Also one each in Blue Ash, Boardman, Gahanna, Hamilton, Kettering, Lake Milton, Lakewood, Lebanon, Massillon, Maumee, Mecca, Miamisburg, Middletown, Nelsonville, Norwood, Plain City, Salem, Sylvania, Troy, West Chester, Willoughby, Wooster, Yellow Springs, Youngstown.
Listings in Ohio
OpenMicX's own venue page titles it a 'Comedy Venue,' but that is a single directory's category tag, not a description of the show itself.
The Venue's Website lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Sundays, 9:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
The Venue's Website lists hours for Monday through Saturday, but 'Sunday' appears separately with its specific hours unclear from the page (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Whether the venue posts Sunday hours at all, and so whether a Sunday open mic fits into them, remains unconfirmed.
Earlier research found a free monthly poetry open mic called 'Village Poetry Open Mic,' hosted by Nathan McDowell. Checking the venue's own events page could not get through (checked Aug 14, 2026), so it neither confirms nor refutes this [s1]. The schedule is understood to be monthly rather than weekly.
The first Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.
The venue's current 'Speakeasy' series, confirmed on its own site, is general-audience storytelling on the third Thursday of the month, not the poetry-specific first-Wednesday 'Speak Easy' described here (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s2]. This may be the same event that has drifted in both day and week, or a separate Wednesday poetry event may no longer exist; which is unclear.
The first Thursday of each month. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.
The event is confirmed active on the venue's own current site as 'Speakeasy,' a storytelling open mic, now on the third Thursday and costing $10 (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s3]. This listing previously named the first Thursday. The offerings page lists only this one 'Speakeasy' entry, raising the possibility that it and a companion poetry open mic listed for the first Wednesday describe the same event rather than two.
Weekly on Thursdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
A songwriter series called 'Open Stages,' hosted by Molly Winters, has been described for this venue, though no day was given. The Venue's Website did not mention it when checked, but the page may not have loaded as real readable text, so this is not treated as reliable evidence either way (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].
A page on writingwrongspoetryslam.com suggests it may have ended.
The series' own website domain no longer resolves at all (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The Tuesday day and the venue, Mikey's Late Night Slice Downtown, were never confirmed to begin with, and no other current source was found.
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The Venue's Website, checked Aug 14, 2026, lists 'Tuesday Open Mic with Brandon, 7:00 PM signup — all levels welcome' under its standing weekly schedule [s1].
The venue's events page lists this night, but may not be current.
The first and third Sunday of each month, 7:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
Since 1999, this poetry slam has run at Yellow Cab Tavern. The organizer's own site carries a frozen, undated 'Next Show 11/20 Anti-Slam' listing with nothing from 2026 (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The most recent dated instance found anywhere is a benefit show from Jun 15, 2025, over a year old [s2]. A claim it moved to 'Canal Public House' is wrong; that venue closed in 2016, and the organizer's site still names Yellow Cab Tavern.
1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month · 8 PM · sign-up 7:30 PM
Call to confirm current schedule
The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.
The first and third Wednesday of each month, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The comedy open mic here traces only to a newspaper feature that can no longer be read online. The Venue's Website has now been checked multiple times and makes no mention of an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. This is not treated as proof of closure, since no dated statement says it ended, but the repeated absence is notable.
A ticket page on eventbrite.com lists this night, but may not be current.
Weekly on Wednesdays, 6:00 PM. Only one source reports it.
A ticketing site lists an 'Open Mic Night at Legacy Bar' as part of an ongoing series, with a dated instance for Mar 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The listing is organized by a third party, a community center, not the venue itself or a named host, and that connection to the venue was not confirmed elsewhere. The Venue's Website could not be read.
A social media post describes a free comedy open mic at NextDoor Bar happening every other Sunday, giving a sign-up time of 8:15 PM and a show time of 8:30 PM [s1]. Another social media post separately describes the same every-other-Sunday cadence. A business directory listing checked Aug 14, 2026 confirms the venue is currently open [s2].
2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month · 9:45 PM · sign-up 9:15 PM
Call to confirm current schedule
The Venue's Website suggests it may have ended.
The second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 9:45 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
A regional tourism directory confirms the venue runs open mic nights generally (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The specific classification as a comedy open mic on the second and fourth Wednesday traces only to a newspaper feature that can no longer be read online, so this detail could not be confirmed or refuted.
Thursdays. How often is unclear. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
Call to confirm the night
The venue's events page suggests it may have ended.
The venue's own events page makes no mention of an open mic or Thursdays (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Combined with the venue being a touring-act live-music room, a type that rarely hosts open mics, it is unclear whether this event was ever real as described, rather than simply having stopped.
The third Saturday of each month, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The Hub Dayton's own current site does not mention 'Segue' or poetry anywhere, and its dedicated page for the series returns an error (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. A specific event page for this series from Aug 17, 2024 and a reference to a session on Jan 15, 2025 both now return errors as well [s2]. The most recent evidence found is from January 2025, well outside the roughly 12-month window expected for a monthly event.
