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

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

Columbus's open mics at a glance

3 rooms in Columbus run open mics on their own listings: Columbus Funny Bone Comedy Club & Restaurant, Hashtag Comedy Club (Fridays) and The Attic Comedy Club (Wednesdays).

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

How the rooms take comics, in their own words: 3 take a list on the night and 2 take sign-ups online or by email. Each room's exact way in is under "How to get on" below.

What it costs: 1 say it's free to go up.

Elsewhere in Ohio: Akron (3 a week).

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 Columbus, night by night

No dated open mic on the rooms' own listings in Columbus in the next two weeks; the weekly nights below still run.

Every week in Columbus, 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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