by Anna Weaver | May 18, 2022 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
Let’s start with the obvious: A great open mic needs a skilled host. It needs more than that, of course—a venue that understands and loves open mic for what it is, a co-organizer or two to help promote and manage the show, and (of course) performers. But the host is...
by Anna Weaver | Aug 14, 2021 | tips for open mic hosts
Oh, the motley glory of open mic venues! If you’ve been to one, you’ve been to…one. With the notable exception of Busboys and Poets (a handful of DC-based restaurants and political bookstores, each with a stage purpose-built for weekly poetry events), open mics are a...
by Anna Weaver | May 16, 2021 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts, tips for open mic performers
This is the third in a series that explores what makes an open mic worth doing—as in organizing, hosting, attending, performing at, or becoming a regular. Not just because it’s entertaining and inspiring, not just because it’s a great way to improve your craft, but...
by Anna Weaver | Apr 25, 2021 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts, tips for open mic performers
This is the second in a series that explores what makes an open mic worth doing—as in organizing, hosting, attending, performing at, or becoming a regular. Not just because it’s entertaining and inspiring, not just because it’s a great way to improve your craft, but...
by Anna Weaver | Mar 20, 2021 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
This is the first of a series that explores what makes an open mic worth doing—as in organizing, hosting, attending, performing at, or becoming a regular. Not just because it’s entertaining and inspiring, but because it’s a defiant act of humanity. Talking with...
by Anna Weaver | Jan 18, 2021 | All Posts, tips for open mic hosts
Practical Advice and 8 Awesome Names that Flaunt It So you want to start an open mic but you don’t know what to call it. It’s a special problem to have, and there’s not a lot of places to go for specific advice. Ask an SEO expert and they’ll tell you to get a...
