Open Mics in Nebraska

The sources disagree on the night.

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

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

The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.

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

The venue's own homepage (checked Aug 14, 2026) does not mention an open mic [s1]. Its full events page, checked separately, does not mention one either. Waiting Room Lounge operates as a touring concert venue, an unusual kind of venue to also host one, but there is no dated evidence it has closed.

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

Weekly on Wednesdays, 5:30 PM. Only one source reports it.

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

Weekly on Wednesdays, 5:30 PM. Only one source reports it.

The Venue's Website once described 'Writes of Passage,' a monthly, third-Thursday spoken-word open mic at UNO Criss Library. Read again, the same page now shows only navigation content, with no event text — whether the page changed or the earlier description was mistaken is unclear.

Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.

The library's website never surfaces a programs or events calendar at all, showing only board minutes and government links, so its silence about a Saturday open mic does not confirm or rule it out (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s1].