City Centre · Every Thursday · Free

Porter's Open Mic

Bangor's Thursday-night free open mic at 76 High Street, LL57 1NN — student-friendly bar, PA + guitar amp, 12-minute slots.

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Porter's Open Mic — Quick Facts

Bangor's Thursday-night free open mic at 76 High Street, LL57 1NN — student-friendly bar, PA + guitar amp, 12-minute slots.

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The Details

Everything you need before you turn up

DayThursday
Start8pm
Sign-up7:30pm walk-in
Slot length12 min
EntryFree · 18+
Capacity~80 standing
Performer typesMusic
Sound engineerBYO / hire on the night

Where

Porter's 76 High Street
City Centre
Bangor LL57 1NN

Contact

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

Highlights

Free entry
PA provided
Music18+Walk-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

Porter's is a Bangor student-area bar with a Thursday open mic — songwriters, acoustic acts.

180 minutes, 15 acts at 12 minutes.

Sign-up process

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

Getting there

76 High Street, LL57 1NN. 8 minutes from Bangor Rail.

The venue

Student-area bar. 18+. Capacity ~80.

Part of the Bangor live music scene.

Find Porter's

76 High Street, City Centre, Bangor LL57 1NN

Common Questions

Seven things people ask before turning up at Bangor's Porter's 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 Bangor 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 Bangor 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.
76 High Street, City Centre, Bangor LL57 1NN.
Mostly fellow musicians, friends and Bangor regulars who turn up across the Bangor live music scene. Bangor open mic crowds tend to listen attentively — this isn't a chatter-over-the-music kind of night.

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