Hosting an Open Mic?
We'll Take the Clipboard.
A free sign-up list, a show-night mode for your phone, a poster to print, and a place for tips to land. Everything a host needs, at no cost, forever.
Why We Do This
We want more people out making music, telling jokes, and reading their work out loud, and we want it happening in independent rooms: small bars, cafés, and breweries that said yes to a mic on a Tuesday night. Right now, most open mics run on one person with a clipboard, a spreadsheet, and a phone that won't stop buzzing with sign-up texts. We built the tools on this page to take that clipboard off a host's hands: an online sign-up list, a phone-friendly way to run the show, a poster for the wall, and a place for tips to land directly with you. None of it costs you anything, and we don't take a cut of your cover, your tips, or anything else that happens in your room.
What You Get
Fill Your List Before Doors Open
Performers request a slot online before your show. Anyone who isn't already a verified account holder has to confirm by email before they hold a spot, so the names on your list are real addresses, not whatever someone typed in. You decide who sets the running order: first come, first served fills slots as sign-ups land; lottery lets people sign up anytime and you draw the order live on show night; or you pick the order yourself and reorder anyone from Show Night Mode. Set your max slots, minutes per performer, and how many hours before showtime the list opens.
Run the Whole Night From Your Phone
Open Show Night Mode and check performers in as they walk through the door. Mark a no-show and the next person on your waitlist gets bumped into the open slot automatically. Add walk-ins on the spot, run your lottery draw with one tap, and keep every set on time with the built-in timer.
Never Explain How to Sign Up Again
Print a QR table tent for your tables or a poster for your wall. Performers scan it and land straight on your sign-up page: no spelling out a URL, no scribbled clipboard.
Get Tipped, Directly
Add your Venmo, Cash App, or PayPal to your listing. Performers tip you straight from your page. We don't touch the money, and we don't take a cut.
Tonight's Post, Already Written
We draft social copy for tonight's show and drop it in your dashboard. Copy it, post it, mark it done.
See Who's Actually Looking
Track page views and clicks on your listing over the last 30 days, right from your dashboard.
Keep Your Listing Current
Update your schedule, cover charge, age limit, equipment, parking, drink specials, and notes any time, plus an optional end time if your night doesn't run on the clock. Upload a poster, and once we confirm you're the host, your listing gets a verified badge.
On Every Calendar, On Your Own Site
A calendar feed keeps your schedule current on performers' phones. An embeddable widget puts your listing on your own website, pulled live so it never goes stale.
How It Works
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Find Your Venue
Search the directory or browse by day to find your listing.
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Claim It With Your Email
Click "Claim this listing," enter your email, and confirm you're authorized to manage it. One link, no password to create.
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You're In
Click the verification link we email you and you land straight in your dashboard, sign-ups, show-night mode, and everything else, ready to turn on.
Free. Now and Forever.
Every tool on this page costs nothing, and it always will. No trial, no card on file, no feature waiting behind a paywall.
Find Your VenueThe one thing on this whole site that costs money is an optional featured placement for $15/month. It puts a gold badge on your listing and moves it to the top of your day. It's entirely optional and changes nothing about the free tools above.