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Open Mic Nights in Liverpool

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

100% of them list no entry fee; 1 has a full backline. Re-checked on a rolling cycle.

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Updated 12 November 2026

At a glance
Liverpool
25
Open mic
nights
listed in Liverpool
In detail
7 days from Fri 13 Novat least 20
Nights of the week6 of 7
No fee listed100% of nights
Full backline1 nights
Open-Mic Score82 /100
01 — Find a night
27 nights
Pick your night
When
Day
Has
Type
City
Sort
Kick-off20:00 Heebie JeebiesLiverpoolNo feeHouse PA ink. Art Gallery & LoungeTown Centre · Colwyn BayNo feeHouse PAFortnightly 15:00Sun Hot Water Comedy Club15-17 Blackstock St · LiverpoolNo feeHouse PA 19:00Sun Round the Corner Liverpool51 Kempston St · LiverpoolNo feeHouse PA 20:00Sun The AlbertLiverpoolNo feeHouse PA 20:00Sun The JacarandaCity Centre · LiverpoolNo feeFull kit 20:00Sun The Skerries374 High Street · BangorNo fee1st Sun of the month 20:00Sun Conwy Comrades Sports and Social ClubTown Centre · ConwyNo feeHouse PA 19:00Mon Kazimier GardenLiverpoolNo feeHouse PA 19:00Mon Liverpool Arts BarLiverpoolNo feeHouse PA 20:00Mon
02 — The scene
Open-Mic Score
82
Out of
100
Exceptional — anchored by affordability and walk-in, one of the UK's defining open-mic scenes.
Ranked against UK cities (0-100)
Choice87
Schedule fixed scale86
Coverage45
Affordability fixed scale100
Backline78
Walk-in fixed scale93
03 — By night
Nights listed
Liverpool's week
01Thursday 8 nights
02Sunday 6 nights
03Monday 4 nights
04Tuesday 4 nights
05Wednesday 2 nights
06Saturday 1 night
04 — More of Liverpool
Beyond the list
Featured open micink. Art Gallery & LoungeTown Centre · Sun nights
Popular nightsThe Jacaranda
Hot Water Comedy Club
The Albert
The Skerries
This month
Added0
Removed1
Verified0
Re-verified3
Also in Liverpool
Liverpool gigsBooked slots, by date
What's on this weekEvery gig over the next seven days
Liverpool venuesThe rooms behind the nights
Liverpool music sceneVenues, rates, guides and gigs
05 — Other cities
90 cities
Nights elsewhere
BlackpoolBlackburnManchester
All cities, A–ZNights
A
Aberdeen18Aberystwyth7Accrington8Aldershot14
B
Basildon12Bath13Bedford10Belfast18Billericay4Birmingham18Blackburn5Blackpool22Boston9Bournemouth16Bradford19Brighton45Bristol35Broxbourne8
C
Cambridge17Cardiff34Carlisle9Chelmsford8Cheltenham19Cirencester7Coventry19Crawley13
D
Derby16Derry6Doncaster12Dublin1Dundee20Durham10
E
Edinburgh34Egham11Epsom10Exeter24
F
Farnborough4
G
Glasgow44Gloucester13Grimsby8
H
Hastings15Hereford21High Wycombe12Horley3Hull18
I
Inverness11Ipswich16
L
Leeds34Leicester18Lincoln14London70Luton7
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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Liverpool Open Mics

Open Mic Nights in Liverpool

25 open mic nights across Town Centre, 15-17 Blackstock St, 374 High Street, 51 Kempston St + more — part of the wider UK open mic directory. Re-verified on a rolling cycle.

82/ 100
Liverpool Open-Mic Score
ExceptionalAnchored by affordability and walk-in, one of the UK's defining open-mic scenes.
Choice87
Schedule86
Coverage45
Affordability100
Backline78
Walk-in93
100% of Liverpool open mics list no entry fee — check the night, sign up, play

Last updated: 12 November 2026

25 Open Mic Nights Across Liverpool

At least 20 open mic nights are on in and around Liverpool in the 7 days from Fri 13 Nov; the other 5 run less often or on dates that vary, so check their listing. 25 open mic nights (19 verified) are running in and around Liverpool, from venues like ink. Art Gallery & Lounge, and 1 offers a full backline. Thursday and Sunday are the busiest. Each listing carries the date we last checked it. Open mics are one part of the Liverpool circuit — see what’s on in Liverpool over the next four weeks for the ticketed bills at the same venues.

25
open mic nights listed in Liverpool
  • 23 of 25 take walk-in sign-up on the night
  • 1 venues offer full backline (drum kit, guitar amp, bass amp, mics)
  • Spread across 6 different nights of the week
  • Music + comedy + poetry — filter by type below
25
Open mic nights
6
Nights a week
100%
No fee listed
1
Full backline
Last updated

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

By Day of the Week

25 open mic nights are listed in Liverpool, across 6 nights of the week. Pick a night to see what's on. Each card lists the venue, sign-up time, slot length, fee and backline.

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Venues in Liverpool

130 grassroots music venues are listed in Liverpool, 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 130 Liverpool venues

Liverpool Open Mic Scene in Numbers

Counted from the 25 Liverpool open mic nights listed: 100% have no entry fee listed, 4% have full backline and Thursday is the busiest night. The chart shows how the week's nights split, day by day.

25
Nights listed
6
Nights a week
100%
No fee listed
4%
Full backline
92%
PA provided
Thu
Busiest night
12 min
Typical slot
20:00
Typical start
Open mics by night · share of the week

Liverpool Open Mic FAQs

6 answers about open mics in Liverpool, 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.

ink. Art Gallery & Lounge 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.
Liverpool has 6 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 Liverpool 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 Liverpool gig directory.
None of the 25 open mics we list in Liverpool has an entry fee listed - most open mics are free to play and watch, but check with the venue.
1 of Liverpool's 25 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. 20 of the 25 running nights happen every week and 5 run less often, so check the date before you go. Most start between 19:00 and 20:00. Listed slot lengths are usually around 12 minutes each. Where a sign-up time is listed, the list usually opens around 19:30.

Who plays. Besides music, 7 take poetry, 7 take comedy and 3 take spoken word. With a PA listed at 23 nights, a singer-songwriter can bring just an instrument. None lists an entry fee.

After the open mic. When you're ready for a paid set, the Liverpool 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: Blackpool (22), Blackburn (5) and Manchester (59).

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 micsYork27 micsNewcastle25 micsExeter24 micsOxford23 micsWolverhampton23 micsBlackpool22 micsSwansea22 micsHereford21 micsDundee20 micsNorwich20 micsBradford19 micsCheltenham19 micsCoventry19 micsStoke-on-Trent19 micsAberdeen18 micsBelfast18 micsBirmingham18 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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