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

27 open-mic nights a week at 13 rooms in Houston, from each room's own listing: the next two weeks night by night, then every room's weekly night and how to get on.

Houston's open mics at a glance

13 rooms in Houston run open mics on their own listings: Axelrad Beer Garden (Mondays), Boondocks (Tuesdays), Christian's Tailgate (Wednesdays), Dan Electro's (Tuesdays), Improv Comedy Club (Tuesdays), Last Concert Cafe (Mondays), PJ's Sports Bar (Mondays), Rudyard's British Pub (Mondays and Tuesdays), The Continental Club (Wednesdays), The Riot Comedy Club (Mondays and Tuesdays), The Riot Houston (Mondays), The Secret Group (Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) and Under the Radar Brewery (Mondays).

Monday is the busiest night, with 8 rooms running a mic; Friday has none on the listings.

How the rooms take comics, in their own words: 4 take a list on the night, 3 take sign-ups online or by email and 2 draw names from a bucket. Each room's exact way in is under "How to get on" below.

Elsewhere in Texas: Austin (36 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 Houston, night by night

Monday 16 November 2026 1 mic

Every week in Houston, 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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