A first open mic: a comic at the microphone under one light, a small room listening
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Open mic comedy in Atlanta, GA

3 open-mic nights a week and 1 more on some weeks at 2 rooms in Atlanta, from each room's own listing: the next two weeks night by night, then every room's weekly night and how to get on.

Atlanta's open mics at a glance

2 rooms in Atlanta run open mics on their own listings: Laughing Skull Lounge (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and The Punchline (some Sundays).

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are the busiest nights, with 1 room running a mic; Thursday, Friday and Saturday have none on the listings.

How the rooms take comics, in their own words: 1 take sign-ups online or by email, 1 draw names from a bucket and 1 book a showcase from a tape or a submission. Each room's exact way in is under "How to get on" below.

Of the 18 dated mics on the listings in the next 60 days: 18 weekly.

Every mic here links its room's own listing, the place to check a night before you go, and "Plan this night" builds the evening around it: dinner near the room, the trip there and the ride home after a late list.

Open mics in Atlanta, night by night

Monday 16 November 2026 1 mic

Tuesday 17 November 2026 1 mic

Wednesday 18 November 2026 1 mic

Monday 23 November 2026 1 mic

Tuesday 24 November 2026 1 mic

Wednesday 25 November 2026 1 mic

Every week in Atlanta, room by room

Each room's regular mic night and how to get on, in its own words.

Before you go up

How the night works, the ribbing that comes with being new, and why you bring a set rather than wing it: open-mic etiquette, thick skin and staying power →

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