10.06 On the Mic

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Have some new rockin’ tunes you need to work on in front of a crowd to know whether or not you’re on the right track? Mike Michaels hosts open jams on Thursday and Saturday nights at the 3-G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury Street. There’s equipment on hand so all you have to do is bring your ax and plug in. Need directions? Call (508) 754-3516.

The Center for Arts in Natick, 14 Summer Street, is introducing a “SpeakEasy! Open Mic” for poets, playwrights, and lovers of improvisation on the first Tuesday of the month from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Presenters will be limited to five minutes for one person and 10 minutes for a group, with a PG-13 rating for material; participants receive feedback and support. Admission is $5 and is free to TCAN members. The 270-seat venue also hosts a folk music open mic every Monday at 8 p.m. For more details and the schedule of featured performers, visit natickarts.org or call (508) 647-0097.

Acoustic Java, 932A Main Street (just around the corner from Clark University and a few doors down from Annie’s Clark Brunch) continues to host an acoustic open mic every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. Me & The Kid, AKA Dave Magario and Zak Ciras, serve as your trusted MCs, serving up selections from their upcoming Daring Arts CD.

There’s been a changing of the guards at the Wednesday night open mic at the Sit N Bull, 163 Main Street in Maynard. Seth Connelly has taken over hosting duties for the long-running event that kicks off at 8 p.m. (with sign-ups beginning at 7 p.m.) and has a feature performer at 9:15 p.m. Each musician gets two to four songs. Get the latest details at sitnbull.com.

The Boulder Coffeehouse at the First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, 923 Main Street, Fitchburg, holds monthly open mics on the second Saturday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Sign up with Nate Smith to perform in advance at (978) 345-2661. A $5 donation is requested.

After testing the crowd this summer, Brian Richard’s gotten himself a regular Sunday night gig at Irish Times, 244 Main Street. He’ll be playing your favorite songs from Marvin Gaye and Elvis Costello to Stone Temple Pilots and even Trebek on the first floor starting at 9:30 p.m.