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Open Mic Nights in Birmingham

Every Birmingham open mic night - when it runs, how sign-up works, what kit is there.

94% of them list no entry fee; 3 have a full backline. Re-checked on a rolling cycle.

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Updated 12 November 2026

At a glance
Birmingham
17
Open mic
nights
listed in Birmingham
In detail
7 days from Fri 13 Novat least 13
Nights of the week5 of 7
No fee listed94% of nights
Full backline3 nights
Open-Mic Score73 /100
01 — Find a night
18 nights
Pick your night
When
Day
Has
Type
City
Sort
VariesFri Kick-off19:30 Old Joint StockCity Centre · BirminghamPaidHouse PADates vary Hare And HoundsKings Heath · BirminghamNo feeFull kit 16:00Sun The Old Moseley ArmsBalsall Heath · BirminghamNo feeHouse PA 20:30Sun The Hive Cafe and BakeryJewellery Quarter · BirminghamNo fee3rd Tue of the month 19:00Tue The Sunflower LoungeCity Centre · BirminghamNo feeFull kit 19:00Tue The Alvechurch InnAlvechurch · BirminghamNo feeHouse PAMonthly 20:30Tue The Three TunsThe Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham · Sutton ColdfieldNo feeFull kit 20:30Tue Ale Hub DroitwichYew Tree Hill · DroitwichNo feeLast Wed of the month 19:30Wed Actress & BishopBirminghamNo feeHouse PA3rd Wed of the month 20:00Wed DJ QuinnsBirminghamNo feeHouse PA 20:00Wed
02 — The scene
Open-Mic Score
73
Out of
100
Strong — affordability and backline lead the mix, with room to grow on coverage.
Ranked against UK cities (0-100)
Choice68
Schedule fixed scale71
Coverage47
Affordability fixed scale94
Backline88
Walk-in fixed scale72
03 — By night
Nights listed
Birmingham's week
01Wednesday 5 nights
02Thursday 5 nights
03Tuesday 4 nights
04Sunday 2 nights
05Friday Tonight 1 night
04 — More of Birmingham
Beyond the list
Featured open micHare And HoundsKings Heath · Sun nights
Popular nightsThe Old Moseley Arms
The Hive Cafe and Bakery
The Sunflower Lounge
The Three Tuns
This month
Added1
Removed0
Verified1
Re-verified3
Also in Birmingham
Birmingham gigsBooked slots, by date
What's on this weekEvery gig over the next seven days
Birmingham venuesThe rooms behind the nights
Birmingham music sceneVenues, rates, guides and gigs
05 — Other cities
90 cities
Nights elsewhere
LeicesterNottinghamOxford
All cities, A–ZNights
A
Aberdeen18Aberystwyth7Accrington8Aldershot14
B
Basildon12Bath13Bedford10Belfast18Billericay4Blackburn5Blackpool22Boston9Bournemouth16Bradford19Brighton45Bristol35Broxbourne8
C
Cambridge17Cardiff34Carlisle9Chelmsford8Cheltenham19Cirencester7Coventry19Crawley13
D
Derby16Derry6Doncaster12Dublin1Dundee20Durham10
E
Edinburgh34Egham11Epsom10Exeter24
F
Farnborough4
G
Glasgow44Gloucester13Grimsby8
H
Hastings15Hereford21High Wycombe12Horley3Hull18
I
Inverness11Ipswich16
L
Leeds34Leicester18Lincoln14Liverpool27London70Luton7
M
Maidstone9Manchester59Margate16Middlesbrough11Milton Keynes10
N
Newcastle25Newquay10Newry5Northampton14Norwich20Nottingham32
O
Oxford23
P
Peterborough12Plymouth14Portsmouth17Preston17
R
Rawtenstall12Reading17
S
Scarborough11Sheffield38Southampton28Stockton-on-Tees8Stoke-on-Trent19Sunderland13Sutton12Swansea22Swindon12
T
Telford15Tunbridge Wells9
W
Waterlooville11Watford12Welshpool2Weymouth12Woking14Wolverhampton23Worthing1Wrexham18
Y
York27
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Birmingham Open Mics

Open Mic Nights in Birmingham

17 open mic nights across Kings Heath, Balsall Heath, Jewellery Quarter, City Centre + more — part of the wider UK open mic directory. Re-verified on a rolling cycle.

73/ 100
Birmingham Open-Mic Score
StrongAffordability and backline lead the mix, with room to grow on coverage.
Choice68
Schedule71
Coverage47
Affordability94
Backline88
Walk-in72
94% of Birmingham open mics list no entry fee — check the night, sign up, play

Last updated: 12 November 2026

17 Open Mic Nights Across Birmingham

At least 13 open mic nights are on in and around Birmingham in the 7 days from Fri 13 Nov; the other 4 run less often or on dates that vary, so check their listing. 17 open mic nights (11 verified) are running in and around Birmingham, from venues like Hare And Hounds, and 3 offer a full backline. Wednesday and Thursday are the busiest. Every listing shows when we last checked it. Open mics are one layer of the Birmingham circuit — see what’s on in Birmingham over the next four weeks for the ticketed bills at the same venues.

