Open Mics in Pennsylvania

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Monday music open mic at North Third (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Friday open mic at One Art Community Center (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Tuesday music open mic at Ortlieb's Lounge (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Wednesday music open mic at Paddy Whacks (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.

Occasional.

An open-mic listing site's citywide events table lists five upcoming dated instances of this event, Sunday Aug 9, Monday Aug 17, Sunday Sep 13, Monday Sep 21, and Tuesday Sep 29, 2026, spanning three different weekdays (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This is a genuinely irregular schedule rather than a gap in the data.

Occasional.

An open-mic listing site's citywide events table confirms an instance of this event, 'Pencilmania 3,' on Sep 5, 2026, priced at $20 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Tickets for it are sold through a ticketing site. The '3' suggests at least two earlier installments, but how often this recurs, whether annual or occasional, remains unknown.

The venue's own ticketing platform describes a competitive, limited-slot sign-up through an online form plus an in-person day-of list, with no 'bringer' requirement, and confirms three dated Monday instances in 2026 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A separate open-mic listing site describes the same sign-up process.

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

A page on creativephl.org lists this event, but may not be current.

A city arts organization's events calendar lists two dated instances of this event, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026, and Saturday, Jun 13, 2026, confirming the series is real and recurs (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Because those two dates fall on different weekdays, no single regular day could be established.

The sources disagree on the night.

An open-mic listing site's citywide events table lists dated instances on March 1, April 26, May 17, June 28, and August 23, 2026, at 5:30 PM, showing this event runs monthly with the date varying (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Other information had instead claimed it always falls on the fourth Sunday and gives a start time of 2:00-5:00 PM; neither point is reconciled here.

An open-mic listing site's citywide events table lists this event on Sunday, Aug 16, 2026, from 3 to 6 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Whether it repeats beyond that date has not been confirmed.

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

Weekly on Wednesdays, 8:00 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.

An open-mic listing site lists a Wednesday open mic at Stir Lounge (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.

An open-mic listing site's citywide events table, with dated entries running through November 2026, lists this event on Saturday, Aug 8, 2026, from 8 to 11 PM, described as poetry and karaoke at Malelani Cafe (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Whether it repeats beyond that date has not been confirmed.

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Wednesday music open mic at The 700 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. No Venue's Website could be located and no specific dated instance was found to confirm this.

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

An open-mic listing site lists this event on Wednesdays (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A different open-mic listing site lists it on Sundays instead [s2]. No Venue's Website could be found to check which day is correct, so the day remains undetermined.

A public record shows an active food-service licence there through April 2027 (checked Sep 7, 2026) [s3]. A ticketing site lists a scheduled show there on Sep 12, 2026 [s4]. The venue's own Facebook page posted on Aug 23, 2026 promoting a last-Sunday open mic and karaoke [s6]. Its schedule reads '1st/3rd/5th Monday' against this listing's cadence, leaving the exact rotation uncertain.

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

A ticketing site's only dated listing for this venue is a 'Blackout Edition' event on Friday, Nov 28, 2025, about eight and a half months earlier (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. This event is currently listed as weekly, for which that date is borderline too old to confirm as current; it would fall within range if the event were only monthly. The Venue's Website could not be read.

The university's own event page directly states this runs weekly on Thursdays at 8 PM, with sign-up at 7:30 PM (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. Today falls during summer break, so any current quiet period is expected rather than a sign the event has ended.

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

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Tuesday music open mic at Time (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A second open-mic listing site agrees [s2]. A 2015 news round-up also names this venue without giving an address, suggesting the name has been around a while, but that mention is about eleven years old and too stale to confirm current status [s3].

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

The only source is a single open-mic listing site, not corroborated elsewhere (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].

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

An open-mic listing site lists a Thursday comedy open mic at Watutsi Pub (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. A social media post also mentions Thursday, but it could not be read again to confirm. Whether this runs weekly or every other week is unresolved, and sources give 8:30 PM and 9:00 PM as the start time without saying which is correct.

An open-mic listing site's citywide events table confirms an instance of this event on Friday, Sep 18, 2026 (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1].

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

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

The sources disagree on the night.

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

A regional live-music round-up published Aug 7, 2026 confirms bluegrass jams happen at this venue on weekends, but does not say whether that means Saturday, Sunday, or both (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The event itself appears to be currently active, though its exact day remains unknown.

A regional live-music round-up published Aug 7, 2026, about a week earlier, names Steel City Coffeehouse & Brewery in Phoenixville as having a Thursday open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. The Venue's Website was not checked to confirm this.

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

The only mention found is a thin online round-up reference, with no source that could be checked and no Venue's Website, the same situation as a nearby State College listing (checked Aug 13, 2026). This has not been checked.

Occasional.

The Venue's Website's page for C4C: The Understory carries an image dated April 2026, consistent with a spring-semester open mic (checked Aug 13, 2026) [s1]. No newer instance is posted, but that is expected since the check fell during summer break, with no fall 2026 dates announced yet.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.