If you are just starting out as a musician in Richmond or maybe you’re a seasoned band trying to reach a new audience, an open mic night might be the best way for you to get your material out there.
If you are just starting out as a musician in Richmond or maybe you’re a seasoned band trying to reach a new audience, an open mic night might be the best way for you to get your material out there.
Luckily, Richmond has more than a few open mics at different venues around town any night of the week.
Check out the list below of current open mics being held in RVA:
Full Band
Emilio’s Tapas: Mondays – run by Matt Sthreshley
Cary Street Cafe:) Tuesdays – run by local band Dalton Dash and Corey Axt
The Camel: Every other Wednesday- run by Andrew G Rohlk
Bears Hideaway (Richmond -South side:) Wednesdays – run by Willie Kahn
Sam Ash Music Store: Wednesdays – run by Sam Ash Music Stores
Wing Command (Midlothian): Thursdays – run by Becky Wright
I Don’t Know Sports bar(Chester): Thursdays – run by Scott Billings Camm Layne (alternates between full band and singer songwriter)
The Tin Pan: Mondays
Acoustic/Singer Songwriter
The White Horse Tavern (Richmond South side): – Mondays – Run by Aaron Walker and Nicholas Baker
Rare Olde Times: Mondays – run by Gray and Mike
Poe’s Pub (Richmond) Tuesdays – run by Jim Daab
Carytown Coffee (Midlothian): Thursdays – run by Tabb Justice
Weezie’s Kitchen: Thursdays – Run by Corey Axt
And if you are just interested in playing music with other people without the audience, Hheck out the Facebook group Down to Jam Whenever RVA where you can ask a pool of over 400 Richmonders if anybody is free to play.
Local musician Nathan Hess composed this master list. See the updated list here or here.
You can send submissions to Hess here: nathan.hess.va@gmail.com.
