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Open Mics

Utah Open Mics ♫ Locations & Map ♫
Local Talent ♫ Live Music Performances

We’ve listed these locations because they have had Open Mic nights in the past, although many are not consistent in this offering.

New Featured Upcoming Events

Classical Guitar Open Mic Night Free 2023
April 21, 2023, 7 pm
Arlette Day Cultural Arts Centre, Murray

Salt Lake Area

Sugar House Coffee
Fridays, 7 pm, Monthly 2nd Fridays
2011 1100 E, Sugar House

West Jordan Open Mic Night Free New 2023
Saturdays 7 pm
High Point Coffee, West Jordan

Bountiful Open Mic Night New
Saturdays, 8–10 pm 1st & 3rd Monthly
Main Street, Bountiful

Tailgate Tavern
Sundays
3550 S State St, South Salt Lake

Hog Wallow Pub Open Jam  New
Mondays 9 pm
Big Cottonwood Canyon Rd, Cottonwood Heights

The Green Pig Pub
Mondays Open Blues Jam With Live Band
31 E 400 S, Downtown, Salt Lake

Sound Bites at the Gateway Free New
Wednesdays, Noon–2 pm
Restaurant Row, Gateway, Salt Lake

Open Mic Night at North Shore Free
Thursdays Monthly 2nd Thursdays 
Daybreak, South Jordan

Magna Open Mic Night New
Monthly 2022,  Various Days, 6:30–9:30 pm
Magna Library, 2675 S 8950 W

Comedy Open Mic

Athena Beans Coffee House & Bistro  
Mondays 8 pm Comedy Open Mic
111 W 9000 S, Sandy 

Wiseguys Downtown Comedy Open Mic 
Wednesdays, 7 pm $5
The Gateway, Salt Lake

Club 90 Open Mic Comedy New
Thursday & Friday Weekly, 7:30 pm
Club 90, Sandy

Occasionally

Park City

The Cabin NEW
Sundays 8 pm
427 Main St, Park City

Provo Utah Valley

Pleasant Grove Open Mic Night Free NEW
Mondays (1st Tuesdays) 6–8 pm
Grove Station, Pleasant Grove

Velour Live Music Gallery  
Wednesdays, Weekly Open Mic
135 N University Ave, Provo

Heart & Seoul Karaoke Open Mic
Friday & Saturdays 6–12 pm
52 W Center St, Provo

ImprovBroadway  Open Mic Comedy
Mondays 8 pm
496 900 E, Provo

Art City Coffee  Springville

Ogden North Utah

The Outlaw Saloon Open Mic
Mondays 7–11 pm
1254 W 2100 S St, West Haven, UT

Harp And Hound Comedy Open Mic
Mondays,  8 pm
2550 Washington Blvd, Ogden

Live Music at Slackwater
Regular Nightly Shows, 5:30-9:30 pm
Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria, Ogden

Lighthouse Lounge
130 25th St, Ogden

Logan

The Cache Bar Logan

St. George

The Harbor  St. George

Perks!  St. George

Moab

The Blue Pig  Moab

Brown Bag Concert Series

The Brown Bag Concert Series began as a street theater project in 1978. Over the past 32 years, the series has presented well over a thousand concerts in plazas, parks, shopping malls, tennis courts, buses, and even elevators, throughout Salt Lake City. The series has won awards, presented top national and regional touring artists, been broadcast live on the radio, and continues to be one of the longest-running daily concert series of its kind in the country.

Come and enjoy the sun, good company, and great music at the summertime Brown Bag Concert Series presented by the Salt Lake City Arts Council. This year’s series has something for everyone with performances ranging from bluegrass to rock, jazz to folk, and everything in between.

