Open Mic Nights in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (Bangalore) has an open mic on most nights of the week, across stand-up comedy, poetry and spoken word, music and storytelling, and the events below are refreshed daily. Comedy mics run in the club rooms of Koramangala and Indiranagar: The Underground Comedy Club in Koramangala 5th Block, Ministry of Comedy and TAG Comedy Club on 80 Feet Road, and The Comedy Theatre on 12th Main in Indiranagar and on Church Street all programme line-up and trial shows where newer comics test material, and JustBLR on Brigade Road hosts comedy nights with a small cover charge. For words rather than jokes, Urban Solace near Ulsoor Lake hosts Tuesdays with the Bard, a weekly poetry evening; Tape A Tale runs storytelling open mics; and the LIT-MIC series, past its hundredth edition, mixes poetry, stories, comedy and music. Jagriti Theatre in Whitefield holds a free open mic on Saturdays. To watch, expect an entry fee of roughly ₹100 to ₹500 or a minimum order. To perform, register in advance through the organiser's form or Instagram, because slots are short, usually about five minutes, and fill quickly. Most mics are in English or Hindi, with regional-language nights listed separately.