17
open mic nights listed in Birmingham
  • 13 of 17 take walk-in sign-up on the night · 1 list an entry fee
  • 3 venues offer full backline (drum kit, guitar amp, bass amp, mics)
  • Spread across 5 different nights of the week
  • Music + comedy + poetry — filter by type below
17
Open mic nights
5
Nights a week
94%
No fee listed
3
Full backline
Last updated

What’s on in Birmingham this week — or see what’s on across the UK.

By Day of the Week

17 open mic nights are listed in Birmingham, across 5 nights of the week. Pick a night, see what's on. Each card shows venue, sign-up time, slot length, fee and backline.

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Venues in Birmingham

80 grassroots music venues are listed in Birmingham, including rooms that host these open mics and the places to play once you are ready for a gig. Each card opens the venue's own page with its capacity, kit and what is on.

See all 80 Birmingham venues

Birmingham Open Mic Scene in Numbers

Counted from the 17 Birmingham open mic nights listed: 94% have no entry fee listed, 18% have full backline and Wednesday is the busiest night. The chart shows how the week's nights split, day by day.

17
Nights listed
5
Nights a week
94%
No fee listed
18%
Full backline
88%
PA provided
Wed
Busiest night
12 min
Typical slot
20:00
Typical start
Open mics by night · share of the week

Birmingham Open Mic FAQs

6 answers about open mics in Birmingham, from the best nights for new performers and what is on tonight to whether they are free, which have full backline and how to get a regular slot.

Hare And Hounds is one of the most-recommended starter mics — check the cards above for full backline + walk-in sign-up venues, which tend to be most welcoming for first-timers. For broader context, browse the UK open mic directory.
Birmingham has 5 different open-mic nights running across the week. Use the day filter above to see what's on tonight.
Open mics are the regular, low-key layer of the scene. For the ticketed and one-off bills, what’s on in Birmingham over the next four weeks lists every grassroots gig we hold for the city — often at the same venues that host these mics. The full evergreen listing is the Birmingham gig directory.
16 of the 17 open mics we list in Birmingham list no entry fee and 1 do; most open mics are free, but check with the venue. Filter the main directory by "Free entry" for the wider list.
3 of Birmingham's 17 open mics have a full backline (drum kit, guitar amp, bass amp, mics). Filter by 'Full backline' tag to see them.
Show up to the same mic 4-6 weeks in a row — hosts run on consistency. Once you're known, ask the host about a featured or paid support slot. We've written a longer guide on how to get paid gigs as a UK artist.
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How the nights run. 11 of the 17 running nights are weekly and 6 run less often, so check the date before you go. Most start between 19:00 and 20:00. Where a slot length is listed, it is usually 12 minutes. Where a sign-up time is listed, the list usually opens around 19:30.

Who plays. Besides music, 2 take poetry, 1 takes spoken word and 1 takes comedy. With a PA listed at 15 nights, a singer-songwriter can bring just an instrument.

After the open mic. For a paid set after the open mic, the Birmingham venue directory lists the rooms that book live music and the GX Index shows what they pay. Want to run one? How to start an open mic night. More open mics nearby: Leicester (18), Nottingham (32) and Oxford (23).

More Cities

Switch to another UK city for the same format with its own local nights, start times and sign-up details, or go back to the UK open mic finder to search every listing at once.

London70 micsManchester59 micsBrighton45 micsGlasgow44 micsSheffield38 micsBristol35 micsCardiff34 micsEdinburgh34 micsLeeds34 micsNottingham32 micsSouthampton28 micsLiverpool27 micsYork27 micsNewcastle25 micsExeter24 micsOxford23 micsWolverhampton23 micsBlackpool22 micsSwansea22 micsHereford21 micsDundee20 micsNorwich20 micsBradford19 micsCheltenham19 micsCoventry19 micsStoke-on-Trent19 micsAberdeen18 micsBelfast18 micsHull18 micsLeicester18 micsWrexham18 micsCambridge17 micsPortsmouth17 micsPreston17 micsReading17 micsBournemouth16 micsDerby16 micsIpswich16 micsMargate16 micsHastings15 micsTelford15 micsAldershot14 micsLincoln14 micsNorthampton14 micsPlymouth14 micsWoking14 micsBath13 micsCrawley13 micsGloucester13 micsSunderland13 micsBasildon12 micsDoncaster12 micsHigh Wycombe12 micsPeterborough12 micsRawtenstall12 micsSutton12 micsSwindon12 micsWatford12 micsWeymouth12 micsEgham11 micsInverness11 micsMiddlesbrough11 micsScarborough11 micsWaterlooville11 micsBedford10 micsDurham10 micsEpsom10 micsMilton Keynes10 micsNewquay10 micsBoston9 micsCarlisle9 micsMaidstone9 micsTunbridge Wells9 micsAccrington8 micsBroxbourne8 micsChelmsford8 micsGrimsby8 micsStockton-on-Tees8 micsAberystwyth7 micsCirencester7 micsLuton7 micsDerry6 micsBlackburn5 micsNewry5 micsBillericay4 micsFarnborough4 micsHorley3 micsWelshpool2 micsDublin1 micWorthing1 mic

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