April–May
Multiple Times/Locations

Busker Fest
Local Street Performers

Brown Bag Concert Series
Salt Lake Arts Council
Finch Lane Art Gallery, Salt Lake

IAMA Acoustic Music Concert Series

Intermountain Acoustic Music Association

April 7, 2023, 7 pm
Matthew Seabury & Friends, and Anke Summerhill with Special Guest Accompanists Kate MacLeod & Matthew Seabury

IAMA Acoustic Music Concert Series
Intermountain Acoustic Music Association
Various Salt Lake Locations

Acoustic Music Venues

A listing of Coffee Houses, Restaurants, Cafes, Bars  & the like featuring Live Acoustic Music, Local Talent & Open Mics. Not all venues are consistent in this offering.

Morgan Thomas Acoustic Music Free
Davis Arts Small Stage Series
November 18, 2022, 6 pm
445 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton

Salt Lake Area

Acoustic Music at the Ridge Cafe
Sundays 1 pm & Wednesdays 6 pm  New 2022
14886 Traverse Ridge Rd, Draper

Hog Wallow Pub
Acoustic Featured Often
3200 E Big Cottonwood Canyon Rd
Cottonwood Heights

Live Music at SeventyOne
Thursdays & Sundays,  6–9 pm
Cliff Lodge, Snowbird

Live Music at The Aerie
Friday & Saturday Nights, 7–10 pm
The Aerie Lodge, Snowbird

Leatherheads Sports Bar & Grill
Webpage Down? March 30, 2022
Thursday Nights 2021,  9 pm
12147 State St, Draper

Park City Area

The Spur Bar & Grill  2022
352 Main St, Park City

Silver Star Cafe Acoustic Music
Thursday–Saturday, 7:30–10 pm
1825 Three Kings Dr, Park City

Local Acoustic Music Performances
Nightly 5:30 pm
Cafe Galleria, Midway

The Riverhorse
540 Main St, Park City

Zermatt Utah Resort & Spa
Summer Concert Series
784 Resort Dr, Midway

Ogden North Salt Lake Area

Morgan Thomas Acoustic Music Free
Davis Arts Small Stage Series
November 18, 2022, 6 pm
445 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton

Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria  Best 2022
1895 Washington Blvd, Ogden

Cinnabar Après Music New 2022
Local Acoustic Music
April 2-3, 2022, S-Sn, 2–5 pm
Snowbasin Mountain Resort, Huntsville

Occasionally

Provo Utah County Area

Velour Live Music Gallery  2022
135 N University Ave, Provo

Springville Museum of Art
126 E 400 S, Springville

Art City Coffee
1715 W 500 S, Springville

Acoustic Music Organizations

Acoustic Music Playlist – A Free Collection of Music for your listening pleasure!

*Is it open mike or open mic? I’ve seen it spelled both ways. So I checked my dictionary, which lists mike as the preferred spelling, and mic as a variant. Other dictionaries I consulted didn’t include mic at all. Still unsatisfied, I checked Bryan A. Garner’s Dictionary of Modern American Usage (1998 edition). Garner argues, “Whereas mike more immediately suggests the pronunciation, mic more immediately suggests the longer form. All in all, mic might be considered preferable.”

Acoustic Music at the Hog Wallow

Named after a rapid on the Green River, The Hog Wallow Pub is located kitty-corner to the historic Old Mill ruin at the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon, renowned for some of the best snow on earth. It is the latest reincarnation of the oldest and most notorious bar in the Cottonwood Heights area.

Since its opening, Hog Wallow has received a number of awards including City Search’s “Best Outdoor Bar,” City Weekly’s “Best Neighborhood Bar” and “Best Escape From Downtown,” and Salt Lake Magazine’s “Best Suburban Bar.”

