open mic night
Anyone can perform
Open mic night is a scheduled event, usually at a bar, coffeehouse, or comedy club, where amateur performers can take the stage.
Anyone who signs up gets a few minutes to perform—typically standup comedy, poetry, or music.
The atmosphere ranges from supportive to brutally indifferent: He bombed at open mic night but kept going back.
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- stageRaised performance platform
- standupSolo comedic performance
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- first timerOne attempting something new
stand up comedy · spotlight · audience · tough crowd · heckler · nervous · stage fright · laughter · performer · poetry · spoken word · jokes · crowd · talent · bombing · dead silence · set · venue
- bar activitiesdarts, drinking, pool, karaoke, beer pong
- book eventsbook signing, author visits, book launch, author visit, author reading
- performancestalent show, dance routine, ballet, comedy act, variety show
- open micssign-up sheets, sign-up sheet, stage time, emcee, emcees
- recitationrecitation, poetry recitation, dramatic reading, dramatic readings, poetry reading
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
open mic nightarena tour
Performance series across large venues
stadium concert · sold-out show · world tour · Vegas residency · recording session
open mic nightBroadway show
Manhattan theatrical production
stadium tour · theatrical production · concert tour · opera · gala performance
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