Steel City Coffee House offers two nights of open mic every week. Open mic is a special institution, almost every famous musician has started their career at an open mic somewhere.

Acoustic Tuesday's Open Mic:
2nd, 3rd, 4th Tuesdays: 7:00 PM- 10:00 PM [FREE]

Our newest in open mic is our Acoustic Tuesdays Open Mic (started in 2008) meets on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Tuesdays of the month. Our current Acoustic Tuesdays host is SID ROOT a familiar face on the Philly folk scene. Sid hosted open mics and concerts at Northwest Passage Arts Center and Allens Lane Arts Center, and founded his own Tuesday weekly jam circle, now in its 23rd year. His deep, rich repertoire of blues, country, celtic and contemporary songs draws on a life of work and play onstage. His motto is, "Bring your heartsong, throw it onstage and let people hear it... fear no audience."

Acoustic Tuesdays Open mic is a little more laid back than our traditional open mic and is for acoustic performances only. It is free and generally artists get between 2-4 songs, depending on attendance. Signup is at 6:30 PM at the venue.

Mad Poet's Society Open Mic:
1st Tuesday of the Month 7-10 PM. [FREE]

Join the Mad Poet's Society for their special once a month Open Mic on the 1st Tuesday of every month (except July and August). Eileen D'Angelo of the Mad Poet's Society hosts and invites special guest poets. However, the night is open to poets and musicians Signup in person at the venue at 6:30 PM.

Open Mic:
Every Thursday 7:30-10:30 PM [$3.00 Cover]

Steel City Coffee House launched the Thursday Night Open Mic back in 2003 and it has become the premiere open mic in the area bringing well over 100 people in and out during the evening. Thursday open mic night features a variety of local and regional talent. In general, each performance lasts for 2-songs/10-minutes. You never know what's up next, acoustic guitar, flute, poem, bass, mandolin, or a native american chant.Our open mic runs from 7:30 -10:30 every Thursday night.

Our current Thursday night hosts are Erich Mace on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Thursdays of the month and David Spencer on the 2nd Thursday of the Month.

Note: We cannot accommodate drum kits on Open Mic Night. Please be prepared to simply plug and play, no extensive setups or amplifiers that have to be mic'd. We also do not allow prerecorded music or any background music to be played through our CD system. The open mic host has the final say on what he/she will allow on the stage. Although we believe in freedom of speech since the crowd does have many young people, please avoid excessive vulgarity. Those insisting on using excessive vulgarity during their performances will be banned from open mic. There is no BYO on open mic night. If you have any questions please refer them to steelcitycoffee@aol.com.