Open Mics in Minnesota

The Venue's Website, a community music and arts nonprofit, confirms 'Open Mic' as one of its ongoing community groups, with a photo captioned describing a live open mic event (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The day, time, and frequency come from an open-mic listing site and were not contradicted by anything found.

Occasional.

The college's own event page confirms a 'Poetry Slam' series at the Ruth A. Myers Library, listing four specific upcoming dates from December 2025 through April 2026 that fall on varying weekdays -- Tuesday, Tuesday, Monday, and Monday (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The varying days across dated instances support that this is a genuine, individually scheduled series.

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

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

A news photo feature dated Feb 20, 2025 confirms a 1st-and-3rd-Thursday open mic at The Annadine [s1]. That is roughly 18 months before today, longer than would be ideal to confirm a monthly event is still current, though no contradicting evidence was found.

The Venue's Website confirms a comedy open mic on Thursdays at 8:00 PM in the Murphy Room, distinct from its separately booked professional comedy shows on Saturdays (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].

The Venue's Website confirms the open mic runs Sundays 5-8 PM with day-of arrival signup (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A local TV news article dated Aug 5, 2026, just nine days earlier, is headlined 'Duluth Folk School open mic night looking for musicians,' confirming the series is currently active and recruiting performers [s2].

The Venue's Website confirms 'Open Mic happens every Wednesday at Wussow's Concert Cafe,' noting it was voted best open mic in the area (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The same page also mentions a 'Spoken Word Open Mic,' which may be the same Wednesday event described differently, or a separate event; that is left unresolved.

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

This listing is one of six suburban Twin Cities venues sharing an identical 'Thursday 7:00pm weekly' time from the same open-mic listing site, suggesting it was not checked venue by venue. The Venue's Website does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Elsewhere in the group, one venue's listed address was found to be wrong by about 12 kilometers, showing the listing site is unreliable here.

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

This listing is one of six suburban Twin Cities venues sharing an identical 'Thursday 7:00pm weekly' time from the same open-mic listing site, suggesting it was not checked venue by venue. The Venue's Website does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Wildfire is also an upscale steakhouse chain with programmed jazz, not the kind of venue that typically hosts an open-signup mic.

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

A civic tourism website's live-music events page names both Gunflint and Tuesday, though the exact phrase 'open mic' did not appear in the portion checked (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. That matches an earlier description of live music mostly Friday through Sunday with an open mic on Tuesdays. Whether the event follows North Shore tourist-season timing was not established either way.

A page on visitlakeville.org lists this night, but may not be current.

The Venue's Website could not be reached to check on a repeated attempt Aug 14, 2026. One description says the open mic is weekly music at 7:30 PM on Tuesdays, while another describes a 1st-and-3rd-Tuesday variety open mic instead; neither claim has been confirmed against the Venue's Website or another source, so the day, frequency, and format remain unresolved.

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

This listing is one of six suburban Twin Cities venues sharing an identical 'Thursday 7:00pm weekly' time from the same open-mic listing site, suggesting it was not checked venue by venue. The Venue's Website does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Elsewhere in the group, one venue's listed address was found to be wrong by about 12 kilometers, showing the listing site is unreliable here.

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

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

The event's social media page describes an open mic every Tuesday, 9 PM to midnight, hosted by Betty and Ocho, unconfirmed. A 2019 news feature confirms Betty (Elizabeth Harsma) and Ocho (Dave O'Connell) as a real, long-running duo, but places them at Pub 500 as of 2019, a different venue [s1]. Pub 500's own site now lists Thursday as trivia (checked Aug 14, 2026), consistent with the duo moving on.

Both sources list this event, but neither confirms recent activity.

Pub 500's own website currently lists Thursday as trivia night, not an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A 2019 news feature confirms an open mic run by Betty and Ocho had been held here for about eight and a half years, roughly 2010/2011 to 2019 [s2]. Together these suggest whatever open mic existed here is no longer on the current schedule, though nothing states it was specifically cancelled rather than simply replaced by trivia.

