Come out and join us for food, drink and some great local music…always at 7:30pm on the last Wednesday of the month!
Open Mic Night with Ford Schumann is open to all ages. To sign up for a time slot, or to request information, email Ford at [email protected].
Never been? Curious about how it works? Here’s the run-down: Open Mic starts at 7:30pm and ends around 10pm, after which there is a jam for about an hour. Email Ford and let him know your dream time slot. He’ll try to get you close to it. If he’s off by more than 45 minutes, he will let you know, but be sure to get here early to listen and support the other people and to make sure that you’ll be ready if the slot happens 45 minutes earlier than you requested.
They usually allow three songs or 15 minutes of music per slot, whichever happens first. Spoken pieces, such as poems, comedy and short acts such as juggling and magic are welcome but are limited to 5 minutes. Five or so mics are set up and instruments can be plugged into a direct line to the board. In order to keep the transition time to a minimum, if you have a complicated band, either try to make it simple (two drums instead of five), or arrive before 7:30pm to set up part of your stuff and plan to take it down a bit at a time while the other people are getting on and off the stage.
Now it’s up to you – join us!
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