Unleash Your Inner Shakespeare, Satriani or Sarah Silverman
All the world’s a stage… but do you have the guts to step up to the mic?
There’s been a recent renaissance in the local open mic scene expanding past penniless guitarists and urban hipsters. These diverse performances feature consultants as comedians, paralegals as poets, and medics as musicians… are alliterations always appreciated? (Applause!) Open mics deliver a different type of energy—starting with respect for someone taking a risk and making the leap from spectator to participant. Sure, we’re all good looking, but we ain’t merely wallflowers.
The quintessential open mic event in the City actually has no microphone. Each Thursday, a diverse collection of folks convenes at 16th and Mission to entertain without boundaries. Other distinctive open mic nights listed below. Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?
Till next time!
~Mister Archer
Monday:
Brainwash at 1122 Folsom St, SF (Comedy, Music, Poetry)
Riptide Tavern at 3639 Taraval St, SF (Music)
Melt! at 700 Columbus Ave, SF (Music)
Blakes at 2367 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley (Music)
Peri’s Silver Dollar at 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax (Music)
Tuesday:
Annie’s Social Club at 917 Folsom St, SF (Comedy)
No Name Bar at 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito (Music)
Wednesday:
Sacred Grounds at 2095 Hayes St, SF (Poetry)
Thursday:
16th & Mission at 16th St BART Station, SF (Poetry)
Bazaar Cafe at 5927 California St, SF (Spoken Word, Music)
Ireland’s 32 at 3920 Geary Blvd, SF (Music)
Friday:
Cafe International at 508 Haight St, SF (Music)
On the Full Moon:
Galeria De La Raza at 2857 24th St, SF (Bilingual Poetry)
