using the words 'open mic' or 'jam' (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. It is unclear whether this is the same event described differently or a shift to a more produced format.

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

The third Sunday of each month, 3:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A 2016 Metro Times feature places Broadside Press Poets Open Mic at Grounds Coffeehaus, University of Detroit Mercy, 4001 W. McNichols Rd., Detroit, every 3rd Sunday, 3–6 PM [s1]. Broadside Press is a real, historic Black-owned Detroit poetry institution, but whether this specific series continues today has not been confirmed.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Wednesdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

As of August 2026, Cadieux Cafe is confirmed real and currently operating, with active reservations and delivery, but its own home page, music page, and calendar page all make no mention of an open mic [s1]. This is a consistent negative across three of the venue's own pages for this specific Wednesday claim.

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

Press coverage describes an open jam session following booked sets at Cliff Bell's. The venue's own shows, home, and contact pages list only named, reservation-required acts and never use the words 'jam,' 'open mic,' 'sit in,' or 'after hours' (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website is clear about what is on its calendar but silent on any unadvertised open-signup component, so this is not resolved.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

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

Common Pub Detroit's own website does not mention an open mic anywhere (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].

Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters' own Detroit location page confirms a weekly Monday open mic, 7–9 PM, with sign-up 30 minutes prior [s1]. The genre is not stated by the venue and comes from an open-mic listing site only.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

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

Detroit Got Talent Studios' general marketing describes hosting an open mic night among other formats. An attempt to check whether the venue's own home and events pages use that phrase for this specific Thursday claim did not produce a reliable reading (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Whether this specific Thursday event is confirmed could not be determined either way.

Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:30 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

Detroit House of Comedy's Tune Up Tuesdays is a long-described weekly comedy open mic; current status could not be confirmed, and its own event and ticketing pages were inaccessible. An archive shows the page was captured as recently as Mar 13, 2026, unread [s1]. A listing site's most recent dated instance was Sep 16, 2025, about 11 months earlier [s2]. That alone is too old to confirm the event is still active.

Detroit Shipping Company's own events calendar lists 'OPEN MIC: Art In A Fly Space' with four upcoming Tuesday dates in August 2026 — the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th [s1]. The genre is not stated by the venue and comes from an open-mic listing site only.

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

The first and third Monday of each month, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A 2016 Metro Times feature places Fresh Water Poetry Slam at The Baltimore Gallery, 314 Baltimore Ave., Detroit, every 1st and 3rd Monday, 7–10 PM, with a $5 cover [s1]. No source more recent than this decade-old article was found.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Saturdays, 6:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

As of August 2026, Good Cakes and Bakes' own website makes no mention of an open mic anywhere, and its posted hours end in the early evening, which may not leave room for a later open mic [s1]. This Saturday listing comes from an open-mic listing site only.

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

The third Saturday of each month, 6:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A 2016 Metro Times feature places Sweet Speak at Good Cakes and Bakes, 19363 Livernois Ave., Detroit, every 3rd Saturday, 6–9 PM, with a $5 cover [s1]. The venue's own current website does not mention it, which is consistent with a promoter-run monthly series that a bakery's own marketing might not list.

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

A 2016 Metro Times feature places 'Mahogany @ the Museum: Detroit, Open!' on Friday, July 1, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, with a $5 cost for performers and $15–$20 for patrons through a ticketing site [s1]. That patron cost is well above this site's typical range for an open mic, so this may be a produced, ticketed event rather than a casual walk-in mic.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

An open-mic listing site says Motor City Java House runs a weekly Saturday open mic, 10 PM, free [s1]. A promoter's Eventbrite series, 'Live on Lahser,' instead describes a last-Saturday-only, 8 PM event that ran April-November 2025. The venue's own events page still does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s2]. The promoter's page no longer lists 'Live on Lahser,' suggesting the 2025 season did not renew [s3].

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Tuesdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

An attempt to check Northern Lights Lounge's own website for a mention of an open mic did not produce a reliable reading (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A broader check found no independent corroboration for a Tuesday open mic at this venue either.

