Open Mics in New Jersey

The host's own website describes this as a Red Bank tradition running since 2009, free to attend, with house instruments provided, and gives a 7:30 PM start time (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. An open-mic listing site gives a later start time of 8:30 PM instead.

A finding that this event was missing from the foundation's website rested only on its homepage, still silent on it (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s2]. That negative is retracted: the foundation's own Students page confirms a current 'Monthly Open Mic Nights' program and names the 'Mark LaRochelle Memorial Scholarship' [s3]. A $5 donation to perform or attend, 7-10 PM, was reported earlier; the Friday date wasn't reconfirmed.

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

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

Found on an open-mic listing site, which names a Wednesday open mic here (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No other source could confirm it.

A page on tickets.venuepilot.com suggests it may have ended.

No website could be found for this event, called 'The Underground Open Mic.' A nearby comedy club's own website does not mention an open mic or a pay-to-perform format, but that club may not be the right venue at all — even the county is disputed between sources. The main open question is which town and which venue this actually is, not whether it's active.

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

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

Found on an open-mic listing site (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No other source could confirm it. It may be one of three similar Ringwood Thursday 7 PM listings from the same source rather than three separate venues — not resolved yet.

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

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

Found on an open-mic listing site (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No other source could confirm it. It may be one of three similar Ringwood Thursday listings from the same source rather than three separate venues — not resolved yet.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

The organization's own website confirms it is a real, currently active group, with a 2026 copyright notice, named board members and a matching address [s1]. But its calendar page shows only embedded media-player content rather than a readable jam schedule, so the current day or frequency could not be confirmed — this doesn't mean the jam has stopped, just that its schedule couldn't be read (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s2].

A local island round-up site states this event runs every other Tuesday throughout the summer, roughly 7:00-11:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It is recorded as a seasonal, summer-only event rather than year-round, which does not make it inactive during its off months.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

An LBI-area roundup article, updated Jun 17, 2026, says this open mic 'started in summer 2025 by local yoga instructor Camillo Calderon' [s1]. The gallery's own website doesn't mention it, but that site's footer still shows a 2018 copyright date, so its silence isn't a reliable sign either way [s2]. Whether the mic is seasonal also remains unresolved.

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

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

Found on an open-mic listing site; not yet checked against other sources.

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

The county tourism board's own event page identifies the venue as Spire Coffee House, 1922 Hooper Ave., Toms River, with a dated instance on Friday, Jan 30, 2026, 6:00-8:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That instance is about six and a half months old, within the range expected for a monthly event. This appears to describe the same event as another listing for Spire Coffeehouse; whether the two are duplicates has not been resolved.

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

A county tourism site's event page confirms this series is hosted at Spire Coffee House, 1922 Hooper Ave., Toms River, with a dated instance Friday, Jan 30, 2026, 6:00-8:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. That instance is about six and a half months old, within range for a monthly event. This appears to be the same event as a separate 'Ocean County Tourism Open Mic Night' listing; the two have not been merged or confirmed as duplicates.

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

The venue's own open-mic page could not be read directly — access was blocked, which says nothing about whether the event exists [s1]. No archived copy of that page exists either, so there's no alternate way to check it. This remains a dead end as of Aug 13, 2026.

A page on theoceancountylibrary.libnet.info suggests it may have ended.

Mentioned in a local news listing as 'Open Mic Night at the Library,' not checked elsewhere. It may overlap with other similarly civic-flavored open mics listed in the same town, but that hasn't been confirmed, so it is kept as a separate, unmerged lead.

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

Only one dated instance of this poetry open mic has been found, from January 2025 at Artworks Trenton — about 19 months before the check. Whether it's a standing recurring series or was closer to a one-time event hasn't been confirmed.

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

The event's own social media account name and host references indicate the schedule is genuinely irregular -- selected Tuesdays rather than every week -- not simply unconfirmed (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No recent evidence was gathered to confirm the event is still running this season.

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

Weekly on Wednesdays. Only one source reports it.

A Wednesday acoustic open mic here, 6:00–9:00 PM, is said to be hosted by Don Brown, but this hasn't been confirmed, and no check has been made yet for whether this host also appears at other venues.

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

The venue's own dated event page identifies this as 'The Last Stand,' hosted by Chris Rockwell on the last Tuesday of every month, 6:00-8:00 PM with sign-up at 5:00 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. It lists a $5 food or drink minimum, provided PA and microphones, all ages welcome, uncensored content, and no karaoke.

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

Found on an open-mic listing site, which names a Tuesday open mic here (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No other source could confirm it.

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

An open-mic listing site names this venue, though no specific page could be identified and the day of the week was not confirmed [s1]. Another open-mic listing site had nothing about this venue either, which doesn't rule it out, just means no confirmation was found there. Checked Aug 13, 2026.