Weekly on Thursdays, 9:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The venue is confirmed to still be operating at its listed address and phone number, but the Thursday open mic itself rests only on a listing site. The venue's own homepage does not mention an open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Its events calendar could not be read, so this is not conclusive.
The venue's own events page, checked Aug 14, 2026, lists an autism-friendly open mic on the second Sunday of every month, run with Band Together Central Ohio [s1]. A news article published Apr 7, 2026 names Gatsby's Bar and Grill in Gahanna, confirms the second-Sunday-of-the-month schedule, and says the event has run for about three and a half years under founders Gene and Gwen Harshaw [s2].
Night and frequency are unclear — no source gives either.
Which business this is remains unclear.
Call to confirm the night
A review on yelp.com lists this event, but may not be current.
A review site categorizes this venue as 'Karaoke,' not music or open mic (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. General descriptions mention live music, karaoke, pool, and darts, but nothing separately confirms a distinct open mic apart from karaoke, and no day or time has been found.
The fourth Wednesday of each month. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The blues society's own events page confirms the 'Roots of Rustbelt Blues Jam' runs the fourth Wednesday of the month at Bell Tower Brewery, as current listed programming (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. Which city the brewery is actually in remains unresolved, since other information names a different city.
Both sources give the same night and time, but neither confirms recent activity.
The only description of this open mic is a 2012 feature article, now 14 years old, cited here as this listing's origin rather than as proof the event is current. A review site separately tags the shop as closed as of August 2025, though a single directory tag alone is not conclusive. Checking the article's site again on Aug 14, 2026 found it blocked [s1]. A guessed domain for the shop also failed to resolve [s2].
A news article on warrencountypost.com suggests it may have ended.
A dated local newspaper column from Aug 6, 2026 names Moe Harrigan's Tavern in its live-music listings [s1]. No website exists for the venue to confirm the specific Sunday 'Funday with Acoustic Jr Open Mic.' Coverage elsewhere describes a separate Wednesday live-music night with a different act, which does not contradict the Sunday claim but doesn't confirm it either.
The Venue's Website lists this night, but may not be current.
A regional open-mic listings page confirms Olde Dutch Mill's Thursday night open mic at 7:30 PM (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The page carries no date itself, but it says it is actively updated and correctly separates this venue's event from a different night's bingo at another venue nearby, so it is treated as reliable despite the lack of an explicit date.
The Venue's Website lists this night, but may not be current.
A night called 'Turntable Tuesdays' may have replaced this open mic; that is neither confirmed nor ruled out. The Venue's Website would not load on Aug 14, 2026 [s1].
The venue's own events calendar now lists 'Open Mic / September 9 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm,' a dated forward instance confirming the event (checked Sep 5, 2026) [s3]. This resolves an earlier Lebanon-vs-Middletown location question in Lebanon's favor. The host name in earlier sources, David Thornton, was not reconfirmed on this page. A dated newspaper column from Aug 6, 2026 also places an acoustic open mic here, in Lebanon [s1].
The Venue's Website, checked Aug 14, 2026, lists dated show instances running from Aug 14 through at least Sep 5, 2026, and brands itself 'NE Ohio's largest open mic' [s1]. This matches the weekly free open mic already listed here alongside the club's ticketed shows.
Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00 PM. Something about this has changed recently — confirm before going.
As of Sep 7, 2026, the business at 2242 Greenville Road NE trades as The Local Tap & Grill, under new owners since Sep 2025, and is operating. Whether the Thursday 7-10 PM open mic survived is unverified: the only source for it uses the retired name Yellow Dog Saloon & Grill and is undated (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. The successor's social page needs a login and could not be checked [s2].
Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00 PM. The Venue's Website does not mention it.
The venue's own homepage does not mention an open mic, jam, or a host named Thornton (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1]. This is not treated as a sign of closure, since the site may simply not list this recurring night, and no newer source was found.
A listing on openmicx.com lists this night, but may not be current.
General coverage confirms the venue runs open mic nights, describing musicians and singers as always welcome. A page naming a host, Fred Couch, and a 7 PM time could not be reached to verify and is not used as evidence. A listing site categorizes the venue as a 'Comedy Venue' rather than music, leaving the type unresolved (checked Aug 14, 2026) [s1].
The venue's own event page, checked Aug 14, 2026, describes a rolling sign-up system where each Open Mic Date opens sign-ups for the following month, with confirmed 2026 instances including July 7 and a reference to an August date, each falling on the first Tuesday of its month [s1].
The organization's own site, checked Aug 14, 2026 and upcoming through Aug 30, 2026, states for its Aug 16, 2026 entry — the month's third Sunday — 'We will have a song circle and an open mic' [s1]. This matches the third-Sunday-only pattern already listed here. The site also shows the group meeting through the summer months of June through August, not only September through May as previously recorded.