A Twin Cities music publication's own weekly concert-listings column names 'Open Mic @ Acadia' as recurring on Tuesdays, appearing across separately dated issues spanning roughly six months, from February through mid-August 2026 (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website did not directly show the event, but the repeated appearance across months of listings is strong support that it is current.

Acme Comedy Company's own website names 'Open Mic' as a distinct recurring in-house program, separate from its booked headliner comedy shows, with listings current as of Aug 2026 (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. No dedicated schedule page with a specific date could be found, so this rests on the venue's current site rather than a specific dated instance.

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

The fourth Sunday of each month, 5:30 PM. Only one source reports it.

The Venue's Website was checked in full and does not mention an open mic anywhere.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

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

An open-mic listing site describes an 'Open Mic & Acoustic Jam' on Wednesdays, 7-9:30 PM, matching the day on this listing. The venue's own current events calendar, however, does not mention an open mic at all, though it does list other recurring nights such as trivia and tabletop gaming. The contradiction between the venue's own calendar and the listing site's description remains unresolved.

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

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

The venue's own homepage does not mention an open mic anywhere. Its programming is typically booked, ticketed theater shows, so if an open mic exists, it may be a separate bar-side event not listed on the main theater calendar; this remains unresolved either way.

The venue's own events page names this event directly: "Tuesday Chatterbox Live! Open Mic 8pm - 12am" (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s2]. Its homepage alone does not mention an open mic [s1].

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

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

The Venue's Website was checked again on Aug 14, 2026 and does not mention an open mic anywhere, only general hours and scheduling information.

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

Weekly on Tuesdays, 7:30 PM. Only one source reports it.

The Venue's Website was checked in full and does not mention an open mic anywhere.

A curated, human-maintained Twin Cities spoken-word listing site quotes the event's own promotional copy: 'Join us every 2nd Tuesday of the month... at the vibrant and eclectic Lutunji's Palate!' (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The venue has no dedicated website to confirm this further; its address was confirmed through a separate directory.

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

Weekly on Sundays, 5:00 PM. Only one source reports it.

One open-mic listing site describes a Sunday music open mic at 5:00 PM, but the venue's own events calendar currently lists only generic promotional days through October 2026, with no music or jam event named. A separate description instead places a 'Musician Open Jam Session' on Tuesdays at 8:30 PM. Which day and time are accurate remains unresolved.

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

The venue's own current events calendar does not mention poetry, an open mic, or 'Cadence' anywhere (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The only dated instance found was Aug 20, 2024, marked 'this event has passed' on the venue's own page, with no later date shown since -- a roughly two-year gap, though nothing states the series has closed.

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

A Twin Cities spoken-word listing site describes this only as 'a monthly Minneapolis literary, comedy, and variety open mic.' No venue name, address, day, or time could be found in any source checked, so those details are left blank rather than guessed.

A page on p2bars.com lists this night, but may not be current.

Weekly on Mondays, 8:30 PM. Only one source reports it.

The Venue's Website could not be reached to check (checked again Aug 14, 2026); this neither confirms nor rules out an open mic. A music-venue listing site carries only a generic calendar widget, with no confirmation of this specific event.

The sources disagree on the night.

The organizing nonprofit's own website domain has expired and now shows only a parking page (checked Aug 14, 2026). The venue's own homepage does not mention 'Poets and Pints,' poetry, or an open mic anywhere, and its events page could not be found. The day and frequency come from an open-mic listing site only.

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

A Twin Cities music publication's own weekly concert-listings column shows 'Open Mic @ Sociable Cider Werks' as a recurring listing across weekly issues (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website previously showed only an hours widget with nothing conclusive either way; this listings column resolves that gap.

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

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

The Venue's Website was checked in full and does not mention an open mic anywhere.