The Three Cups is a 16th-century pub in Westport, at the Malmesbury end of the Cotswolds, with a hayloft at the rear that serves as its live music room. CAMRA lists it as a historic pub with live music, and it runs a full programme of events across the month rather than a single music night.
The open mic is monthly, on the last Sunday, 5pm to 7pm, and takes musicians and spoken word alike. Sign-up is walk-in: arrive prepared and early and put your name in the hat, and the running order is drawn at random. Each performer gets up to three songs or spoken word pieces, and the ask is that you stay afterwards and listen to everyone else.
The pub supplies the PA and the audience. Everything else is on you - instrument, picks, capo, tuner, music stand.
Three Cups Inn in Westport, Malmesbury hosts a monthly open mic for musicians and spoken word on the last Sunday of the month, 5pm to 7pm. It is a 16th-century pub with a hayloft live music room at the rear.
Sign-up process
Walk-in. Arrive prepared and early and put your name in the hat - the running order is drawn at random. Performers get up to three songs or spoken word pieces.
Getting there
90 Triangle, Malmesbury, SN16 0AH.
The venue
Traditional 16th-century pub. The venue supplies the PA. Bring everything else you need - instrument, picks, capo, tuner, music stand.
What's on stage — equipment and backline at this venue, verified regularly.
What should you charge for paid gigs?Most open mic musicians are ready for paid work sooner than they think. Check live UK rates by role, city, and venue size.
Mostly fellow musicians, friends and Malmesbury regulars across the Malmesbury open mic scene. Malmesbury open mic crowds tend to listen attentively.
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