--- title: "Open Mic Comedy in Austin, TX | D.O.C." description: "Open mic comedy in Austin, TX, Texas: 36 mic nights a week at 14 rooms, night by night from each room's own listing, with how to sign up and get on stage." url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-austin-tx.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- ![A first open mic: a comic at the microphone under one light, a small room listening](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/assets/custom-art/first-open-mic.webp) Going out · Open mics · Texas # 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](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-houston-tx.html) (27 a week), [Dallas](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-dallas-tx.html) (13 a week, 2 more some weeks), [Fort Worth](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-fort-worth-tx.html) (10 a week), [Denton](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-denton-tx.html) (3 a week), [Carrollton](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-carrollton-tx.html) (2 a week) and [Plano](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics-plano-tx.html) (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 - *Weekly* **7:30 PM** — Open Mic Night · [Cap City Comedy Club](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/club-cap-city-comedy-club-austin-tx.html) · [the listing ↗](https://www.capcitycomedy.com/shows/392661) [Plan this night →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/venue.html) ## Every week in Austin, room by room Each room's regular mic night and how to get on, in its own words. - **Tue** 7:00 PM **Cactus Cafe** UT campus, Austin, TX Cactus Cafe Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Tue** 7:30 PM **[Cap City Comedy Club](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/club-cap-city-comedy-club-austin-tx.html)** **How to get on** Sign up with the form on the club's Open Mic page; prepare at least 3 minutes; lineups go up the Sunday before — if you are not picked, try again the next week - **Sun** 6:30 PM **Coldtowne Theater** Austin, TX Coldtowne Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Mon** **Mon** 7:00 PM **[Comedy Mothership](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/club-comedy-mothership-austin-tx.html)** Mothership Open Mic and Crew Show **How to get on** Sign up in person at 5:30 PM; names are picked at random and the lineup is posted at 6:15 PM. The Mothership Open Mic and Crew Show runs 7:00–10:00 PM in the Little Boy room - **Wed** 8:00 PM **East Austin Comedy Club** East Austin, TX East Austin Comedy Club Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Mon** 9:30 PM **Fallout Theater** Austin, TX Monday Late Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Fri** 6:00 PM **Hopsquad Brewing** Austin, TX Hopsquad Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Wed** 8:00 PM **Kick Butt Coffee** Austin, TX Kick Butt Coffee Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Mon** 10:00 PM **Mon** 11:30 PM **Shakespeare’s Pub** 6th Street, Austin, TX Shakespeare’s Open Mic The Suicide Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Mon · Tue · Thu · Sat · Wed · Fri · Sun** 6:30 PM **Tue** 4:00 PM **[Sunset Strip Comedy Club](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/club-sunset-strip-comedy-club-austin-tx.html)** The Mike; daytime mics too: Java & Jokes on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 3:30 to 5:30 PM; Bucket Roulette on Wednesday and Friday, 3:30 to 5:30 PM; a tag-writing mic on Sunday, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Sunset Strip Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Sun · Thu · Sat** 4:00 PM **Mon** 6:00 PM **Wed** 6:00 PM **Thu** 6:00 PM **Sun** 6:00 PM **Mon** 11:55 PM **Tue** 6:00 PM **Tue** 11:55 PM **Wed** Midnight **Sat** 4:00 PM **Thu** 11:55 PM **Sun** 10:00 PM **[The Creek and The Cave](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/club-the-creek-and-the-cave-austin-tx.html)** The Monday Gamble Mic Off the Cuff Bear Arms The Creek and The Cave Open Mic Monday Night Gimmick Mic Tiki Mic The Great American Open Mic Wild West Wednesdays Bad Boys Open Mic Word Up! Banana Phone **How to get on** Sign up at the club shortly before each mic: Off the Cuff, Wednesdays at 6:00 PM (sign-ups 5:30 PM); Bear Arms, Thursdays at 6:00 PM (sign-ups 5:45 PM); Wild West Wednesdays at midnight (sign-up 11:30 PM, 20 comics, 3-minute sets); Word Up!, Thursdays at midnight - **Varies** **[The Green Room](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/club-the-green-room-austin-tx.html)** Open Mic Night for 15 performers picked from its online sign-ups; no night listed on its Open Mic page as read in November 2026 **How to get on** Enter your Instagram handle on its Open Mic page; the 15 picked are tagged on its Instagram story on the day - **Wed** 7:00 PM **The Hole in the Wall** Austin, TX Hole in the Wall Open Mic **How to get on** Not published - **Tue** 8:00 PM **Tiniest Bar in Texas** Austin, TX Tiniest Bar in Texas Open Mic **How to get on** Not published ## 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 →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics.html#om-guide) [Open mics everywhere →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/open-mics.html) [Stage Time](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stage-time.html) [List your room's mic](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/list-your-room.html) Updated 13 November 2026