The Rumsey Wells Open Mic
Norwich's Thursday-night free open mic at 8 St Andrews Street, NR2 4AF — back-room music pub, full backline, in-house engineer, 12-minute slots.
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Last updated: 3 June 2026
The Rumsey Wells Open Mic — Quick Facts
Norwich's Thursday-night free open mic at 8 St Andrews Street, NR2 4AF — back-room music pub, full backline, in-house engineer, 12-minute slots.
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Where
The Rumsey Wells8 St Andrews Street
City Centre
Norwich NR2 4AF
City Centre, Norwich — check venue website for parking and nearest station.
Contact
Walk-in sign-up only
No advance booking
Host: in-house team
Highlights
What's on Stage
Equipment and backline available at this venue. We verify and update this section regularly.
About This Open Mic
The Night
The Rumsey Wells ("Pie, Beer, Music") is a characterful Norwich pub on St Andrews Street, and its monthly Electronic Music Open Mic Night — billed as 'Norfolk' editions — is a genuinely distinctive Thursday session for original electronic music. Bring your own kit (laptops, synths, drum machines, loop stations, samplers, modular, decks — all welcome) and plug into the house PA; it's a listening room for dance, ambient, techno, glitch, chiptune and everything between. Sign up from 7:30pm on the night, music from 8pm, slots up to 20 minutes on a first-come, first-served basis. You're welcome just to come and listen too.
About The Rumsey Wells
The Rumsey Wells is a back-room music pub on St Andrews Street in central Norwich (NR2 4AF), with a capacity of around 100. It's best known for its Electronic Music Open Mic (EMOM), held on the first Thursday of the month, where electronic-music makers bring laptops, synths, drum machines, loop stations, groove boxes, samplers, modular rigs and decks to perform up to 20-minute slots of original work spanning dance, ambient, techno, electropop, glitch, chiptune, hip hop and more — sign-up on the night. Open Mon–Fri noon–midnight, Sat noon–1am and Sun 2–9pm, it's a welcoming, original-music-first room and a distinctive corner of the Norwich grass-roots scene.




Planning Your Thursday Night
Arrive by 19:30 to sign up for a slot. Entry is free and the open mic typically runs until 23:00. Full backline is provided — just bring your instrument and pedals.
Part of the Norwich live music scene.
Find The Rumsey Wells
8 St Andrews Street, City Centre, Norwich NR2 4AF
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