Twin Cities Open Mics

Best Bets for Rappers

Re-Verb Open Mic — Flava Coffee & Café, 623 W University Ave, St Paul — Thursdays 6–8pm. Free, all ages, hosted by MaLLy with TruArtSpeaks. Music + poetry, ~15 slots, first-come first-served. DJ Just Nine on the decks every first Thursday. This is the home room.

Blue Mic Cypher — presented by Underground Raps & The Blue Mic. Free community event, location changes per stop — follow @undergroundraps and @thebluemic on Instagram for the next one. Built for rappers.

Gladiator School — hip-hop cypher at Urban Lights, St. Paul. 5 minutes per emcee, beats and bars only. Follow for the next date.

CCU Friday Night Open Mic — Whitey's Old Town Saloon, 400 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis — Fridays 10pm. Weekly. Note: it's a bar room, 21+.

Hook & Ladder Theater & Lounge — 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis — Wednesdays 8pm.

331 Club — 331 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis — Mondays 9:30pm. Long-running Minneapolis music institution, hip-hop friendly crowd.

Underground Music Venue — 408 N 3rd Ave, Minneapolis — Wednesdays 8:30pm and Thursdays 7pm.

Full Week

Monday — Sociable Cider Werks (1500 Fillmore St NE, Mpls) 6pm · Bryant Lake Bowl (810 W Lake St, Mpls) 7pm · Spring Street Tavern (355 Monroe St NE, Mpls) 8pm · Shaws Bar & Grill (1528 University Ave NE, Mpls) 8:30pm · 331 Club (331 13th Ave NE, Mpls) 9:30pm · Camp Bar & Cabaret (490 Robert St N, St Paul) 9:30pm

Tuesday — Acadia (329 Cedar Ave, Mpls) 5pm · Blues Saloon (1638 Rice St, St Paul) 7pm · Driftwood (4415 Nicollet Ave, Mpls) 7:30pm · Northeast Palace (2500 4th St NE, Mpls) 8pm · Chatterbox Pub (2229 E 35th St, Mpls) 8pm · Kieran's Irish Pub (85 N 6th St, Mpls) 8:30pm

Wednesday — Moon Palace Books (3032 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls) 6:30pm · Ginkgo Coffeehouse (721 Snelling Ave N, St Paul) 7pm · Amsterdam Bar & Hall (6 W 6th St, St Paul) 7pm · Broken Clock Brewing (1712 Marshall St NE, Mpls) 8pm · Hook & Ladder (3010 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls) 8pm · Underground Music Venue (408 N 3rd Ave, Mpls) 8:30pm · Groveland Tap (1834 St Clair Ave, St Paul) 10pm

Thursday — Re-Verb @ Flava Coffee (623 W University Ave, St Paul) 6–8pm · The Midway Saloon (1567 University Ave W, St Paul) 8pm · Vieux Carre (408 St Peter St, St Paul) 8pm

Friday — CCU Friday Night Open Mic @ Whitey's Old Town Saloon (400 E Hennepin Ave, Mpls) 10pm

Saturday — Day Block Brewery (1105 Washington Ave S, Mpls) 8pm

Sunday — Merlins Rest Pub (3601 E Lake St, Mpls) 5pm · The Terminal Bar (409 E Hennepin Ave, Mpls) 8pm · Plums Neighborhood Bar (480 Snelling Ave S, St Paul) 9pm

Before You Go

Schedules change all the time — call ahead or check the venue's Instagram before you travel. Most bar open mics are free to play; age limits vary by venue. Bring a USB with your beats or be ready to rap over the DJ's. Show up early — slots go first-come, first-served.