open mic

noun

variants or less commonly open mike
: an event in which amateurs may perform (as at a comedy club) usually without auditioning first

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Details Sunday, March 2 🎤 Test your jokes out on a crowd during open mic night at The Royal Tot. Alexis Clinton, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 The conversation continues as students at MDC’s North Campus will be encouraged to explore the issue offstage through open mic events, songwriting and poetry workshops. Sergy Odiduro, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025 An underground Music People Club, which just celebrated the anniversary of its revival amidst the war, hosts a series of music performances by Kharkiv music bands and open mics for the local youth. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Underground Cocktail Club The Holiday Hideout takes over The Blueprint Underground Cocktail Club with themed entertainment, holiday cocktails, open mic night and holiday happy hour on Wednesdays, Sleigh the Stage Live Band Karaoke on Thursdays. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for open mic

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of open mic was in 1978

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“Open mic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20mic. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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