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

Weekly on Thursdays, 8:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A 2016 Metro Times feature places Open Mind Mic Series at They Say, 267 Joseph Campau Ave., Detroit, every Thursday, 8–11 PM, free for performers and $5 for patrons [s1]. The restaurant is confirmed currently operating, with active online ordering and reviews through 2026, but whether this specific series continues remains unconfirmed.

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

A 2016 Metro Times feature places Sound Off Sunday Open Mic at The Baltimore Gallery, 314 E. Baltimore Ave., Detroit, every other Sunday, 8-11 PM, with a $5 cover [s1]. That confirms it runs biweekly rather than weekly.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

A review site marks Manila Bay Cafe as closed, but the label carries only a refresh date, not an actual closure date (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s2]. A map service shows no named business at the address [s4]. The Spotlight Open Mic itself is known only from a 2016 newspaper roundup, so whether it still runs is unknown either way [s1]. Whether the venue has closed remains unconfirmed.

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

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

A 2016 Metro Times feature places Sunday Night Expression at Club N.E.P., 9351 Woodward Ave., Detroit, every Sunday, 9 PM to 1 AM, with a $5 cover [s1]. A local business directory corroborates the club's existence at this address; the Venue's Website was not found.

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

Occasional. Only one source reports it.

An open-mic listing site describes Syd Burnham's Open Stage as a roving series with no fixed venue, running on an irregular 'Selected Sundays' schedule [s1]. A possibly matching personal website for the host was found but not treated as confirming, since a name match alone is not enough. Current status is unconfirmed either way.

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

The first and third Saturday of each month, 9:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

A public record from the City of Detroit gives The Artist Village Detroit's address as 17336 Lahser Rd [s1]. This corrects the address previously listed, 17736 Lahser Rd, which does not exist. A review site and directory listings give the same corrected address. The claimed 'Creative Juicez' series and its 1st-and-3rd-Saturday schedule remain unconfirmed by direct check, and no ticketing listing was found.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

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

As of August 2026, The Carr Center is a real, active Black arts and culture institution. No open-mic listing site or other source corroborates a Wednesday open mic here. The phrase does not appear anywhere on the venue's own home, programs, and events pages, whose current programming is dance intensives, an artist residency, and a summer showcase [s1]. There is no statement that the event has ended.

The Vision Detroit's own Eventbrite page confirms 'The Vision Detroit Open Mic' at The Commons, 7900 Mack Avenue, Detroit, running monthly on the 3rd Saturday, with a upcoming instance starting Aug 15, 2026, and the series listed through Nov 21, 2026 [s1].

The Congregation's own Eventbrite page confirms 'Open Mic Night @ The Congregation Detroit' running every 3rd Friday, with an upcoming instance on Aug 21, 2026 (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The same page shows another confirmed instance on Jan 16, 2026 [s2]. An earlier instance is also dated Jan 17, 2025, and the dates genuinely vary across a year and a half rather than repeating a template.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

Weekly on Sundays. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

A 2016 Metro Times feature places The Drunken Retort Open Mic at HopCat, 4265 Woodward Ave., Sundays 8:30-11 PM, free [s1]. HopCat's own current Detroit page, checked Aug 14, 2026, does not mention an open mic anywhere [s2]. No more recent source was found to confirm this decade-old claim.

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

Weekly on Wednesdays, 8:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

As of August 2026, The Magic Stick's own venue page shows only paid, booked touring and local-act shows, with no open mic listed anywhere [s1]. Ticketing sites likewise show only paid shows. This may mean the Wednesday open mic was miscategorized rather than that it closed — no dated closure was found either way.

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

A news article dated May 6, 2026, reports the death of The Old Miami's owner, Daniel Overstreet — not itself a closure. Its full text, a review site, and other pages were all inaccessible, so current status of the venue or its Thursday open mic could not be confirmed. A general reputation mention, including a 2024 'Best Dive Bar' award, is not a dated statement about this specific event.

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

Weekly on Wednesdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.

Trinosophes' own website makes no mention of an open mic anywhere (checked Aug 2026) [s1]. A separate 2016 news round-up describes a different event at the same venue, the 'Urban Echo Poetry Slam Series,' on 2nd Wednesdays, with a slightly different address — that event has not been reconciled with the Wednesday open mic listed here.