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Open mic comedy in Austin, TX

36 open-mic nights a week at 14 rooms in Austin, from each room's own listing: the next two weeks night by night, then every room's weekly night and how to get on.

Austin's open mics at a glance

14 rooms in Austin run open mics on their own listings: Cactus Cafe (Tuesdays), Cap City Comedy Club (Tuesdays), Coldtowne Theater (Sundays), Comedy Mothership (Mondays), East Austin Comedy Club (Wednesdays), Fallout Theater (Mondays), Hopsquad Brewing (Fridays), Kick Butt Coffee (Wednesdays), Shakespeare’s Pub (Mondays), Sunset Strip Comedy Club (Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays), The Creek and The Cave (Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays), The Green Room, The Hole in the Wall (Wednesdays) and Tiniest Bar in Texas (Tuesdays).

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are the busiest nights, with 5 rooms running a mic.

How the rooms take comics, in their own words: 2 take a list on the night, 2 take sign-ups online or by email and 1 draw names from a bucket. Each room's exact way in is under "How to get on" below.

Of the 2 dated mics on the listings in the next 60 days: 2 weekly.

Elsewhere in Texas: Houston (27 a week), Dallas (13 a week, 2 more some weeks), Fort Worth (10 a week), Denton (3 a week), Carrollton (2 a week) and Plano (1 a week, 1 more some weeks).

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 Austin, night by night

Tuesday 24 November 2026 1 mic

Every week in Austin, 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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