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
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Flores was working as a teller at a PNC Bank when the owner of the Comedy Shrine in Aurora, a client of the bank, invited him repeatedly to their open mic night.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Singer Janelle Monáe has credited Porter and her company for launching her career after inviting her to an open mic night, USA Today reported.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Moscow Contemporary, an arts organization in Moscow, Idaho – a city of about 27,000 people — is planning two days of events, including a roundtable discussion on civil disobedience and an open mic night.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
Keable draws equally from her South London stomping grounds and Colombian heritage, blending the intimacy of Brixton open mic nights with the punchiness of her beloved horn sections in her explorations of love, relationships and maturation.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Singer Janelle Monáe has credited Porter and her company for launching her career after inviting her to an open mic night, USA Today reported.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Moscow Contemporary, an arts organization in Moscow, Idaho – a city of about 27,000 people — is planning two days of events, including a roundtable discussion on civil disobedience and an open mic night.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
Keable draws equally from her South London stomping grounds and Colombian heritage, blending the intimacy of Brixton open mic nights with the punchiness of her beloved horn sections in her explorations of love, relationships and maturation.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Open mic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20mic. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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