Open Mics in Washington

The venue's own shows page still describes 'Taste of Improv: An Improv Open Mic' on Wednesdays, calling it Seattle's only open mic of its kind (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1].

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

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

The church's own homepage is silent on any open mic or Monday event (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. Its events page is silent on the same [s2]. The events page had failed to load in an earlier check but loads fully now. A calendar page and a ministries page both show not-found errors. This confirms the church is active, but gives no evidence either way about this event, whose freshest support remains an unverified 2023 lead.

The sources disagree on the night.

An events-listing site specifically lists this open mic as running every Wednesday at 7:30 PM, calling it Darrell's venerable weekly open mic (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. The venue's own show calendar no longer names the event title recorded earlier, showing instead a differently named listing, 'Open Mic Album Release Party' [s2]. This is read as the same weekly Wednesday program under a new name, not a sign it has ended.

The venue's own show calendar still reads 'Every Sunday Night at 7PM Darrell's Jazz Jam,' with a $10 suggested donation, hosted by Kevin McCarthy (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1].

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

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

The Venue's Website is blocked to automatic access, not evidence either way (checked Aug 31, 2026). An open-mic listing site's date reads today's date exactly, the same artifact seen on other listings from the same site regardless of the actual event day, so it cannot be trusted [s1]. A blues-society listing corroborates the venue, day and time, but is itself about 17 months stale, so no current signal was found [s2].

The sources disagree on the night.

The Venue's Website remains blocked to automatic access, not evidence either way (checked Aug 31, 2026). An open-mic listing site's date is a placeholder equal to today's date, so it cannot serve as a real dated signal [s1]. A blues-society listing corroborates the venue and day but is itself about 17 months stale [s2]. A separate, unverified claim that Saturday might really be live bands rather than an open mic remains unresolved.

The venue's own current page describes an ongoing 'Friday Night Open Mic' running since 2006, with sign-in from 6:30-7:15 PM and a $5 suggested donation (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1].

The venue's own homepage says open mic nights run every Wednesday, 6:00-10:00 PM, with doors at 6 PM and performers starting at 7 PM (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1].

A public arts organization's page describes this as a monthly poetry open mic held every first Friday, and remains current as of Aug 15, 2026 [s1]. A student newspaper feature describes the series as running for about 12 years, hosted by Chris Cook [s2].

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

A claim that this poetry slam disbanded in August 2021 traces to a page that remains unreachable (checked Aug 15, 2026) [s1]. A city arts-grant page describes the group in the present tense, saying it hosts two events a month on the first Sunday and third Monday, matching the schedule here [s2]. That is undated prose, not a dated instance, so it does not confirm activity alone, but it counters the unverified disbandment claim.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

The Venue's Website could not be reached when checked Aug 15, 2026 [s1]. A touring band's gig-calendar page for the venue turned up only a 2024 date, not a current jam night [s3]. A review site's listing carries no closed marker, suggesting the restaurant is still open [s4].

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

The sources disagree on the night.

A news article reports the venue's owner, who had run it since 2006, died unexpectedly (reported Jan 23, 2025) [s1]. A listing site shows an open mic there on Monday, Jan 5, 2026, 7:00-11:00 PM [s3]. That is about seven months after the owner's death. Sources give 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM as the start time; the current schedule is unconfirmed.

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

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

A page on spokanelibrary.libnet.info lists this night, but may not be current.

Sundays, 2:00 PM. Runs seasonally. Only one source reports it.

A regional bluegrass association's own listing page confirms this jam runs on the second Sunday of the month, with matching contact details (checked Aug 15, 2026) [s1]. The series is explicitly seasonal and dark from June through August, so its current quiet period is expected, not a sign it has stopped.

The sources disagree on the night.

The business's website is a placeholder saying it is under construction, serving 'Purdy's Pub' and a new 'Purdy's Craft House & Arcade,' with no mention of music, though it returns the same response for any address, not evidence the jam stopped (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. A listing site's search finds no mention of blues or jam nights [s2]. Sources disagree on the night — Tuesday or every Thursday — and neither is confirmed running.

The venue's own calendar page links to a social-media profile branded 'Bob's Comedy Jive,' added to the page about ten months earlier, suggesting the comedy branding is current (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. No specific dated instance of the Thursday show itself was found, and the rest of the venue's calendar still does not resolve into readable text.

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

This event's existence rests on an unverified claim, not on any page that was directly read. The venue's own calendar remains unreadable as text when checked Aug 31, 2026 [s1]. No newer evidence was found.

A regional blues association's own calendar lists upcoming dates for this Sunday jam, hosted by Billy Shew and friends, on Sep 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2026 (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. The venue's own events page still lists 'Sundays Jam Night 7pm-11pm Billy Shew,' consistent with this [s2].

A regional blues association's own calendar lists upcoming dates for this Thursday jam, called 'Billy "The Pocket" Blues Jams,' on Sep 10, 17, and 24, 2026 (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. The venue's own events page still lists 'Thursdays Jam Night 7pm-11pm Billy Barner' [s2].

The sources disagree on the night.

A regional blues association's calendar names this Wednesday jam as hosted by Lynn Sorensen and Doug McGreen, 8 PM-midnight (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. The venue's own events page spells the second host's name slightly differently, as Doug McGrew, but otherwise agrees on the night, hosts, and hours [s2].

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

The Venue's Website was checked for 'Friday' and 'open mic' (checked Aug 31, 2026): every Friday mention is about hours or reservations, and 'open mic' does not appear anywhere [s1]. No other source, including review sites and social media, mentions any live entertainment here. An open-mic listing site is the only source for this event; it may describe an event that never existed here [s2].

The venue's own open-mic page still describes 'Tight Five Tuesdays,' a weekly walk-in comedy open mic with 12-16 spots, the list pulled at 8:00 PM (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1].

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

The Venue's Website could not be reached, a fact about the connection, not evidence it or its mic has closed (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. An unverified claim says the venue is closed Monday and Tuesday, leaving no slot for this mic; a listing site shows no match, and an April 2025 arts calendar omits it too. None of this is dated proof the mic ended, but together it is the clearest sign of trouble found so far.

Weekly on Sundays, 6:00 PM. The Venue's Website has gone offline since we found this.

A review site's venue listing still shows 'Open Mic' as a current event type (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. The same review site's page also shows a dated instance on Sunday, May 17, 2026, about three and a half months earlier [s2]. The Venue's Website could not be reached, but this does not count against the finding.

The sources disagree about whether it still runs.

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

An open-mic listing site's date for this event turned out to be a generic template value, not a real update, so it counts only as one possible source, not confirmation. The venue's own homepage lists only its regular operating hours, with no mention of an open mic (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1]. A regional events-listing site shows no open-mic listing for this venue either [s2].

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

The Venue's Website uses a calendar module whose event listings do not resolve into readable text, so its Monday programming could not be confirmed there. The word 'Monday' appears only in what looks like a script reference on that page, not in visible event content. An open-mic listing site is the only source naming this event, and a listing site alone is not enough to confirm it [s1].

The venue's own open-mic page confirms its 6th and Proctor location, the address listed here, runs open mics on both Mondays and Thursdays (checked Aug 31, 2026) [s1].