The Wenlock Arms Open Mic — Quick Facts
Hoxton's Tuesday-night free acoustic open mic at 26 Wenlock Road, N1 7TA — small room, PA + guitar amp, 15-minute slots, walk-in only.
Everything you need before you turn up
Where
The Wenlock Arms
26 Wenlock Road
Hoxton
London N1 7TA
Contact
Walk-in sign-up only
No advance booking
Host: in-house team
Highlights
What's on Stage
The Wenlock Arms is a CAMRA-favourite pub on the Regent's Canal that runs a no-frills Tuesday acoustic open mic. Format is unusually relaxed — long slots, polite-but-quiet listening room, real ales, no posturing.
180 minutes, 12 acts at 15 minutes — generous compared to most London mics. Songwriters and folk-leaning duos dominate. Crowd is 40-70 people, almost entirely there for the music (this isn't a big general-public pub).
Sign-up process
Sheet on the bar at 7:30pm. Walk-in only. The format expects acts to play 3 songs; the host (a regular) calls names from the list.
Getting there
26 Wenlock Road, N1 7TA. 6 minutes from Old Street (Northern Line) or 8 minutes from Hoxton (Overground). Buses 21, 76, 141 stop on City Road.
The venue
Single small room — bar in the middle, stools around the walls. Capacity ~80. Pub food until 9pm; the cask selection is the main draw. Quiet enough that you can hear an acoustic guitar from any corner.
Part of the London live music scene.
Find The Wenlock Arms
26 Wenlock Road, Hoxton, London N1 7TA