Clerkenwell · Every Wednesday · Free

The Slaughtered Lamb Open Mic

Clerkenwell's Wednesday-night free open mic at 34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DX — basement stage, PA + guitar amp, 12-minute slots, 18+.

The Slaughtered Lamb Open Mic — Quick Facts

Clerkenwell's Wednesday-night free open mic at 34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DX — basement stage, PA + guitar amp, 12-minute slots, 18+.

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The Details

Everything you need before you turn up

DayWednesday
Start7:30pm
Sign-up7pm walk-in
Slot length12 min
EntryFree · 18+
Capacity~80 standing
Performer typesMusic
Sound engineerBYO / hire on the night

Where

The Slaughtered Lamb 34-35 Great Sutton Street
Clerkenwell
London EC1V 0DX

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

The Slaughtered Lamb runs music from a small basement room with a long-standing reputation among London singer-songwriters as a "first proper stage" — intimate, attentive, and right in the EC1 corridor that promoters scout from.

Wednesday open mic is 180 minutes with around 15 acts at 12 minutes. Solo and duo acoustic acts work best; full bands are uncommon because there's no drum kit and the bass amp situation is BYO.

Sign-up process

Sheet at the upstairs bar at 7pm. Acts are called in sign-up order. Arrive by 7pm for a guaranteed slot.

Getting there

34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DX. 5 minutes from Farringdon (Thameslink, Elizabeth Line) and 7 minutes from Barbican. Buses 55, 153, 243 stop on Goswell Road.

The venue

Upstairs is a normal pub; the music room is downstairs. 18+ policy strictly enforced. Capacity in the basement is ~80 standing — fills early on Wednesdays. Kitchen serves until 9pm; tap selection is solid.

Find The Slaughtered Lamb

34-35 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 0DX

Common Questions

Seven things people ask before turning up at London's The Slaughtered Lamb open mic.

Walk-in sign-up only, opens at 7pm. Arrive early — slots fill on the night. Backup options if you don't get on: other London 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 London 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.
34-35 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 0DX.
Mostly fellow musicians, friends and London regulars who turn up across the London live music scene. London open mic crowds tend to listen attentively — this isn't a chatter-over-the-music kind of night.

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