open mic

noun

variants or less commonly open mike

: an event in which amateurs may perform (as at a comedy club) usually without auditioning first

Examples of open mic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to twice-monthly open mics, Sweetwater gives its stage for free to the California Bluegrass Association and the Golden Gate Blues Society to host open jams one Sunday a month, paying a small fee to the session’s organizer. —Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025

Kemple plans to expand the Tap's calendar to four shows each Thursday through Saturday, plus, continue open mic Wednesdays. —Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025

The brewery boasts an expansive outdoor seating area, plenty of delicious flagship brews, and a rotating events calendar of open mics and karaoke. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025

In the current political climate, Americans can’t even get through an open mic school board or city council meeting without threats of political violence. —Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for open mic

• businesslike
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• workmanlike
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• dislike