Hog Wallow Pub
3200 Big Cottonwood Canyon Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84121(801) 733-5567 ‎

Musical Artists of Utah

Acoustic | Folk | Americana | Singer-Songwriters

Bluegrass

Celtic | Irish | Scottish

Country

Christian

Easy Listening | Healing

New Age

Middle Eastern | Tribal | Belly Dancing

Rock | Alternative | Punk

Pop Music

Jazz | Band Music

Classical

Reggae Music

Blues Music

Other

House | Trance | Techno | Rave

Rap

Recording Studio’s

Music Organizations

Local

Intermountain Acoustic Music Association IAMA
The Park City Chamber Music Society – Park City, Utah
Utah Scottish Association

International

Americana Music Association

LDS Musicians

Misc

November – International Drumming Month

Acoustic Music Playlist – A Free Collection of Music for your listening pleasure!

Favorite Musical Artists

  • Áine Minogue – O Boro Braindi Braindi
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station
  • Amos Lee – Seen It All Before, Night Train
  • Angel Taylor – Make Me Believe
  • Bill Morrissey – She’s That Kind of Mystery
  • Brandi Carlile – The Story
  • Brett Dennen – Ain’t No Reason, By and By
  • Cat Power – I Found a Reason
  • Cheryl Wheeler – 75 Septembers
  • Chris Smither – Train Home
  • Chris Thomas King – John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto’
  • Claire Lynch
  • Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
  • Coldplay – Yellow (acoustic version), See You Soon
  • Colin Hay – I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You
  • Corrine Bailey Rae – Like A Star
  • David Grisman – Neon Tetra
  • Eric Bibb – Flood Water
  • Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel – Walking in the AirGalileo
  • Erin McCarley – Gotta Figure This Out
  • Eva Cassidy – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • A Fine Frenzy – Happier
  • Gary Stadler – Fairy Nightsongs
  • Greg Laswell – High and Low
  • Griffin House – The Guy That Says Goodbye To You Is Out Of His Mind
  • Holly Brook – Saturdays
  • Holly Conlan – You Are Goodbye
  • Ingrid Michaelson – Breakable, The Way I am
  • Iron and Wine – Naked As We Came
  • Jackson Browne – The Night Inside Me
  • Jaymay – Sea Green, See Blue
  • Jim Brickman – Barcelona
  • Joe Purdy – Wash Away
  • Joshua James – Dangerous
  • Joshua Radin – What If You
  • Kate Rusby – You Belong to me, Who Will Sing Me Lullabies
  • Kate Walsh – Don’t Break My Heart
  • Keb’ Mo – Every Morning
  • Kelly Joe Phelps – Loud As Ears
  • Kris Delmhorst – Since You Went Away
  • Kurt Bestor – First Snow
  • Laura Sullivan – Dreaming Underwater
  • Lucinda Williams
  • Marié Digby – Umbrella
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Meiko – Under My Bed, How Lucky We Are
  • Missy Higgins – Don’t Ever, Warm Whispers
  • Nanci Griffith – Love At The Five And Dime
  • Órla Fallon – The Water Is Wide
  • Parachute – She Is Love
  • Patty Griffin – Let Him Fly
  • Paul Cardall – Baptism
  • Peter Bradley Adams – For You
  • Peter Rowan – Dust Bowl Children
  • Priscilla Ahn – Dream
  • Rachael YamagataRiver, The Reason Why, Ode To…
  • Ray LamontagneCan I StayShelter
  • Regina Spektor – Samson
  • Rory Block – Joliet Bound
  • Rosi Golan – Follow the Arrow
  • Rosie Thomas – Say Hello
  • Ron Sexsmith – Tell Me Again
  • Rufus Wainwright – Complainte De La Butte
  • Sam Bush – Leather Britches
  • Sara Bareilles
  • Schuyler Fisk – Fall Apart Today
  • Steve Reynolds – Forsaken
  • Tim O’Brien – Down In The Willow Garden
  • Tony Furtado – Mudville
  • Tony Rice – Port Tobacco, Gold Rush
  • Tristan Prettyman – Shy That Way
  • The Weepies – Stars
  • William Fitzsimmons – You Still Hurt Me
Below is a Playlist of some of our favorite Acoustic Music. Enjoy!