City Centre · Every Wednesday · Free

The Phoenix Open Mic

Exeter's Wednesday-night free open mic at Bradninch Place, EX4 3LS — arts centre cafe, PA + guitar amp + piano, 12-minute slots.

The Phoenix Open Mic — Quick Facts

Exeter's Wednesday-night free open mic at Bradninch Place, EX4 3LS — arts centre cafe, PA + guitar amp + piano, 12-minute slots.

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The Details

Everything you need before you turn up

DayWednesday
Start8pm
Sign-up7:30pm walk-in
Slot length12 min
EntryFree · all ages
Capacity~100 standing
Performer typesMusic · Folk · Poetry
Sound engineerBYO / hire on the night

Where

The Phoenix Bradninch Place, Gandy Street
City Centre
Exeter EX4 3LS

Contact

Walk-in sign-up only
No advance booking
Host: in-house team

Highlights

Free entry
PA provided
MusicFolkPoetryAll agesWalk-in
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What's on Stage

PA + monitors
Drum kit
Guitar amp
Bass amp
Keys / keyboard
2 vocal mics
In-house engineer

The Phoenix is an arts centre with a long-running Wednesday open mic in the cafe space — folk, songwriter, poetry.

180 minutes, 15 acts at 12 minutes.

Sign-up process

Sheet at the cafe at 7:30pm. Walk-in.

Getting there

Bradninch Place, EX4 3LS. 4 minutes from Exeter Central.

The venue

Arts centre cafe. All ages until 9pm. Capacity ~100.

Find The Phoenix

Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, City Centre, Exeter EX4 3LS

Common Questions

Seven things people ask before turning up at Exeter's The Phoenix open mic.

Walk-in sign-up only, opens at 7:30pm. Arrive early — slots fill on the night. Backup options if you don't get on: other Exeter open mics the same week.
PA + vocal mic provided. BYO instrument and amp. Need a venue with full backline? Try the backline filter.
12 minutes per act — typically 3 songs solo or 4 for a band.
Yes — free entry for performers and audience. Most Exeter mics are free; browse the list.
Solo and duo acts work best given the gear available; ask the host before bringing a full band. For full-band-friendly mics, filter the directory by backline.
Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, City Centre, Exeter EX4 3LS.
Mostly fellow musicians, friends and Exeter regulars who turn up across the Exeter live music scene. Exeter open mic crowds tend to listen attentively — this isn't a chatter-over-the-music kind of night.

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